The Importance of Mock Drafts

During every fantasy baseball season i have my ups and my downs. I have teams that do extremely well and teams that seem like i have to look for any angle just to make the fantasy baseball playoffs. The teams that struggle through the season are usually the teams that I drafted earlier in the year. These fantasy baseball teams are usually weak at certain positions and have little to no strategy. I sometimes feel that all of this losing could be taken care of if i had done better preparation for the fantasy baseball draft. What better way to prepare than a fantasy baseball mock draft. A fantasy baseball mock draft is like practice for the real thing. Without practice you are just going into the draft blind and will end up with many fantasy baseball team that look like MLB practice squads. There are many lessons that can be learned from a mock draft; also you can test a draft strategy to see if it works this year.

Most people skip the whole fantasy baseball mock draft practice sessions because they just don’t have time. However these are the same people that complain about losing their league. Preparation is key in order to have a chance to winning your fantasy baseball league. Fantasy baseball mock drafts are a great way to prepare for the upcoming season.

When doing a fantasy baseball mock draft remember that it is just a mock. You need to take in to account that a lot of other people are using this time to test their own draft strategies. If a strategy works during the mock draft it doesn’t necessarily mean that it will work doing the real thing. Make sure that the draft site you use for your mock drafts allows chat so as you can inquire from others why they made each pick.

Although a lot of fantasy baseball players don’t take the mock draft to seriously there is still a lot of useful information to be obtained from doing a mock draft. You can see where each player is getting taken (ADP). You can also see how late or early a player is being taken. You can use this information to find out if you can wait on a sleeper or if you will have to reach quickly in order to get a player you really like this year. Mock drafts are a great tool to learn when your fantasy baseball sleepers are being selected.

Mock drafts are a great way to fine tune your draft strategy. They are great tools in finding when each player is being taken and when you can wait to pick a sleeper candidate. The mock draft is something that is often skipped by fantasy baseball managers however it is an important step in winning your league. If you want to have an advantage over your fellow fantasy baseball drafters then a mock draft is the way to do so!