Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep Guide

There's only one place to get everything you need to build the best Fantasy team in your league for 2011, and that's right here at CBSSports.com. Scott White, Al Melchior and the enitre CBSSports.com Fantasy staff will hit everything owners will need to know leading up to Draft Day with columns, live writer chats, statistical analysis, video previews and much, much more. Check back frequently as we ramp up for opening day!

FREE Downloadable Draft Kits!
Rotisserie: Mixed \| American League \| National League Head-to-Head: Mixed \| American League \| National League

Fantasy Baseball Podcasts
Positional Previews: Cs \| 1Bs \| 2Bs \| SSs \| 3Bs \| OFs \| SPs \| RPs Complete Podcast listings \| Subscribe via iTunes

Video Previews
Sleepers: Cs \| 1Bs \| 2Bs \| SSs \| 3Bs \| OFs \| SPs \| RPs Breakouts: Cs \| 1Bs \| 2Bs \| SSs \| 3Bs \| OFs \| SPs \| RPs Busts: Cs \| 1Bs \| 2Bs \| SSs \| 3Bs \| OFs \| SPs \| RPs Team-by-team Fantasy outlooks

Mock Drafts
Participate in your own mock draft right now! Head-to-Head: Mixed \| American \| National 5x5: 12-team draft \| Mixed auction \| AL-only auction \| NL-only auction Watch our 5x5 draft: Round 1 \| Round 2 \| Round 3 \| Round 4 \| Round 5

Draft Day strategies
Rotisserie \| Head-to-Head \| Auction Why you should never invest heavily in closers

Interactive Draft Tools
Hitting Optimizer: Comparing CBSSports.com and AccuScore hitting projections Pitching Optimizer: Comparing CBSSports.com and AccuScore pitching projections Pitching Consistency Calculator: To identify the most and least consistent pitchers Hitting Consistency Calculator: To identify the most and least consistent hitters Power vs. steals: Identifying hitters that control their fate Strikeout rate vs. Fantasy Pts.: Finding hitters that can overcome strikeouts WHIP vs. ERA: Helping you find cheap sources of ERA and WHIP Average Draft Position vs. Projections: Comparing what we think to what you think 5x5 Category Snapshots: Hitters \| Pitchers

Player Scouting Reports
Top 30 Fantasy storylines for 2011 Top 50 Rookies and Prospects Tiers by position Injury-risk sleepers Positional Rankings breakdown Overvalued and Overrated Undervalued and Underrated Spare-change and late-round targets Starting pitching tiers using K/9 and ERA Examining position scarcity using Fantasy Pts. and OPS Young up-and-comers Market inefficiencies for hitters and pitchers Statistical corrections coming in 2011

Draft Prep essentials
Player outlooks, projections and rankings Current CBSSports.com draft averages Depth charts Head-to-Head rankings \| Rotisserie rankings Player projections Auction values Top 300 overall Team-by-team Fantasy outlooks Multi-position eligible players

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