Yahoo · Baseball
The Balking Dead
A ten-team Yahoo baseball keeper league with 25 draft slots a team. A keeper costs a draft round, on a contract of up to five years.
Source: reviewed keeper workbook, which covers 2024 to 2026. Champions and results come separately from Yahoo, and only verified titles are shown.
Keepers by season
| Season | Marked | Sheet total | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 42 | Matches the sheet's totals |
| 2025 | 38 | 42 | Partly marked |
| 2024 | 40 | 42 | Partly marked |
Marked is the players a sheet marks as kept. Where that falls short of the sheet's own total, the lists below are incomplete for that season.
Best keeper values
The round given up minus the round the player's rank implies, at ten picks a round. An estimate.
- Jarren Duran 2025 · Duran DuranRound 22 · +19 rounds
- Jarren Duran 2026 · Duran DuranRound 22 · +17 rounds
- Paul Skenes 2025 · Suck My DickeyRound 19 · +17 rounds
- Roman Anthony 2026 · Suck My DickeyRound 20 · +15 rounds
- Mason Miller 2025 · Ohtani Betts But is a FreemanRound 22 · +15 rounds
- Pablo López 2024 · Ron MarinaraRound 19 · +15 rounds
- Aroldis Chapman 2026 · Winston Wolf TheoryRound 25 · +14 rounds
- Anthony Volpe 2025 · I Hate Fantasy BaseballRound 25 · +13 rounds
- Cody Bellinger 2024 · Prestige WorldwideRound 19 · +13 rounds
- Pablo López 2025 · Ohtani Betts But is a FreemanRound 19 · +12 rounds
Kept the most
Players kept in the most seasons, matched by name.
- Anthony Volpe3 seasons · 2024, 2025, 2026
- Bryce Harper2 seasons · 2024, 2025
- Christian Yelich2 seasons · 2024, 2026
- Cody Bellinger2 seasons · 2024, 2025
- Corbin Carroll2 seasons · 2025, 2026
- Eury Pérez2 seasons · 2024, 2026
- Francisco Lindor2 seasons · 2024, 2025
- Gunnar Henderson2 seasons · 2025, 2026
- Jarren Duran2 seasons · 2025, 2026
- Jasson Domínguez2 seasons · 2024, 2025
Every keeper
2026 · 42 keepers
- Corbin Carroll Duran DuranRound 1 · 1 year
- Bo Bichette Duran DuranRound 9 · 1 year
- Jarren Duran Duran DuranRound 22 · 1 year
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto I Hate Fantasy BaseballRound 3 · 2 years
- Junior Caminero I Hate Fantasy BaseballRound 7 · 2 years
- Anthony Volpe I Hate Fantasy BaseballRound 25 · 1 year
- José Ramírez Jose Can U C 2.0Round 2 · 1 year
- Jacob deGrom Jose Can U C 2.0Round 4 · 1 year
- Christian Yelich Jose Can U C 2.0Round 10 · 1 year
- Bryan Abreu Jose Can U C 2.0Round 21 · 1 year
- Nathan Eovaldi Jose Can U C 2.0Round 21 · 1 year
- Gunnar Henderson Juan Better Team NameRound 3 · 1 year
- Bryan Woo Juan Better Team NameRound 14 · 2 years
- Maikel Garcia Juan Better Team NameRound 16.5 · 1 year
- Gavin Williams Juan Better Team NameRound 20 · 1 year
- Ronald Acuña Jr. My Entire Team SucksRound 3 · 2 years
- Brice Turang My Entire Team SucksRound 16 · 1 year
- Nolan McLean My Entire Team SucksRound 17 · 1 year
- Mark Vientos My Entire Team SucksRound 18 · 1 year
- Tarik Skubal Ohtani Betts But is a FreemanRound 5 · 1 year
- Nick Kurtz Ohtani Betts But is a FreemanRound 14 · 3 years
- Geraldo Perdomo Ohtani Betts But is a FreemanRound 15.5 · 1 year
- Bobby Witt Jr. Prestige WorldwideRound 1 · 1 year
- Hunter Brown Prestige WorldwideRound 10 · 1 year
- Cal Raleigh Prestige WorldwideRound 11 · 1 year
- Eury Pérez Prestige WorldwideRound 19 · 1 year
- Jac Caglianone Prestige WorldwideRound 21 · 1 year
- Riley Greene Suck My DickeyRound 7 · 1 year
- Pete Crow-Armstrong Suck My DickeyRound 10 · 1 year
- Trey Yesavage Suck My DickeyRound 18 · 1 year
- Roman Anthony Suck My DickeyRound 20 · 1 year
- Abner Uribe Suck My DickeyRound 23.5 · 1 year
- Jazz Chisholm Jr. THE ADAMES MISTAKE!!!Round 3
- Max Fried THE ADAMES MISTAKE!!!Round 6
- Joe Ryan THE ADAMES MISTAKE!!!Round 8
- Shea Langeliers THE ADAMES MISTAKE!!!Round 13
- Trevor Story THE ADAMES MISTAKE!!!Round 17.5
- Zach Neto Winston Wolf TheoryRound 14 · 1 year
- Kyle Bradish Winston Wolf TheoryRound 16 · 1 year
- Jesús Luzardo Winston Wolf TheoryRound 16.5 · 1 year
- Jacob Misiorowski Winston Wolf TheoryRound 18 · 1 year
