2026 Fantasy Baseball Cheatsheets for Roto and Points Leagues

Well, well, well, we are finally here in the year 2026. Yes, it’s Cheatsheet Day, my friends. I am very excited to return for another season of providing the internet with my special fantasy baseball spreadsheets that are designed to help make your drafts as informative and dominant as possible. If you’ve used these in the past and are returning to grab these cheatsheets again this season, then you likely know how helpful they can be when it comes to navigating your drafts and auctions on draft day. If you’re new to the site and checking these out for the first time, I’ll walk you through what you’re about to experience when you open up this Excel workbook.

For The Returning Folks

If you’ve used these sheets before, the first iteration (version 1.00) will look fairly familiar with some bugs and issues fixed from last year, but most of the functionality you’re familiar with baked into it and ready to go. These initial sheets contain my Special Blend projections as well, which I’ll be posting about on this site in the near future.

To download the sheets, simply click the tab at the top for “Cheatsheets” and choose the cheatsheet of your choice to download. Play around with it and have some fun. If you find issues as you play around with it, there’s a “Report Issue” tab on that page there. You can notify me directly about something to fix there and you’ll get emailed when the issue is fixed. This feature didn’t work on the site in 2025 but is working now. Additionally, you can start a conversation in the comments below, which I monitor frequently.

I plan to have an update in early-ish March that will implement some new features and tweaks that I’m working on as well as any bugs that come up. From there, I’ll be releasing a few more versions of the sheets throughout March with the latest MLB data. You can click on the “Notify me when cheatsheets update” button on the Cheatsheet tab to get notified of any changes to this year’s sheets.

For The New Cheatsheet Users

If you are new to the cheatsheets, they can probably be a bit overwhelming to take in at first. I definitely recommend taking some time to use them before jumping into your draft. If you are in a rotisserie (roto) league then you should know that these sheets calculate a “WERTH” value, which is essentially saying how far above/below average a player is based on your league’s settings. If you are in a points-based league, this sheet will calculate projected points for each player in your league.

One of the main reasons these sheets are helpful is that these sheets are super customizable to your league type because fantasy baseball has so many variations and every league seems to have different quirks and options. On the Settings tab, you’ll enter in all of the information about your league and then you’ll choose what type of projections and data you want presented during your draft (leave it as the defaults if that is a bit too much for you). If you’re in a keeper league, you can enter in the keepers ahead of time before you start drafting too. You can write in notes and highlight players on the Notes tab.

During the draft, you’ll be using the main draft tab to conduct your draft. You can click on a player’s name to move him to the draft section at the top to speed things up. But, I will say, if you have a short pick clock in your league, this does require manual input, so this does often work best with pick clocks that are at least a minute or two long. That being said, you’ll do your draft and the other tabs will update to show projected standings and rosters and everything you want to know about your league and how it’s shaping up. You can help decide between picks using the data presented on the Positions and Players tabs too. You can change up your projections or data on the Settings page during the draft if you need a second opinion too. Basically, you have a world of information at your fingertips as you go.

But, before you draft, play around with it and test it out and get comfortable so that you’re ready to embarrass the rest of your league on draft day.

These Are Excel Sheets

While there’s plans to expand beyond the restraints of Excel eventually, these cheatsheets still only work in Microsoft Excel and the desktop version of it (not the web version). The reason these don’t work in Google Sheets or other programs is that there is some hidden code that I built into them that other spreadsheet programs don’t recognize.

What Do They Include?

For draft leagues, you will have Average Draft Position (ADP) data from sites like CBS, ESPN, FantasyPros, Fantrax, and NFBC. It sometimes is best to choose the ADP related to the site you are drafting on so it most closely resembles how they rank players there. For auction leagues, you will have projected and average auction values from similar sites and that advice of choosing the site you are drafting on holds true there too.

For all leagues, you’ll have projections from some of the best sources out there like Steamer, ZiPS, Clay Davenport and others. You’ll also have my Special Blend projections which aggregate projections in a weighted fashion for each individual statistic based on which systems project each stats best. I will publish an article this March that goes into detail about which projection systems are best and why I choose the ones I do for these sheets.

You will also have expert rankings data to choose from, and a variety of sites represented there too. If you want the consensus of expert rankings then you can always choose the lovely FantasyPros option and keep it at that.

Wait, How Do I Get The Cheatsheets?

Click on the “Cheatsheets” tab at the top of the page and go into the area where you can download your favorite cheatsheet. From there, you can also subscribe to updates specifically for these cheatsheets to know when I release new updates to this year’s sheets.

Errors & Troubleshooting

Last year, I tried implementing a form on the “Cheatsheets” tab where you could enter in bugs you found but, ironically, it had a bug in it and didn’t work as intended. That has been fixed now and you can use that to enter in issues you found. Or, you can leave a comment below and get a conversation started. If you use the “Report an issue” form on the other tab, you’ll get emailed when the issue is fixed.

Donations

I’ve been running this site for way longer than I ever expected when I started this venture. The reason I keep doing it each year is because of the appreciation I receive from you all for my work. Since 2009 when I started this site, my life has changed in so many ways but this site has remained a constant and I am constantly in awe of the support people have given to keep it alive. It’s a personal philosophy of mine that this site should remain free, as I grew up in the old days of the internet before content creation was a thing to make money from. No matter your economic state, you should be able to enjoy these sheets, in my opinion. But, that being said, the internet has also changed and running a site has gotten more expensive and things like ads don’t provide the money that they once did… so I really do appreciate anyone who can help offset the site costs (and make my time spent working on these feel worthwhile) by donating. Thank you if you’re able to. It means the world.

Go Forth and Prosper!

Now that the cheatsheets are out in the wild, it’s up to you to make your draft a success. Use the sheets to get organized and to get ready and have a fantastic fantasy season this year. I’m not as active on social media as I once was but I always love hearing from you all about the successes you have so always feel free to reach out if you have questions or issues or just want to brag about your draft.

Now, as we enter into March, good luck and let’s win some fantasy baseball leagues!