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A draft board for ESPN leagues. Import the league before the draft, and every player carries a dollar value priced for its exact scoring and roster slots, with ADP beside it and the projected standings updating after every pick. Picks are recorded by hand; there is no ESPN draft-room sync yet.
Free for the 2026 season. Works with Yahoo, ESPN, CBS, Fantrax, Ottoneu, NFBC, OnRoto, RTSports, and Fleaflicker.
On another platform? Rosters, settings, and standings pull in automatically:
How the ESPN import works
ESPN keeps league pages behind your login, so an ESPN league imports through a one-time connection from your own browser: the RotoHound Connector, a bookmarklet you click on your ESPN league page, or the RotoHound Chrome extension. Either one passes along the league access your ESPN session already has, and RotoHound imports every roster, the scoring settings, the roster slots, and the current standings. RotoHound reads from ESPN and never writes to it.
Values and ADP on one board
The player list shows every undrafted player with his dollar value for your league’s categories or point values, his projected stats, and his ADP, so a reach or a bargain is visible in one row. ADP is built in and refreshes daily from Yahoo, ESPN, and NFBC drafts: a league on one of those platforms sees its own platform’s ADP, and every other league sees a consensus of the three. Beside the ADP, two columns give each player’s chance of still being on the board at your next two picks, so a target that will survive to your next turn can wait and one that will not gets taken now. A vs ADP column shows how many picks later than his value rank the market takes him, and a tier column marks where the drop in value to the next player is large. Filter by position, search by name, and record a pick to any team with one click. Picks can be undone, and the board can be followed from a second device during the draft.
Projected standings after every pick
The Standings tab recalculates the projected standings for every team from the players drafted so far, in your league’s scoring format. While the draft is running you can see which categories your roster is building and which it is missing, and draft toward the gap instead of toward a generic ranking. An impact column on the player list shows how your projected standings would change if you took each available player with your next pick. The rest of the draft is filled in by ADP around each choice, so the number includes what the pick costs: the ADP default at your pick scores zero, a better use of it scores positive, and a reach scores negative.
Positional depth, keepers, and auction budgets
Positional depth charts list the remaining players at each position in order of value or ADP, so a drop-off at catcher or shortstop is visible before it arrives. The team panel beside the player list shows the roster grid, position coverage, and where the roster projects to finish in each category, with the rest of the draft filled in by ADP so the picture is complete from the first pick. Keepers come in with the league import and sit on their rosters before the first pick. In auction mode the board tracks every team’s spend, remaining budget, and open roster spots.
What RotoHound reads from a ESPN league
ESPN’s scoring settings import as they are: rotisserie or head-to-head, standard or custom categories, or ESPN points. Daily or weekly lineup locks set how RotoHound projects your lineups, and the ESPN standard roster (C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, CI, MI, five OF, Util, nine P, three bench, two IL) is the starting preset, adjusted to your league’s actual slots. The transaction log syncs too, so adds, claims, and trades can be graded by what the players did afterward.
How it works
1. Import your ESPN league
Click the RotoHound Connector on your ESPN league page, or import with the Chrome extension. Rosters, settings, and standings pull in automatically.
2. Open the Draft Assistant
The board is built from your league’s rounds, teams, and draft order, with ADP for your platform beside the values and each player’s chance of lasting to your next two picks.
3. Draft
Record picks as they happen. Values, positional depth, and projected standings update with every pick.
Frequently asked questions
Does it sync picks from the ESPN draft room?
Not yet. Picks are recorded by hand as they happen and saved as you go, so the board can be open on a laptop while the ESPN draft room runs on another screen. Keepers and rosters import automatically before the draft.
Does RotoHound work with private ESPN leagues?
Yes. ESPN keeps private leagues behind your login, so the import runs from your own browser with the RotoHound Connector or the Chrome extension, which pass along the league access your session already has. This step needs a desktop browser; the rest of RotoHound works on a phone.
How are the draft values calculated?
The same way as Player Values: category leagues use standings gain points, points leagues use points above replacement, and both are scaled to your league’s budget, roster sizes, and number of teams. A catcher, a closer, or a steals specialist is priced for your format, not a generic one. The methodology page covers the details. Read the methodology
Does it support auction drafts and keeper leagues?
Yes. Auction mode tracks each team’s spend and remaining budget against the salary cap. Keeper leagues import their keepers with the league, and the projected standings count them from the first pick.
Where does ADP come from?
RotoHound refreshes ADP daily from Yahoo, ESPN, and NFBC drafts. A Yahoo, ESPN, or NFBC league sees its own platform’s ADP, and every other league sees a consensus, the average of each player’s draft rank across the three. You can also upload an ADP export from NFBC or any other source and set it as the default for a league.
Is RotoHound free?
Yes. RotoHound is free for the 2026 season with a free account.
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Free for the 2026 season. The Draft Assistant opens with your league loaded as soon as the import finishes.
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