We recommend that all managers take advantage of our pre-draft ranking feature. If you are signed up for a live draft, it is still a good idea to use this custom-rank feature, as these rankings will be used to pick players if you cannot make it to part or all of your draft.

When you do rank, it is important to remember that you do not want to rank players position by position. If you were to do this (e.g., all first basemen, then all shortstops, etc.), you will end up filling your starting roster and then drafting as many first basemen as your bench will allow before ever selecting a shortstop—or any other position. The goal, rather, is to set up one master list of all the players in the league. With this master list, you will select your top-rated player as long as he is available and you have an open roster spot.

Until you change the rankings, they will default to our predetermined order. If you are happy with that order, you do not need to custom-rank players.

Also, please remember that you do not need to rank all of the players. Anyone left unranked will be added to the end of your rank list according to the default rankings. So, if you rank only 25 players—and most managers rank at least this many—player 26 automatically defaults to the best player remaining based on our default rankings, player 27 is the second best, etc.

Additionally, you may prevent any player from ever being drafted to your team by placing him on your Exclude List. Just remember to be careful as any player on this list will never get drafted onto your roster.

You can use our drag-and-drop feature to easily move players onto your ranking list. Click on a player's name and hold down the mouse button. Once highlighted, you will be able to drag that player into your custom-rankings.