Throughout the 2026 MLB Season, Owen Messineo writes about his experience of playing fantasy baseball seriously for the first time.
Matchup 6 vs Holden’s Heated Team
Key Happenings Coming into this week, I knew that I should at least go 1-0. Holden’s Team was, in fact, not hot, despite the name, being 4-6 on the season. Further boosting my confidence, I was scheduled to have two starts by Cam Schlittler, Tarik Skubal, Jacob deGrom, and Logan Gilbert, meaning I would need…
Matchups 2-5
Welp It’s been a minute. This will be a bit of a longer article, since it’s been about four (yikes) weeks. However, before I dive into my fantasy baseball team, a quick explanation. As mentioned before, I am a college student. I had a week with multiple midterms, followed by a week of being sick…
Matchup 1 vs Matthew’s Magnificent Team
Before the games started, I decided to call my team “We Prevent Runs on This Team”, an ode to my pitching-heavy approach. The first matchup was longer than typical ones due to Opening Day in San Francisco and then Opening Day everywhere else coming on Thursday and Friday, creating a half week in limbo. So…
Drafting the Team
Final Pre-Draft Thoughts and Decisions Throughout my predraft process, not only was I gathering information regarding the players I liked, but also trying to figure out what players would get to me at my pick, particularly in the first round. Going in, I saw two scenarios playing out. The first three picks were locked in,…
Draft Prep 2: Pitcher Thoughts and Strategies
This is part three of a series covering my experience with playing fantasy baseball this summer. The first part is linked here. Today, we dive into my thoughts about pitchers I liked and disliked going into the draft process. Again, I want to reiterate that this is not a position ranking, but instead players I felt…
Draft Prep 1: Hitter Thoughts and Strategies Going In
This is part two of a series covering my experience with playing fantasy baseball this summer. The first part is linked here. First, a few notes about the league before I outline the strategy I settled on. This is an 8-person league with head-to-head matchups (H2H) and uses the ESPN fantasy baseball points system. I…
Bean Ball 