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!

• Everything you need to know about Opening Day 2026

30-TEAM BREAKDOWNS

• Projected Opening Day lineups and rotations for every team
• 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

WILL LEITCH'S SEASON PREVIEWS

• 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

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

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

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?