Catch up on all the MLB season preview content right here
Opening Day is rapidly approaching, but if you're just getting caught up on what to expect from the new season, have no fear. MLB.com has been looking ahead to the 2026 season for some time now, and even if you weren't studying all winter, we're hear to help you cram. (Don't worry, there won't be a test.)
Here is our 2026 season preview content, all in one place and helpfully broken up into categories for your perusal. So check it out and get prepped for baseball!
30-TEAM BREAKDOWNS
- Projected Opening Day lineups and rotations for every team
- Opening Day Power Rankings: Who can unseat the Dodgers?
- Drafting the 2026 World Series favorites, from 1 to 30
- The most important thing each team learned at camp
- 1 player who has made a big impression in each camp
- 1 prospect making some noise in each spring camp
- 1 dark horse candidate for each team's Opening Day roster
- 1 big unknown for each MLB team in 2026
- Want to show you know ball? Here's 1 stat for each team that will help
- What needs to go right for each team this season
WILL LEITCH'S SEASON PREVIEWS
- Where will each team finish in ‘26? Predicting each division and postseason series
- Saluting MLB's elder statesmen: The 10 oldest players in 2026
- Who'll win awards in '26? Here are the top contenders in each division
- 6 sneaky-fun teams to watch this season
- Who is the Ultimate Bandwagon Team for 2026? We investigate
- The best soon-to-be free agent from each division
- Will an epic title drought end in '26? These clubs are most likely to do it
- The biggest offseason additions, 1 for each division
- 7 hopeful predictions to beat the winter blues and celebrate spring
- It's all on the line for these 6 teams in 2026, 1 from each division
AWARDS
- 6 dark horse Cy Young candidates in '26
- 6 dark horse candidates to win MVP in '26
- 2 repeat Cy winners? It hasn't happened in 26 years
- Soto wants to beat out Ohtani for MVP. Here's how he could do it
- Staff poll: Who will win baseball's top awards in 2026?
PROJECTIONS
- 10 key players projected for big rebounds in 2026
- Each team's top projected player in '26
- How 10 teams can defy their playoffs odds this season
- 9 projected roster holes that could actually be strengths
- This season's best projected rookies are ...
- The top projected players to change teams this offseason
- 13 eye-popping player projections for 2026
- The top projected MLB team defenses for 2026
- 5 key questions from the release of the PECOTA standings
ABS CHALLENGE SYSTEM
- Everything you need to know about the new ABS Challenge System
- There's loads of ABS data from last season. What does it all mean?
- Getting measured for ABS is a science: 'People shrink over the course of a day'
- The most interesting players on the new ABS challenge leaderboard
- Who will be the best at ABS challenges? Here's what the players think
- The ABS Challenge System is here. How will it impact MLB?
- The 10 biggest storylines for MLB's first game with ball-strike challenges
PROSPECTS
- The prospects with the most interesting Statcast data this Spring
- Here are 30 prospect predictions for 2026
- How the '24 Draft class should shape the '26 season
- There's a new No. 1 in farm system rankings
- The preseason 2026 Top 100 Prospects list is here!
- Here are the new 2026 team Top 30 Prospects lists
- Here is each team's best power-hitting prospect
- Where every Top 100 prospect is expected to start the season
FANTASY BASEBALL
- The top 100 fantasy baseball players for 2026
- Tiered fantasy baseball rankings for each position
- 7 picks to be fantasy's top player (if it's not Judge or Ohtani)
- Sleepers and breakouts to target in fantasy drafts
- Yahoo fantasy baseball mock draft 2.0
MORE TEAM AND PLAYER ANALYSIS
- How 10 teams can turn weaknesses into strengths
- Ranking all 30 teams by tiers, 1-9
- Which teams improved the most this winter?
- 3-team race? Surprise team could make it 4 in NL East
- A 50-200 season for Ohtani, 300 K's for Skubal and 5 other outrageous goals for MLB stars
- X-factors who could push their teams back to October
- 7 players who need to step up to replace key departures
- What are the most stacked positions in baseball?
- 10 teams projected to have the largest internal WAR gains
- Ranking the best hitters entering the 2026 season -- with one tie!
- A first-time champ, a massive trade and more bold predictions for '26
- 7 breakout batters who could make a leap at the plate this season
- Ranking the Top 10 pitching staffs in baseball
- Ranking the Top 10 lineups in baseball
- 10 players poised to capitalize on spring injuries
- Experts predict all of this season's stats leaders
- The 2026 Spring Training stat lines that actually matter
- 10 players who could reach career milestones in 2026
- The best Opening Day starting pitchers, ranked from 1-10
- MLB.com experts pick 2026 division winners, World Series champ