Get ESPN MLB Team Depth Chart (Long Format)
Source:R/espn_mlb_team_deep.R
espn_mlb_team_depthchart.RdReturns the team's depth chart in long format, one row per (position × rank × athlete). MLB-only at ESPN's core-v2.
Usage
espn_mlb_team_depthchart(team_id, season = most_recent_mlb_season(), ...)Value
A long tibble with one row per athlete depth entry.
| col_name | types | description |
| league | character | League slug. |
| team_id | character | ESPN team id. |
| season | integer | Season year. |
| depthchart_id | character | Depth chart id (typically "1"). |
| depthchart_name | character | Depth chart name. |
| position | character | Position code (pg/sg/sf/pf/c). |
| rank | integer | Depth rank (1 = starter). |
| athlete_id | character | ESPN athlete id. |
| athlete_ref | character | $ref URL to athlete-in-season. |
| position_ref | character | $ref URL to position resource. |
See also
Other ESPN MLB Functions:
espn_mlb,
espn_mlb_athletes_index(),
espn_mlb_award(),
espn_mlb_betting(),
espn_mlb_calendar(),
espn_mlb_coach(),
espn_mlb_coach_record(),
espn_mlb_coach_season(),
espn_mlb_coaches(),
espn_mlb_conferences(),
espn_mlb_draft(),
espn_mlb_draft_athlete_detail(),
espn_mlb_draft_athletes(),
espn_mlb_draft_pick(),
espn_mlb_draft_rounds(),
espn_mlb_draft_status(),
espn_mlb_franchise(),
espn_mlb_franchises(),
espn_mlb_freeagents(),
espn_mlb_futures(),
espn_mlb_game_all(),
espn_mlb_game_broadcasts(),
espn_mlb_game_endpoints,
espn_mlb_game_info(),
espn_mlb_game_odds(),
espn_mlb_game_official_detail(),
espn_mlb_game_officials(),
espn_mlb_game_play(),
espn_mlb_game_play_personnel(),
espn_mlb_game_player_box(),
espn_mlb_game_powerindex(),
espn_mlb_game_predictor(),
espn_mlb_game_probabilities(),
espn_mlb_game_probables(),
espn_mlb_game_propbets(),
espn_mlb_game_rosters(),
espn_mlb_game_situation(),
espn_mlb_game_team_leaders(),
espn_mlb_game_team_linescores(),
espn_mlb_game_team_records(),
espn_mlb_game_team_roster(),
espn_mlb_game_team_roster_entry(),
espn_mlb_game_team_score(),
espn_mlb_game_team_statistics(),
espn_mlb_injuries(),
espn_mlb_leaders(),
espn_mlb_news(),
espn_mlb_pbp(),
espn_mlb_player_awards(),
espn_mlb_player_box(),
espn_mlb_player_career_stats(),
espn_mlb_player_contract(),
espn_mlb_player_contracts(),
espn_mlb_player_endpoints,
espn_mlb_player_eventlog(),
espn_mlb_player_eventlog_v2(),
espn_mlb_player_gamelog(),
espn_mlb_player_info(),
espn_mlb_player_overview(),
espn_mlb_player_seasons(),
espn_mlb_player_splits(),
espn_mlb_player_statisticslog(),
espn_mlb_player_stats(),
espn_mlb_player_stats_v3(),
espn_mlb_position(),
espn_mlb_positions(),
espn_mlb_powerindex(),
espn_mlb_scoreboard(),
espn_mlb_season_awards(),
espn_mlb_season_draft(),
espn_mlb_season_group(),
espn_mlb_season_group_children(),
espn_mlb_season_group_teams(),
espn_mlb_season_groups(),
espn_mlb_season_info(),
espn_mlb_season_leaders(),
espn_mlb_season_ranking(),
espn_mlb_season_rankings(),
espn_mlb_season_type(),
espn_mlb_season_types(),
espn_mlb_season_week(),
espn_mlb_season_weeks(),
espn_mlb_seasons(),
espn_mlb_standings(),
espn_mlb_team(),
espn_mlb_team_box(),
espn_mlb_team_current_roster(),
espn_mlb_team_endpoints,
espn_mlb_team_injuries(),
espn_mlb_team_leaders(),
espn_mlb_team_news(),
espn_mlb_team_odds_records(),
espn_mlb_team_record(),
espn_mlb_team_record_detail(),
espn_mlb_team_roster(),
espn_mlb_team_schedule(),
espn_mlb_team_season_profile(),
espn_mlb_team_season_roster(),
espn_mlb_team_season_statistics(),
espn_mlb_team_stats(),
espn_mlb_teams(),
espn_mlb_tournament(),
espn_mlb_tournament_season(),
espn_mlb_tournament_seasons(),
espn_mlb_tournaments(),
espn_mlb_transactions(),
espn_mlb_venues(),
espn_mlb_week_ranking(),
espn_mlb_week_rankings(),
espn_mlb_wp()
Examples
# \donttest{
espn_mlb_team_depthchart(team_id = 13, season = 2025)
#> ── ESPN MLB Team Depth Chart ──────────────────────── baseballr 2.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-08 11:08:05 UTC
#> # A tibble: 96 × 10
#> league team_id season depthchart_id depthchart_name position rank
#> <chr> <chr> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int>
#> 1 mlb 13 2025 1 Depth Chart rp 1
#> 2 mlb 13 2025 1 Depth Chart rp 2
#> 3 mlb 13 2025 1 Depth Chart rp 3
#> 4 mlb 13 2025 1 Depth Chart rp 4
#> 5 mlb 13 2025 1 Depth Chart rp 5
#> 6 mlb 13 2025 1 Depth Chart rp 6
#> 7 mlb 13 2025 1 Depth Chart rp 7
#> 8 mlb 13 2025 1 Depth Chart rp 8
#> 9 mlb 13 2025 1 Depth Chart rp 9
#> 10 mlb 13 2025 1 Depth Chart p 1
#> # ℹ 86 more rows
#> # ℹ 3 more variables: athlete_id <chr>, athlete_ref <chr>,
#> # position_ref <chr>
# }