2026 fantasy baseball: Avoid three potential busts at their ADPs
By Howard Bender
Published on March 21, 2026.
Three potential busts in 2026 fantasy baseball players are being drafted at a premium based on their 2025 totals, suggesting they are ill-equipped to repeat their performance. George Springer, who posted a 161 OPS+ and.309 batting average last season, is one of the players to avoid due to a late-career renaissance and a statistical fluke fueled by unsustainable luck. Meanwhile, Byron Buxton's 100 percent success rate on the basepaths is an outlier that screams for negative regression. Christian Yelich's contact quality and strikeout rate are also considered concerns. Avoiding these three players at their current ADPs will allow you to pivot towards younger, high-upside talents whose best years are still in reach.
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