Draft playoff players. Points scoring. Only October counts.
A real fantasy draft for the postseason. Every stat scores points, everyone drafts from the players on the twelve playoff teams, and every game in October scores. Draft 10 players. Every player you draft scores. No lineups to set. When a player's team is eliminated he simply stops producing. Later rounds are worth more. Most points after the World Series wins.
Playoff Draft is one of the formats FanRanked hosts for the MLB postseason. Every format is on the fantasy baseball leagues page. Entries and hosting are free.
How it works
Join with the host's invite link and claim a team.
Draft 10 players. Every player you draft scores. No lineups to set.
The host sets the draft time, any day. Until the field is decided the pool is every MLB team still alive in the playoff race, and it shrinks as teams are eliminated; FanRanked sets the twelve-team field once it is known. 10 rounds.
Snake draft (live or slow) from every hitter and pitcher on the pool teams, ranked by the FanRanked season board. A player whose team is eliminated stays on the roster and scores nothing in October.
Rosters fill automatically when the draft ends. Every rostered player scores; the lineup view is for reading, not scoring. Adds and drops run from the Players tab until a player's game starts.
Every game scores points; rounds multiply: Wild Card 1x, Division Series 1x, League Championship 1.5x, World Series 2x.
Most points after the World Series wins.
Scoring
Hitting: home run +4, triple +3, double +2, stolen base +2, single +1, run +1, RBI +1, walk +1, hit by pitch +1, strikeout -0.5.
Pitching: save +5, win +4, quality start +3, hold +3, inning pitched +1, strikeout +1, walk allowed -0.5, hit allowed -0.5, earned run -2, loss -2.
Round multipliers: Wild Card 1x, Division Series 1x, League Championship 1.5x, World Series 2x.
These are the default numbers. A commissioner can change any of them before the league opens, and the Rules tab inside every league shows the numbers in force.
The fine print
Only postseason games count. Regular-season stats never score, even from the last days of September.
A drafted player whose team is eliminated keeps the points he already earned and scores nothing more.
Ties break by more players still alive, then World Series points.
The field cannot change once the draft is complete.
How to play it well
Depth beats stars: a good player on a team that reaches the World Series out-scores a great player on a Wild Card loser.
Starting pitchers on likely deep runs are the scarcest asset; they can pitch four or five times.
Read the bracket: byes mean fewer Wild Card games, so top seeds' players score nothing in round one.