The first round, pick by pick, in points and in 9-cat

The first round is where most managers feel safest and where the format of the league matters most. The top three are the same in almost every ranking, but by the sixth pick the right choice in a points league and the right choice in a 9-cat league are often different players, because the scoring rules reward different things: points leagues reward volume, and categories leagues punish weaknesses.

Below is the first round as our projections board sees it in each format, beside the consensus of our analysts. Points ranks are under ESPN's default scoring, and every rank prices the games each player is projected to miss.