Fantasy Baseball: Predicting the first two rounds of 2025 drafts, Lindor's stolen bases make him a top pick

The truth is that most of us are done with 2024.

Maybe not you. Maybe you're fighting tooth and nail for a championship and will take whatever waiver wire recommendations or lineup advice you can get for the season's final week. Rest assured, we have you covered on that front.

But those of us just playing out the string need something to look forward to, and what we look forward to most of all is next season. Those preparations begin for me now with this first look at the first two rounds.

My biggest takeaway? I couldn't find room for all the hitters I wanted to include. Usually, those with a projectable stud outcome taper off toward the end of Round 2, which is about the point when pitchers flood the draft room, but I genuinely agonized over those last few spots this time. That's fairly surprising given that 2024 hasn't been an all-time great offensive season, but I think it speaks to a sort of transition that's taking place. Most often, II was torn between showing deference to obvious bounce-back candidates like Fernando Tatis and Julio Rodriguez and showing enthusiasm for emerging standouts like Jarren Duran and Jackson Chourio .

One thing I can say for sure is that the pitchers can wait. I've managed to shoehorn in a couple here -- those who I consider to be the obvious top two -- but I probably have them lower than most people will just so I can gobble up as many of those stud hitters as I can. I don't think we'll be so thrilled with what comes after them, and I suspect that a number of quality pitchers will be pushed down as others come to the same conclusion.

Note that these rankings are for traditional Rotisserie leagues (i.e., 5x5 scoring). I address Head-to-Head points leagues further below.

For H2H points

Round 1 1. Aaron Judge , OF, NYY2. Shohei Ohtani , DH/SP, LAD3. Bobby Witt , SS, KC4. Juan Soto , OF, free agent5. Jose Ramirez, 3B, CLE6. Mookie Betts , SS/OF, LAD7. Ronald Acuna , OF, ATL8. Kyle Tucker , OF, HOU9. Gunnar Henderson , SS, BAL10. Tarik Skubal , SP, DET11. Zack Wheeler , SP, PHI12. Yordan Alvarez , OF, HOU Round 2 13. Vladimir Guerrero , 1B, TOR14. Francisco Lindor , SS, NYM15. Corbin Carroll , OF, ARI16. Elly De La Cruz , SS, CIN17. Bryce Harper , 1B, PHI18. Freddie Freeman , 1B, LAD19. Fernando Tatis, OF, SD20. Julio Rodriguez, OF, SEA21. Trea Turner , SS, PHI22. Jarren Duran, OF, BOS23. Rafael Devers , 3B, BOS24. Jackson Chourio, OF, MIL