2026 Fantasy Baseball All-FOMO Team: Here are the players Scott Pianowski wishes he drafted this season

Mar 25, 2026 - 22:00

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2026 Fantasy Baseball All-FOMO Team: Here are the players Scott Pianowski wishes he drafted this season

Like every season, I’m in a bunch of leagues. Mostly redraft leagues, one keeper league. Private leagues. Industry leagues. Draft leagues, salary cap leagues, a draft-and-hold league, the list goes on and on.

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So I have players I like and thankfully, I get to draft a lot of players I like. But there’s always going to be a FOMO list, a group of players I wanted to land but wasn’t able to, for one reason or another.

Let’s look at that list now.

Aaron Judge, Yankees

Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers

Bobby Witt Jr., Royals

Nothing complicated to this case. You need early draft capital to take these players, and I generally didn’t have it. As for the salary cap leagues, I prefer not to build a roster centered around one expensive player. Everyone expects this trio to excel again, me included — I even picked Witt for AL MVP.

Paul Skenes, Pirates

Garrett Crochet, Red Sox

Here’s another example of how I opted to shop in the A-/B+ bucket and avoid the most expensive pitchers. I do have a Tarik Skubal share, so I’m not locked out there. But most of my staffs are helmed by guys like Logan Webb, Logan Gilbert and Hunter Brown, and I wanted to grab offense in the first round. Skenes and Crochet are in the primes of their careers and I’ll consider them appointment viewing like everyone else does. I just won’t be benefiting from it.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays

There’s a joie de vivre with the Blue Jays that I wanted to tap into, but mostly I didn’t land these guys. Guerrero’s had a productive but meandering career. He reached 48 homers one year, but last season was down to 23. He’s challenged for batting titles, but also hit as low as the .260s. Durability hasn’t been a problem. Ultimately I decided he wasn’t quite worth an ADP in the mid-teens, but I’ll still miss not rostering him.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dodgers

He was an eyelash more pricy than the aces I targeted, so Yamamoto isn’t in my 2026 profile. I can’t unsee how amazing he was in the 2026 playoffs. The Dodgers generally handle their pitchers with extreme care and caution — it’s rare anyone here qualifies for the ERA title — but perhaps Yamamoto profiles as an exception.

Brent Rooker, Athletics

Jacob Wilson, Athletics

I expect the nomad Athletics to score a bunch of runs and be competitive, and these were two guys I was targeting. Rooker is the more established player, of course, while Wilson is a bat-control king who could easily hit a power spike. Unfortunately, my opponents get to make picks, too.

Roman Anthony, Red Sox

Everything about him screams out future superstar, and maybe that arrives in 2026. The batting eye is elite, he’ll hit leadoff in a great ballpark, the power should arrive quickly. Alas, the fantasy market is also expectant here, pushing Anthony’s ADP into the mid-40s. I was aggressive on Anthony in my salary cap leagues, but ran up against opponents who also love his profile.

Jacob deGrom, Rangers

My favorite pitcher to watch over the last 10-15 years has been a healthy Jacob deGrom. Unfortunately, we never really know when that guy will be available. I had deGrom on my most important roster last year and found it almost stressful to watch him, even as he stayed hale for 30 starts. This year, I decided to hold onto the fandom but not stake my fantasy success on his season. I do think the Rangers can be a fun team this summer.

William Contreras, Brewers

I’ve been promoting the smarter-than-everyone-else Brewers for a few months, and I thought my resume would be overflowing with Milwaukee players. I landed some, but not as many as I expected. Contreras was generally not a target because I don’t like paying up at catcher, but I know I’ll be tracking this team closely and it stings to not have a stake in a player this consistent.

Maikel Garcia, Royals

He’s the AL’s version of Gerardo Perdomo, a vastly improved player who now presents a tricky call in the 60-70 range. Oddly, I wound up with a bunch of Perdomo shares but none of Garcia. In the middle of one salary cap draft, I recognized I didn’t have enough roster flexibility and told myself “Garcia, no matter what.” Then the offers sailed into the 20s and I had to back away.

Nolan McLean, Mets

Pretty sure I have a share somewhere but I know I’m underweight with this potential ace. McLean was dominant in eight starts last year and it will be a blast watching him every five days, with the outstanding SNY TV crew on the backdrop.

Corey Seager, Rangers

He’s basically the hitter version of deGrom. When Seager is right, he can be one of the five best hitters in baseball. But you have to expect him to miss chunks of time, and the Texas ballpark isn’t great for offense.

Cade Smith, Guardians

He was a little underpriced when draft season opened, but that was ironed out quickly. Smith does everything you want from a closer — he piles up strikeouts, doesn’t walk guys, keeps the ball in the park. And this Cleveland team was built to win low-scoring games.