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How to join a league with friends, family or co-workers
If you received a fantasy baseball invite via email, Facebook, Twitter or text/SMS to join a friend's league, you must click the unique link on the invite to join that league. Please check your email or other messages for your invite to join the league. Contact your commissioner to resend the invite, if needed.
How to join a public league
If you don't have enough people to create your own league, or if you just want to join one more, check out the Live Draft Lobby. You can find people drafting real teams in leagues with various settings and options.
How to start your own league as a commissioner/league manager
Head to the ESPN Fantasy Baseball create your own league page. Here, you'll find three choices: League Manager, ESPN Custom and Standard Free.
Note: Hover your mouse over "?" squares for details on each option, then click on the appropriate red button below to create the league of your choice.
Create League Manager: As the League Manager, you have access to LM Tools throughout the season to help you manage all aspects of your league, including draft settings, the number of teams in your league, your regular-season and playoff schedules, and scoring adjustments. ESPN will preserve your league's history (and keepers) from year to year. Access to League Manager-run leagues is by private invite only.
To create your LM league, you'll need to choose your basic settings, including League Name, Scoring Type, Draft Type and Draft Date. You don't have to put too much thought into them while creating your league, because you can change all of these settings at any time before your draft.
Create ESPN Custom: ESPN Custom leagues allow you to create a league, customize your rosters, scoring and other league settings, then make it accessible from our League Directory for others to join. Unlike League Manager (LM) leagues, once your ESPN Custom league is created, you will NOT have access to LM Tools, and your league settings are locked for the season. Note that ESPN Custom Leagues are not eligible for the ESPN Fantasy Baseball Leaderboard, even ones that use standard ESPN settings, and they are limited to one season of play (e.g., no keepers or league history available).
Create Standard Free: This is the simplest way to get started. You provide a League Name, League Motto, Restriction Type (which type of users are able to enter), whether it's a Private or Public league, Scoring Type, Draft Type and Draft Date. We take care of the rest. The limits here are that your league must have 10 players, the commissioner can't customize your settings, the draft must be online, and your league won't include keepers or a league history. These leagues are eligible for the ESPN Fantasy Baseball leaderboard.