2019 Fantasy Baseball Position Eligibility Guide

One of my favorite differences between fantasy baseball and other sports is the ability to qualify at multiple positions. The added strategy for drafts really allows me to geek out even more than normal.

However, there's also the downside of assuming a player qualifies at a position only to find out that they didn't according to the site you use for your league. If you are like me, you just imagine players appear at certain positions and don't think twice about double checking.

Well, imagine no more! We've got the all-inclusive chart right here. This time around, I had my good friend Addison help me out with the chart while I have had the busiest week of my life. Also, props to Baseball Reference for having an awesome chart that helped immensely with this exercise.

Platform	Previous Season (Appearances)	Current Season (Appearances)	Additional Notes
CBS	20	5
ESPN	20	10
NFBC	20	10	If minor leaguer with less than 20 career MLB games, then use appearances from minor leagues.
Fantrax	20	10
Yahoo!	10 (5 starts)	10 (5 starts)
Ottoneu	10 (5 starts)	10 (5 starts)

Here's a chart describing positional standards by platform. Mostly an FYI, but it will serve as a complimentary table to the large table seen below. Ready, set, begin!

2019 Fantasy Baseball Position Eligibility Guide

Before we begin though, I want to be sure everyone understands what the chart is depicting. If the player has an 'X' under a column, he has eligibility at that position on all platforms with 20 or more appearances. If there is a number from 5 to 19, then that player will be eligible in your Yahoo.

Yes, it's a large chart and it got larger relative to last year. I've kept DH in here just in case we have some interesting league types floating around out there. Use the filter and sorting tools to your advantage!

