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Redrafting The 2021 MLB Draft
Plus: 2021 draft winners & losers and top 200 dynasty pitcher ranks
Jackson Merrill, James Wood Top Our 2021 Redraft
Today, we are looking back at the 2021 MLB Draft and redrafting the first 30 picks with the benefit of five years of hindsight. As always, we maintain it’s a fool’s errand to grade drafts the day of. With five years’ worth of information, however, we should be able to get a more accurate reading on the situation.
A pair of prep Padres picks top our redraft in Jackson Merrill and James Wood, but there are a number of other intriguing names we believe would go much earlier than they did at the time (and some players that would fall pretty far, too).
So, how does BA draft expert Carlos Collazo see the 2021 draft playing out if they had to do it all over again?
LOOKING BACK AT THE 2021 DRAFT
2021 MLB Draft Winners & Losers
As a companion piece to our 2021 redraft, we’ve also put together a rundown of the winners and losers that have emerged over the past five years. Highlights include:
An NL Central org whose class outpaces even the Padres in fWAR
An AL West club stacking major leaguers from 2021 picks
An NL Central team that didn’t land a single impact player
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2026 FANTASY RANKINGS
Top 200 Pitcher Dynasty Rankings
Geoff Pontes and Dylan White wrap up their series of dynasty positional previews with an in-depth ranking of the top 200 available pitchers for 2026.
Our P rankings are topped by the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, who also led our OF/UTIL ranking and takes the top pitching spot based on his otherworldly two-way production.
Want even more fantasy baseball coverage? Be sure to bookmark our 2026 home page for all of Baseball America’s latest rankings, data analysis and lots more.
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