- Aroldis Chapman Winston Wolf TheoryRound 25 · 1 year
2025 · 38 keepers
- Corbin Carroll Duran DuranRound 1 · 2 years
- Bryson Stott Duran DuranRound 11 · 1 year
- Jarren Duran Duran DuranRound 22 · 2 years
- Mike Trout I Hate Fantasy BaseballRound 4 · 1 year
- Kodai Senga I Hate Fantasy BaseballRound 17 · 1 year
- Jasson Domínguez I Hate Fantasy BaseballRound 23 · 1 year
- Anthony Volpe I Hate Fantasy BaseballRound 25 · 2 years
- José Ramírez Jose Can U C 2.0Round 2 · 2 years
- Bryce Harper Jose Can U C 2.0Round 8 · 1 year
- Chris Sale Jose Can U C 2.0Round 11 · 1 year
- Cody Bellinger Jose Can U C 2.0Round 19 · 1 year
- Juan Soto Juan Good Team NameRound 1 · 1 year
- Aaron Judge Juan Good Team NameRound 2 · 1 year
- Gunnar Henderson Juan Good Team NameRound 3 · 2 years
- Shohei Ohtani (Pitcher) Juan Good Team NameRound 22.5 · 1 year
- Francisco Lindor My Entire Team SucksRound 4 · 1 year
- Blake Snell My Entire Team SucksRound 7 · 1 year
- Marcell Ozuna My Entire Team SucksRound 15 · 1 year
- Mark Vientos My Entire Team SucksRound 17.5 · 2 years
- Tarik Skubal Ohtani Betts But is a FreemanRound 5 · 2 years
- Willy Adames Ohtani Betts But is a FreemanRound 18 · 1 year
- Pablo López Ohtani Betts But is a FreemanRound 19 · 1 year
- Mason Miller Ohtani Betts But is a FreemanRound 22 · 1 year
- Ketel Marte Suck My DickeyRound 9 · 1 year
- Hunter Greene Suck My DickeyRound 11 · 1 year
- Brent Rooker Suck My DickeyRound 15.5 · 1 year
- Lawrence Butler Suck My DickeyRound 16.5 · 1 year
- Paul Skenes Suck My DickeyRound 19 · 1 year
- Kyle Schwarber THE ADAMES MISTAKE!!!Round 5 · 1 year
- Teoscar Hernández THE ADAMES MISTAKE!!!Round 7 · 1 year
- Jackson Chourio THE ADAMES MISTAKE!!!Round 10 · 1 year
- Bryce Miller THE ADAMES MISTAKE!!!Round 11 · 1 year
- Jordan Westburg THE ADAMES MISTAKE!!!Round 18 · 1 year
- Shohei Ohtani (Batter) Winston Wolf TheoryRound 2 · 1 year
- Cole Ragans Winston Wolf TheoryRound 9 · 1 year
- Michael King Winston Wolf TheoryRound 10 · 1 year
- Josh Naylor Winston Wolf TheoryRound 16 · 1 year
- Spencer Schwellenbach Winston Wolf TheoryRound 17 · 1 year
2024 · 40 keepers
- Ty France Cole WorldRound 12 · 1 year
- Royce Lewis Cole WorldRound 15 · 1 year
- Paul Sewald Cole WorldRound 20 · 1 year
- Marcus Semien Fred Wilpon's Sugar BabyRound 3 · 1 year
- Francisco Lindor Fred Wilpon's Sugar BabyRound 4 · 2 years
- Ke'Bryan Hayes Fred Wilpon's Sugar BabyRound 12 · 1 year
- Bryce Harper Jose Can U CRound 8 · 2 years
- Christian Walker Jose Can U CRound 9 · 1 year
- Raisel Iglesias Jose Can U CRound 13 · 1 year
- Kodai Senga M.I.A.Round 17 · 2 years
- Jasson Domínguez M.I.A.Round 23 · 2 years
- Anthony Volpe M.I.A.Round 25 · 1 year
- Julio Rodríguez Prestige WorldwideRound 7 · 1 year
- Eury Pérez Prestige WorldwideRound 13 · 1 year
- Francisco Alvarez Prestige WorldwideRound 18 · 1 year
- Cody Bellinger Prestige WorldwideRound 19 · 1 year
- Junior Caminero Prestige WorldwideRound 25 · 1 year
- Jose Altuve Ron MarinaraRound 10 · 1 year
- Grayson Rodriguez Ron MarinaraRound 13 · 1 year
- Pablo López Ron MarinaraRound 19 · 2 years
- Christian Javier Ron MarinaraRound 25 · 1 year
- Matt Olson Suck My DickeyRound 2 · 1 year
- CJ Abrams Suck My DickeyRound 15 · 1 year
- Elly De La Cruz Suck My DickeyRound 15 · 1 year
- Triston Casas Suck My DickeyRound 17 · 1 year
- Evan Carter Suck My DickeyRound 18 · 1 year
- Rafael Devers THE ADAMES MISTAKE!!!Round 2 · 1 year
- Zack Wheeler THE ADAMES MISTAKE!!!Round 3 · 1 year
- Nolan Jones THE ADAMES MISTAKE!!!Round 16 · 1 year
- Edwin Díaz THE ADAMES MISTAKE!!!Round 16 · 1 year
- Zack Gelof THE ADAMES MISTAKE!!!Round 19.5 · 1 year
- Paul Goldschmidt Wigwamers/TBDRound 5
- Austin Riley Wigwamers/TBDRound 5 · 1 year
- Emmanuel Clase Wigwamers/TBDRound 8 · 1 year
- Christian Yelich Wigwamers/TBDRound 10 · 1 year
- Max Muncy Wigwamers/TBDRound 11 · 1 year
- Shohei Ohtani (Batter) Winston Wolf TheoryRound 2 · 2 years
- Tyler Glasnow Winston Wolf TheoryRound 8 · 1 year
- Ha-Seong Kim Winston Wolf TheoryRound 17 · 1 year
- Jesús Luzardo Winston Wolf TheoryRound 20 · 1 year