PLAYER	TEAM 2018	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF	DH
Aaron Judge	NYY						X	19
Adalberto Mondesi	KCR			12		X
Adam Duvall	---		10				X
Adam Frazier	PIT			X			X
Adam Jones	BAL						X	6
Adrian Beltre	TEX				X			X
Adrian Sanchez	WSN			13	7
Albert Pujols	LAA		X					X
Alcides Escobar	KCR				X	X	6
Aledmys Diaz	TOR				X	X
Alen Hanson	SFG			X	10	16	X
Alex Blandino	CIN			X	15	11
Alex Bregman	HOU				X	X
Alex Gordon	KCR						X	5
Andrew Romine	SEA		16	18	6	18	5
Aramis Garcia	SFG	7	10
Asdrubal Cabrera	---			X	X	X
Austin Barnes	LAD	X		19
Austin Slater	SFG		X				X
Avisail Garcia	CHW						X	6
Ben Gamel	SEA						X	6
Ben Zobrist	CHC			X			X
Blake Swihart	BOS	X	10				X	14
Brad Miller	---		X	X		6		6
Brandon Belt	SFG		X				8
Brandon Dixon	CIN		X	8	6		X
Brandon Drury	---			7	15
Brandon Lowe	TBR			X			15
Brian Anderson	MIA				X		X
Brock Holt	BOS		7	X	5	X	16
Buster Posey	SFG	X	13
C.J. Cron	TBR		X					X
Carlos Asuaje	SDP			X	5
Carlos Gomez	TBR						X	6
Carlos Sanchez	CHW			9	X
Carlos Santana	PHI		X		19
Chad Pinder	OAK			X	16		X
Charlie Culberson	ATL			9	X	X	X
Chase d'Arnaud	SFG			17	10
Cheslor Cuthbert	KCR		10		12			8
Chris Davis	BAL		X					12
Chris Owings	ARI			9	15		X
Chris Taylor	LAD			12		X	X
Christian Arroyo	TBR			8	7
Cliff Pennington	CIN				8	5
Cody Bellinger	LAD		X				X
Cory Spangenberg	SDP			X	X		5
Curt Casali	CIN	X	6
Curtis Granderson	---						X	X
Dan Vogelbach	SEA		X					9
Daniel Descalso	ARI		11	X	X		5	7
Daniel Murphy	---		14	X
Daniel Palka	CHW						X	X
Daniel Robertson	TBR			X	19	X
Danny Valencia	BAL				X		19	15
David Bote	CHC			13	X
David Fletcher	LAA			X	X	7
David Freese	---		X		X
Dee Gordon	SEA			X		8	X
Denard Span	---						X	10
Derek Dietrich	MIA		X				X
Deven Marrero	ARI			5	X
Dilson Herrera	CIN			13			11
Dominic Smith	NYM		X				13
Drew Butera	---	X	6
Drew Robinson	TEX			8			X
Eddie Rosario	MIN						X	12
Eduardo Escobar	---				X	X
Eduardo Nunez	BOS			X	X			10
Edwin Encarnacion	CLE		X					X
Ehire Adrianza	MIN		10	5	X	X	5
Enrique Hernandez	LAD		8	X	9	X	X
Eric Sogard	MIL			X		X
Eric Thames	MIL		X				X
Erik Gonzalez	CLE		9	X	X	16
Francisco Cervelli	PIT	X	5
Freddy Galvis	SDP			5		X
Garrett Hampson	COL			7		8
Gary Sanchez	NYY	X						12
George Springer	HOU						X	10
Giancarlo Stanton	NYY						X	X
Gift Ngoepe	TOR			5		6
Gio Urshela	TOR				10	8
Gleyber Torres	NYY			X		X
Gordon Beckham	SEA			13	6
Greg Garcia	STL			X	15	17
Gregorio Petit	MIN			10	6	9
Hanley Ramirez	BOS		X					19
Hernan Perez	MIL		6	X	X	X	X
Howie Kendrick	WSN			X			6
Hunter Dozier	KCR		X		X			8
Ian Desmond	COL		X				X
Ian Happ	CHC				X		X
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	TEX	X		X	X
J.D. Davis	HOU		13		X		5
J.D. Martinez	BOS						X	X
J.P. Crawford	PHI				13	X
J.T. Realmuto	MIA	X	13
Jace Peterson	---			18	X		X
JaCoby Jones	DET						X	5
Jake Bauers	TBR		X				X	6
Jason Kipnis	CLE			X			14
Javier Baez	CHC			X	X	X
Jay Bruce	NYM		X				X
Jed Lowrie	OAK			X	14
Jedd Gyorko	STL		5	17	X	5
Jefry Marte	LAA		X		10
Jesmuel Valentin	PHI			9	11		5
Jesus Aguilar	MIL		X		5
Jim Adduci	DET		X					6
Joe Mauer	MIN		X					X
Joey Gallo	TEX		X				X
Joey Wendle	TBR			X	X	10	17
Johan Camargo	ATL				X	18
John Hicks	DET	X	X
Jon Jay	---						X	7
Jonathan Schoop	---			X		17
Jonathan Villar	---			X		18
Jorge Bonifacio	KCR						X	6
Jorge Soler	KCR						X	9
Jose Abreu	CHW		X					13
Jose Altuve	HOU			X				6
Jose Bautista	---				X		X
Jose Martinez	STL		X				X	8
Jose Osuna	PIT		12		7		7
Jose Pirela	SDP		9	X			X
Jose Ramirez	CLE			16	X
Jose Reyes	NYM			13	X	X
Jose Rondon	CHW				8	10		12
Josh Donaldson	---				X			12
Jurickson Profar	TEX		X	10	X	X
Justin Smoak	TOR		X					10
Kaleb Cowart	LAA		5	14	X	5
Kelby Tomlinson	SFG			X		13
Kendrys Morales	TOR		18					X
Ketel Marte	ARI			X		X
Kevin Newman	PIT			8		X
Khris Davis	OAK						11	X
Kris Bryant	CHC				X		X
Kyle Schwarber	CHC						X	6
Leury Garcia	CHW			7		5	X
Logan Forsythe	---			X	12
Logan Morrison	MIN		X					X
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	TOR			X		X
Lucas Duda	---		X					X
Luis Guillorme	NYM			8	14
Luis Valbuena	LAA		X		X
Manny Machado	---				16	X
Mark Canha	OAK		15				X
Mark Reynolds	WSN		X		10
Mark Trumbo	BAL						19	X
Marwin Gonzalez	HOU		X	X		X	X
Matt Adams	---		X				16
Matt Carpenter	STL		X	11	X
Matt Davidson	CHW		X		14			X
Matt Duffy	TBR				X			5
Matt Kemp	LAD						X	5
Matthew Joyce	OAK						X	10
Max Moroff	PIT			17		6
Max Muncy	LAD		X	13	X		6
Michael Brantley	CLE						X	7
Miguel Andujar	NYY				X			14
Miguel Cabrera	DET		X					5
Miguel Rojas	MIA		X	11	X	X
Miguel Sano	MIN		11		X			7
Mike Moustakas	---				X			17
Mike Trout	LAA						X	15
Mitch Garver	MIN	X	5					6
Neil Walker	NYY		X	X	X		16	5
Nick Castellanos	DET						X	14
Nicky Delmonico	CHW		7				X
Niko Goodrum	DET		X	X	10	12	19
Nomar Mazara	TEX						X	12
Omar Narvaez	CHW	X						8
Pablo Sandoval	SFG		X		X
Pat Valaika	COL		15	17	8	7
Pedro Alvarez	BAL				8			X
Pedro Florimon	PHI					X	5
Pete Kozma	DET				6	15
Rajai Davis	CLE						X	14
Rhys Hoskins	PHI		17				X
Richard Urena	TOR			13		X
Rob Refsnyder	TBR						X	10
Robbie Grossman	MIN						X	X
Robinson Cano	SEA		14	X
Ronald Torreyes	NYY			X	11	9
Ronny Rodriguez	DET		10	17	12	X
Rosell Herrera	---			18	5		X	9
Russell Martin	TOR	X			X
Ryan Braun	MIL		18				X
Ryan Flaherty	ATL		7		X
Ryan Goins	KCR			X	5
Ryan McMahon	COL		X	10	17
Ryan O'Hearn	KCR		X					11
Ryan Rua	TEX		7				X
Salvador Perez	KCR	X						X
Sam Travis	BOS						7	5
Scott Kingery	PHI				10	X	7
Sean Rodriguez	PIT			X		16	18
Shin-Soo Choo	TEX						X	X
Steve Pearce	---		X				15	X
Steve Wilkerson	BAL			9	6
Taylor Motter	---		5				6
Teoscar Hernandez	TOR						X	9
Tim Beckham	BAL				X	X		7
Tommy La Stella	CHC			15	X
Tony Kemp	HOU			7			X
Travis Shaw	MIL		17	X	X
Trey Mancini	BAL		X				X	18
Tucker Barnhart	CIN	X	11
Tyler Austin	---		X					X
Tyler Saladino	---			6		X
Tyler Wade	NYY			X			7
Tyler White	HOU		X					X
Tzu-Wei Lin	BOS					X	6
Victor Caratini	CHC	X	X
Victor Reyes	DET						X	X
Whit Merrifield	KCR		5	X			X	11
Wil Myers	SDP				X		X
Willians Astudillo	MIN	16			6
Willson Contreras	CHC	X					5
Willy Adames	TBR			10		X
Wilmer Difo	WSN			X	X	9
Wilmer Flores	NYM		X	13	10
Wilson Ramos	---	X						5
Yadiel Rivera	MIA		5	11	X	X	9
Yadier Molina	STL	X	5
Yairo Munoz	STL			X	X	X	X
Yandy Diaz	CLE		9		9			16
Yangervis Solarte	TOR			X	X	7		7
Yuli Gurriel	HOU		X	15	X			8
Zack Cozart	LAA			16	X	15

