Spring training games are underway and players are getting up to speed in preparation for when the real games begin. It’s the same drill fantasy baseball managers go through early in the spring when mock drafts serve as our spring training.
This year, some of the game’s best players will first need to gear up for the World Baseball Classic. Meanwhile, some of the fantasy industry’s best players will jump-start the 2026 draft season with the League of Alternative Baseball Reality (LABR).
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The action gets underway on Monday, Feb. 23, with the LABR Mixed league draft. Who will go No.1 overall … and how will the first round shake out? Those are among the many questions fantasy managers want answered.
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$765,000,000: Juan Soto, New York Mets (2025-39)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$765,000,000: Juan Soto, New York Mets (2025-39)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$700,000,000: Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers (2024-33)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$500,000,000: Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., Toronto Blue Jays (2026-39)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$426.5 million: Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels (2019-2030)* includes extension
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$365 million: Mookie Betts, Los Angeles Dodgers (2020-32)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$360 million: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees (2023-2031)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$350 million: Manny Machado, San Diego Padres (2023-33)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$341 million: Francisco Lindor, New York Mets (2022-31)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$340 million: Fernando Tatis Jr., San Diego Padres (2021-34)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$330,000,000: Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies (2019-31)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$325 million: Giancarlo Stanton, Miami Marlins (2015-2027) – traded to New York Yankees in 2017
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$325 million: Corey Seager, Texas Rangers (2022-31)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$325,000,000: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Los Angeles Dodgers (2024-35)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$313.5 million: Rafael Devers, Boston Red Sox (2024-33) – traded to San Francisco Giants in 2025
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$300 million: Trea Turner, Philadelphia Phillies (2023-33)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$292 million: Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers (2014-2023)* includes extension
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$288,777,777: Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City Royals (2024-34)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$280 million: Xander Bogaerts, San Diego Padres (2023-33)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$275 million: Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees (2008-2017)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$260 million: Nolan Arenado, Colorado Rockies (2019-26) – traded to St. Louis Cardinals in 2021, traded to Arizona Diamondbacks in 2026
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$252,000,000: Alex Rodriguez, Texas Rangers (2001-10)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$245 million: Stephen Strasburg, Washington Nationals (2020-26)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$245 million: Anthony Rendon, Los Angeles Angels (2020-26)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$240,000,000: Kyle Tucker, Los Angeles Dodgers (2026-29)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$240 million: Albert Pujols, Los Angeles Angels (2012-2021)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$240 million: Robinson Cano, Seattle Mariners (2014-2023) – traded to New York Mets in 2019
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$225 million: Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds (2012-2021)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$218,000,000: Max Fried, New York Yankees (2025-32)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$217 million: David Price, Boston Red Sox (2016-2022) – traded to Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$215 million: Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers (2014-2020)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$215 million: Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers (2020-28)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$214 million: Prince Fielder, Detroit Tigers (2012-2020) – traded to Texas Rangers in 2013
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$212 million: Austin Riley, Atlanta Braves (2023-32)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$210 million: Corbin Burnes, Arizona Diamondbacks (2025-30)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$210 million: Max Scherzer, Washington Nationals (2015-2021)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$209.3 million: Julio Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners (2023-34)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$206.5 million: Zack Greinke, Arizona Diamondbacks (2016-2021) – traded to Houston Astros in 2019
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$202,000,000: CC Sabathia, New York Yankees (2009-17)
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MLB’s $200+ million contracts
$200 million: Carlos Correa, Minnesota Twins (2023-28) – traded to Houston Astros in 2025
What is LABR?
The League of Alternative Baseball Reality is the original fantasy baseball experts league. LABR began in 1994, when Sports Weekly (then Baseball Weekly) fantasy editor John Hunt recruited 12 industry titans to draft and play in AL- and NL-only auction leagues.
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LABR has since expanded to a Mixed league draft (in 2012) and a Mixed auction league (in 2020).
2026 LABR Mixed draft participants, draft order
Shohei Ohtani is coming off a 2025 season in which he hit 55 homers, scored 146 runs and stole 20 bases. He also posted a 2.87 ERA in 47 innings on the mound. Ohtani is the consensus No. 1 overall pick so far in 2026 fantasy drafts.
Here are the competitors in this year’s LABR Mixed draft, with their corresponding draft positions. It’s a 15-team, 5×5 Rotisserie league with twice-weekly free-agent pickups throughout the season.
LABR Mixed draft order
*-defending champion
How to follow 2026 LABR Mixed draft live
The 2026 LABR Mixed draft will be broadcast live on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio (Channel 87). and the 29-round draft grid will be updated live on RTSports.com.
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Fantasy baseball 2026 LABR mixed draft order, live grid