2026 Fantasy Baseball: Players with Multi-Positional Eligibility

Multi-positional eligibility is a key component of roster construction in fantasy baseball. It allows for more flexibility when deciding who to roster and where. It also gives more in-season options for optimizing day-to-day roster management by allowing more opportunities to insert players into the lineup. There’s no worse feeling in fantasy than when you have a roster filled with talent, but you have no spot for them to play. Benching valuable bats is a tough pill to swallow and can be overcome with multi-positional eligibility. Overall, it’s something that fantasy owners should pay more attention to because it can make or break a season.

Eligibility Requirements

That being said, every platform has its own rules and specifications for a player to gain eligibility at a position. Some sites require five games played in-season, while others require much more than that. It’s all dependent on where you play fantasy baseball. The following are the rules for the major platforms:

Fantrax

Position Eligibility

• Games needed from previous season for a player to qualify at a position: 20
• Games needed from current season for a player to qualify at a position: 10
• Starts needed from previous season for a player to qualify as a Starting Pitcher: 5
• Starts needed from current season for a player to qualify as a Starting Pitcher: 3
• Relief appearances needed from previous season for a player to qualify as a Relief Pitcher: 8
• Relief appearances needed from current season for a player to qualify as a Relief Pitcher: 5
• Use Fantrax’s default position(s) in addition to any position(s) a player qualifies for based on above criteria: No
• Note: If a player does not qualify for any positions based on the above selections, he will qualify at the position(s) played most in the previous MLB season. If he did not play at all last season, then the default position(s) will be used.

CBS

During the fantasy season, all MLB players will remain eligible at their initial (pre-season) designated primary position and will also be eligible at any position at which they played at least 20 games in 2025 or at least five (5) games in 2026. Also, be aware that a player’s primary position may change at any time.

ESPN

Using the most recent year’s games played, a player must meet the following criteria in order to gain eligibility at a position to begin a new season:

Batters

Pitchers

NFBC

The NFBC will use the following position eligibility rules in 2026:

• Players who played at least 20 games at any position in 2025 will qualify at that position for the entire 2026 NFBC season. Players who play 10 games at a new position in 2026 will be eligible at that position after they have played there for the 10th time during the 2026 MLB regular season.
• If a player did not appear in 20 games at any position, he qualifies at the one position he played most frequently the prior season in the majors. Designated Hitter is considered a position for these purposes (pinch-hitting is not). A player who only qualifies as a DH may only be assigned to the UT position. If a player’s most games played at a position is less than 20 and tied among more than one position, the NFBC commissioner will assign eligibility at one position only.
• Those players who only pinch-hit in the majors in 2025 will be position eligible according to their minor-league games played status in 2025. They would qualify at the position they played the most games in the minors.
• Players who played all of 2025 in the minor leagues will be awarded position eligibility for the 2026 NFBC season based on the most games played at all levels in the minors. The NFBC will determine that one eligible position before Draft Day and that will determine that player’s status for 2026 once he is called up to the majors. Those players who only pinch-hit or DH in the minors will only be UT-eligible.
• The NFBC commissioner will rule on player eligibility prior to the draft as he deems necessary. Those eligibility lists are final and will be available to all owners prior to Draft Day.

Yahoo

The number of games a player completes determines position eligibility.

• Position eligibility – 5 starts or 10 total appearances in a position.
• Pitcher eligibility – 3 starts to be a starter, or 5 relief appearances to qualify as a reliever.

Players Who Offer Multi-Position Eligibility

Here are the most prominent players that qualify for multi-positional eligibility. The minimum number of games started used for each position was five (5), which is also the lowest number from all of the aforementioned sites. The position with the highest total number of games played is their primary listing, while their secondary positions are listed in parentheses next to it. It is important to check your own platform to ensure that these players qualify for different positions in your drafts. You can also use our Position Eligibility Tool to see how many games a player appeared at each position in the 2025 season. With all of that being said, here is the long list of players who have multi-positional eligibility in 2026.