Notable/Potential In-Season Qualifiers

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First Base

With Carlos Santana gone, Rhys Hoskins should get 10 games at first within the first two weeks of the season. This is probably the easiest call I will have here. Yay, no effort necessary!
Daniel Murphy is in a similar situation to Hoskins in that 1B is the only place for him to go. While he already has eligibility at first base in Yahoo leagues, he should gain 1B prowess in all leagues in April.

Second Base

The Brewers don't care what your position was before you got to Milwaukee. Case and point, Mike Moustakas should be the starting 2B against right-handers for the 2019 iteration of the Brew Crew. That flexibility between second and third for fantasy is underrated.
Oddly enough, Jurickson Profar has eligibility at every infield position but second base. I don't know why, but I've always thought of him as a 2B first. Anyway, he will be forced to play at the keystone with Marcus Semien and Matt Chapman on the left side of the infield.

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Third Base

At the moment, the White Sox appear to be moving Yoan Moncada to third. It's an interesting development for an interesting player and that's something to keep a close eye on in March.

Shortstop

Luis Urias is an interesting player in deeper formats and should be gaining shortstop eligibility very quickly. With offseason acquisitions of Manny Machado and Ian Kinsler, Urias looks to man the six until Fernando Tatis Jr. is ready to roll.

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Catcher	First Base	Second Base	Third Base	Shortstop	Outfield	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher

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