Throughout the 2026 MLB Season, Owen Messineo writes about his experience of playing fantasy baseball seriously for the first time.
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,…
Bean Ball 