Chasing stolen bases in April fantasy baseball often leads fantasy baseball managers astray, as raw speed rarely predicts sustained volume. The first month of the 2026 fantasy baseball 2026 stolen base market reveals clear separation between true burners and opportunity plays, with players from Nasim Nunez to Cody Bellinger defining early trends. League-wide stolen base attempts are up in early 2026 compared to 2025, continuing the post-pitch clock surge.

Only one run in the game was scored by a runner who got on with a hit

Nasim Nunez is not known for his bat but it was his clutch hitting and Jake Irvin’s pitching that got the Nats a curly W

Nasim Nunez drove in four runs, including two in the top of the 10th inning, as the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 on Saturday. Automatic runner James Wood scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the top of the 10th before the Nationals tacked on three more runs against Jordan Leasure (2-1) on a walk with the bases loaded and a two-run single by Nunez. The White Sox could muster only one run in the bottom of the 10th off Brad Lord.

No team has been worse at using the ABS challenge system than the Nationals, so I dove into the numbers

Despite a ninth inning scare, Nats secure win over Brewers.

There are a few second basemen who really offer a boost to fantasy baseball lineups. Elly De La Cruz, Francisco Lindor, and Trea Turner, to name a select few. You’re not going to find that level of second-base production on the waiver wire. But there are some hidden gems that could be ready to ...