Catcher

Victor Caratini: Minnesota Twins – 1B
Liam Hicks: Miami Marlins – 1B
Salvador Perez: Kansas City Royals – 1B

First Base

Luis Arraez – San Francisco Giants: 2B
Jake Bauers – Milwaukee Brewers: OF
Romy Gonzalez – Boston Red Sox: 2B
Ryan O’Hearn – Pittsburgh Pirates: OF
Ben Rice: New York Yankees – C
Spencer Steer: Cincinnati Reds – OF
Eric Wagaman: Minnesota Twins – OF

Second Base

Jose Altuve: Houston Astros – OF
Kristian Campbell: Boston Red Sox – OF
Jazz Chisholm Jr.: New York Yankees – 3B
Jake Cronenworth: San Diego Padres – SS, 1B
Brendan Donovan: Seattle Mariners – OF, SS
Mauricio Dubon: Atlanta Braves – OF, SS, 3B
Tommy Edman: Los Angeles Dodgers – OF, 3B
Xavier Edwards: Miami Marlins – SS
Andres Gimenez: Toronto Blue Jays – SS
Nick Gonzales: Pittsburgh Pirates – SS
Jackson Holliday: Baltimore Orioles – SS
Jonathan India: Kansas City Royals – OF, 3B
Edouard Julien: Colorado Rockies – 1B
Hyeseong Kim: Los Angeles Dodgers – SS, OF
Jeff McNeil: Sacramento Athletics – OF
Dylan Moore: Philadelphia Phillies – OF, 1B, 3B
Jorge Polanco: New York Mets – 3B
Luis Rengifo: Free Agent – 3B, OF
Miguel Rojas: Los Angeles Dodgers – 3B, SS
Bryson Stott: Philadelphia Phillies – SS

Shortstop

Gabriel Arias: Cleveland Guardians – 2B
Javier Baez: Detroit Tigers – OF, 3B, 2B
Jose Caballero: New York Yankees –  OF, 2B, 3B
Carlos Correa: Houston Astros – 3B
Ha-Seong Kim: Atlanta Braves – 2B
Isiah Kiner-Falefa: Free Agent – 3B, 2B
Brooks Lee: Minnesota Twins – 3B, 2B
Otto Lopez: Miami Marlins – 2B
Chase Meidroth: Chicago White Sox – 2B
Colson Montgomery: Chicago White Sox – 3B
Brayan Rocchio: Cleveland Guardians – 2B
Josh Smith: Texas Rangers – 3B, 1B, OF
Jared Triolo: Pittsburgh Pirates – 3B, 1B, 2B

Third Base

Blaze Alexander: Arizona Diamondbacks – 2B
Addison Barger: Toronto Blue Jays – OF
Brett Baty: New York Mets – 2B
Alec Bohm: Philadelphia Phillies – 1B
Ernie Clement: Toronto Blue Jays – 2B, SS, 1B
Caleb Durbin: Milwaukee Brewers – 2B
Maikel Garcia: Kansas City Royals – SS, 2B, OF
Nolan Gorman: St. Louis Cardinals – 2B
Colt Keith: Detroit Tigers – 2B, 1B
Otto Kemp: Philadelphia Phillies – 1B, OF
Marcelo Mayer: New York Mets – 2B
Max Muncy: Sacramento Athletics – 2B, SS
Amed Rosario: New York Yankees – 2B
Miguel Vargas: Chicago White Sox – 1B
Jordan Westburg: Baltimore Orioles – 2B

Outfield

Brooks Baldwin: Chiacho White Sox – 3B, 2B, SS
Alec Burleson: St. Louis Cardinals – 1B
Jac Caglianone: Kansas City Royals – 1B
Willi Castro: Colorado Rockies – 2B, 3B
Troy Johnston: Colorado Rockies – 1B
Gavin Lux: Tampa Bay Rays – 2B, 3B
Noelvi Marte: Cincinnati Reds – 3B
Angel Martinez: Cleveland Guardians – 2B
Ceddanne Rafaela: Boston Red Sox – 2B
Gavin Sheets: San Diego Padres – 1B
Tyler Soderstrom: Sacramento Athletics – 1B