If you’re on the East Coast, spring is in the air, which is fitting given how much baseball is ramping up. Not only do we get to enjoy spring training but the World Baseball Classic has been fun this past week. Sometimes, it’s tough to garner any sort of opinion based on spring training games. But with players showing out in the WBC, we can gather some positives.
With fantasy baseball drafts ramping up over the next few weeks, here are some players who have seen their Yahoo ADP rise week over week.
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Note: The ADPs cited in this story are strictly from Yahoo Public leagues and will vary to some degree from the Yahoo ADP page, which includes Public and Private league data.
Wyatt Langford, OF, Rangers
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ADP from 2-23 to 3-1: 54.5
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ADP from 3-02 to 3-8: 46.1
The 24-year-old outfielder is seeing his stock rise thanks to an offensive outburst last week in spring training. He belted a pair of homers and now has seven hits and seven RBI in seven games this spring. Langford has improved in each of his first two MLB seasons and if he continues on that trajectory, he could be a league-winner.
In the same number of games from 2024 to 2025, Langford went from 16 HRs to 22 and a .740 OPS to .775. He also provides decent category coverage with 41 total stolen bases in that span. Be mindful of his ADP, however. Langford is going around the 4th round in 12-team leagues. If his ADP continues to rise, you’ll be buying the breakout as opposed to Langford’s potential real value.
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Seiya Suzuki, OF, Cubs
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ADP from 2-23 to 3-01: 94.9
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ADP from 3-02 to 3-08: 89
Similar to Langford, Suzuki is having a solid spring, except he’s doing it for Japan in the World Baseball Classic. Through three games in the tournament, Suzuki has a pair of homers with 5 RBI, 5 walks and 4 runs scored. He’s coming off his best MLB season in 2025 with 32 HRs, 103 RBI and a .804 OPS. If we use OPS as a barometer for players to target, Suzuki is one of the better picks in 2026; he has an OPS over .800 in three straight seasons.
Fantasy baseball analyst Fred Zinkie notes one of his easy-to-execute strategies is “OPS Floor,” where you target players whose floor is .800 OPS. Those players have an .800 or better OPS last season and for their career — Suzuki checks both those boxes.
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Luka Keaschall, 2B, Twins
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ADP from 2-23 to 3-01: 113.2
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ADP from 3-02 to 3-08: 107.7
I’m going to shoutout Zinkie again in this piece with Keaschall as another ADP riser. He’s listed as a breakout infielder in 2026 by Zinkie. The 23-year-old had a solid rookie campaign in a short sample with 49 games last season. In that span, he demonstrated an ability to get on base often, thanks to a solid walk rate. Keaschall only struck out 29 times in 207 plate appearances in 2025.
For category leagues, Keaschall should be great for batting average, runs and stolen bases — also for OBP and OPS. With second base looking thin for fantasy, Keaschall should be a priority target if you miss out on one of the top names early in your draft.