What are Fantasy Games?
Have you ever dreamed of what it would be like to own your own professional sports team? Fantasy games are a way to live out that dream. And to make things easier, all fantasy games are fundamentally the same — real athletes and their real-life performances are used to generate points for fantasy teams in fantasy leagues.
In a traditional fantasy league, there is a set number of team managers, and a clear set of rules that govern everything from roster size to scoring to schedule. You and your fellow managers hold a draft, filling your fantasy roster with real-life athletes from across the sport.
Then, throughout the season, you set your lineup based on how well you think your players will perform. The statistics they generate in real games are collected, and fantasy points are awarded based on those numbers. The better your players perform, the more points your team racks up.
Ultimately, those points determine a winner. The team that accumulates the most points — or earns the most points-based wins over the course of the season, or prevails in the postseason — is declared the league champion. And with that title comes all the glory of lording it over your fellow managers... until next season, when they come back hungry for revenge.
What is ESPN Fantasy Baseball?
Welcome to the world of ESPN Fantasy Baseball! This is the closest thing you'll find to owning your own professional franchise—where you're the coach, the GM, and the president all rolled into one. Every decision is yours to make.
And the best part? Baseball is a sport overflowing with rich, unbiased player performance statistics—everything you need to spot who's hot, who's not, and who's about to break out.
You call all the shots on who helps your team and who hurts it, all 162 games long. With every at-bat, strikeout, walk, home run, and filthy breaking ball generating real data in real time, ESPN's live stats are yours to dig into, dissect, and use to uncover the kind of patterns that would make any seasoned baseball mind proud.
Once you join a league, ESPN gives you everything you need to build a champion. We're talking cutthroat, last-minute trades between armchair GMs, fully customizable league rules and scoring, multiple draft formats, live box scores, waivers, free agency, custom player updates, league bulletin boards, sortable stats, and a whole lot more. There's plenty of room for trash talk, and enough data and weekly analysis to turn you into the next great fantasy baseball mind.
We just want to make sure you know what to do with it all, so these FAQs will walk you through the keys to success in ESPN Fantasy Baseball. Now it's time to start building your Fantasy Baseball dynasty!