Fantasy Baseball Sleepers-Picks

[NittanyLions94]

A couple sleepers I'll be looking at:

C - Ryan Doumit - The Pirates should finally be doing a straight platoon with he and Paulino. Doumit kills righties and Paulino kills lefties, so it should work out pretty well. The kid can stroke.

2B - Brendan Harris - Finally got a full season of ABs in Tampa and put up a .286 AVG with 72 runs and 50+ RBIs.

3B - Edwin Encarnacion - He's not quite a "sleeper" in every sense of the word, but he is a very solid later pick if you miss out on the elite 3Bs. .289, 76 RBIs, just under .800 OPS.

OF - Jack Cust - Maybe my favorite player in the entire MLB. The dude is an OPS monster at .912, but will hurt you on the AVG. He should improve on his 26 HRs and 82 RBIs, but if your league counts OPS, he is extremely valuable and consistent in that category.

[Silver & Black]

milledge and good attitude dont belong in the same sentence. isnt he known for being an *******?

Exactly - but he's worth a flyer on a late round pick

[Daws1089]

milledge and good attitude dont belong in the same sentence. isnt he known for being an *******?

[Silver & Black]

By Position - each of these guys will be around after round 20

C - Ryan Doumit - Pit - if he's there, take him in the last round. He won't start, but the weak hitting Pirates will not be able to keep his bat on the bendh
1st - Richie Sexson - Sea - you'll get him after the 20th round, and this year he'll produce better power numbers than Pujols
2nd - Kaz Matsui - Hou - .275 BA, 30 steals and 90 runs and could go undrafted
3rd - Kevin Kouzmanoff - SD - started off last year as one of the worst hitters in baseball. hit over .300 the last 5 months. look for .300 - 23 - 95 as a late - late round pick
SS - Felipe Lopez - Wash - Lopez and Julio Lugo are the same player, but Lugo will go 8 rounds earlier.
Out - Wily Mo Pena - Wash - only 26 and it seams as if he's been around for a long time. Breakout season this year. 35 HR 100 RBI
Out - Lastings Milledge - Wash - Good Attitude - Big Upside
Out - Cameron Maybin - Flo - if someone wants to take a chance on him early, let them have him. If he sticks to round 20 you should take the chance.
SP - Rcih Harden - Oak - His arm will probably fall off by May, but a last round pick won't be a bad risk
SP - Andrew Miller - Homer Bailey - Tom Gorzelanny - Three Studs who struggled at times last year. They're still studs.

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[Kuz]

Get Justin Upton -- especially for keeper leagues.

I also like Jay Bruce, Longoria, Bucholz, Gallardo, Tim Lincecum, Homer Bailey and FRANCISCO LIRIANO!!!

Be patient with Liriano though because it will take a little time probably for him to get back up to speed.

[PhillyFan3]

Just curious who you guys think are going to be the best value picks and who are going to be some of the sleepers, just want to get this going to help out everyone that does fantasy baseball, I am in like 3 leagues all about 100 bucks each with about 12 people in each league, so I am hoping to get a step up on everyone....

I personally like from my team is the Big 3 of Howard, Utley, and Rollins to put monster years ...I think Hamels is going to have a little bit of a letdown year, but I expect some good things out of Brett Myers in the rotation....

Obviously we have the big names that put up huge numbers each year: A-rod, Mags, Vlad, Wright, Hanley, Crawford, Teixiera, Holliday, Morneau, Sizemore, Beltran, Miguel Cabrera, Mauer, Hafner, Victor Martinez, Rios and Wells from Tor, Carlos Lee, Ortiz, Manny, Aramis, Soriano, and many others in the lineups...

My sleepers or guys you can get kind of later that can put up some big numbers this year: Hunter Pence, Josh Hamilton, Matt Kemp, Adam Jones, Barton(OAK), Cameron Maybin, Milledge, Alex Gordon, Joey Votto...

Pitching I am sure every one knows the big names out there, there are a couple of guys who I think are going to step it up big time this year: Jimenez and Morales(col), Wainwright, McGowan and Marcum(tor), Guthrie, Baker, Billingsley, Bucholz, Rich HIll, Yovani Gallardo

Also wondering what you guys think are the guys to stay away from too....

Thanks for any input guys, it will be appreciated in making runs in our fantasy leagues this year