See Ya Later – Late Round Fantasy Baseball Sleepers at Every Position

Since we are right in the middle of Fantasy Baseball draft season, today’s Baseball Chatter is dedicated to two things.

Helping you have a great draft
Sharing some great insight from one of an I often overlooked brilliant minds in this industry. Consider him a Fantasy Baseball Expert Advisor because that is literally what he does. Lenny and I both discuss players with him often because we value his insight, but we are not the only ones.

Brian Ambos, aka The FanAddict, shared this a few days ago but we decided it might be best if we didn’t publish it until after he drafted his big money NFBC league teams. In fact, we used many of his NFBC leagues to calculate the category targets for the draft guide.

Introducing The FanAddict, Brian Ambos.

SEE YA LATER

We all know who the top players are for fantasy baseball.
Here I give you my late round value. Those players that are going after the top 250. This is where leagues are won.
No strikeout rates, wOBA, batting average and all that statistical stuff.
I’ll leave that to the guys who do it for a living.
Take a peek and do the research yourself. You gotta do some work, don’t ya?

Catcher

*Austin Hedges -I’ve Been Warning Anyone Who Will Listen Since Jan. Hedges Spent Off Season At Petco Making Adjustments To Improve
Contact. I Have Waited On Catcher Until Rounds 18-20 Making Him My First
* Manny Pina – Perfect #2 Catcher
Alex Avila – New Home In Arizona With A Better Line-Up
Chris Iannetta – Any Bat In Colorado Is Worth A Mention
*Matt Wieters – At This Price, I’ll Buy- Wieters Is Looking The Part This Spring.
James McCann – Another Good Catcher 2 Option – By Default, He Should Prove Decent Counting Stats
Robinson Chirinos – I’m Not So Sure Everyday Opportunity Pays Off
Travis d’Arnaud – The Other Piece Of The R.A Dickey Deal

First Base

*Brandon Belt – Are You Kidding Me? Adp Close To 300? Can Easily Provide 20hr / 80/80
*Jose Martinez (Of) Came On Last Year. Good Contact With A Bit Of Pop. Matt Carpenter‘s Back Is Key
Ryan McMahon – Rockies Prospect – Cargo Signing May Push Desmond To 1b
Lucas Duda – Kansas City ? Power Is There But Will It Translate
Yonder Alonso – Will See Time In Potent Cleveland Line-Up
Logan Morrison – Signed With Twins Who Are Motivated And Primed To Compete
C.J. Cron – Trade To Tampa Will Provide More At-Bats – But It’s Tampa

Second Base

Starlin Castro – Some Say No Motivation I Say Play Well So You Can Get Traded
Neil Walker – Welcome To New York
Kolten Wong – Worked With Willie Mcgee On Base Running. Needs To Move To Top Of The Line-Up
*Asdrubal Cabrera (Ss/3b) – Boring But Reliable For Roto Stats – Multi Position Elig…
*Brandon Drury – I’m The President Of The Brandon Drury Fan Club. New Swing Showing Power. Yankee Stadium
Devon Travis – If He Can Only Stay Healthy – Cost Is Minimal – Worth A Reserve Pick
Cesar Hernandez – Philly Looking To Make A Move – And He May Be Moved
Joe Panik – Leading Off For San Fran
Scott Kingery – The Future – Talented Player But Where Does He Play

Shortstop

Tim Beckham – He will gain 3B/CI eligibility -value is at MI 20 HR in a bandbox should be no problem. Needs to take the next step

Addison Russ ell – would love to see better lineup spot. damn, he’s still only 24 – he will be a stud one of these days is it now?
Yangervis Solarte -I know it sounds like a disease multi-position eligibility on an injury-prone team
Gleyber Torres – I think 2019 maybe
Asdrubal Cabrera -does nothing great but everything good enough to plug in
Ketel Marte – I want to see more, would love to see him higher in the line-up – cheep sb if he keeps the job
Johan Camargo – starting 3b for Atlanta with ss eligibility – it could be worse- good placeholder
Franklin Barreto – making it tough for Billy to send him down – he is their future

**I don’t love any of these but I do like Marcus Semien who falls shy for this write up as his current draft position is 217. Spend up because a breakout season looks quite possible

Third Base

*Jeimer Candelario – I Love This Kid. Underrated Player Who Will Be Starting 3third Baseman With Nick Castellanos Moved To Outfield
Matt Chapman – Big Power Bat In An Improved Oakland Offense – High Strikeout Rate
*Colin Moran – Chip In The Gerrit Cole Deal – I Am Intrigued To See This Kid Get His Chance
Todd Frazier – Will The Move Back To Nl Get The Avg Up To .250? Plays With Heart And His Heart Is In NY
Yolmer Sanchez (2b) Will Start For White Sox – Showed Skills Late Last Year
Johan Camargo (Ss) – Atlanta Giving Him 3b Job – At Least Until Riley Ready
Brian Anderson – Nice Young Bat To Plug In Late. No Pressure In Miami, But No Talent Either

Outfield

*Max Kepler – Need To See Him Hit Lefties, I Think He Does. I’m Buying
*Matt Kemp – Talk About Motivation. Wish I Could Lose 40 Lbs. Torrid Spring!!!
Stephen Piscotty – Lots Of Personal Issues Last Year- Traded To Oakland To Be Close To Sick Mom
Randal Grichuk – Move To Toronto Could Only Help. Complained Stl Staff Messed Up His Head
*Teoscar Hernandez – My Favorite Player On This Page. Toronto Needs To Play Him.

We Seen The Burst Of Power Late Last Year. Look At The Back Of The Baseball Card.

He Runs Too. Toronto Needs A Spark Plug A Top The Line-Up
*Derek Fisher – Loaded With Talent Needs To Play Every day. I’ll Roll The Dice As A #5 Of
*Jorge Soler – Rejuvenated Bat – Prototypical Post Hype Player. One More Chance? He’s Got One
Leonys Martin -worked On Swing To Improve Contact -eliminating The Launch Angle Approach -leading Off For Tigers
Carlos Gomez – It is Carlos Gomez Who Knows What You Will Get- Now In Tampa
*Albert Almora – Coming Into His Own – Could Lead Off. Possible Breakout Candidate But Cubs Are Loaded
Mallex Smith – Speed And Nothing Else
Aaron Altherr – 4 Outfielder Mix- 5 Tool Bat. I Told Ya Last Year This Dude Can Play
Willie Calhoun -sent To Aaa – Power Bat Will Get His Shot
Austin Hays -power Bat Waiting His Turn
Victor Robles – Top Prospect. Needs More Time To Get It Right
Franchy Cordero– Mashing!!! Nowhere To Play-for Now!
Eloy Jimenez – high-End Prospect. Came Over In Quintana Deal. Showing Skills This Spring – Waiting for A Call-Up

Starting Pitcher

*Tyler Chatwood – Good Numbers Away From Coors- He’s Out Of Coors
*Jake Odorizzi – Move To Twins-change Of Scenery Should Help- Has 5 Pitches
*Marco Estrada – Worked On Change Up Which Failed Him Last Year. His Change Was Always His Strength
Sean Newcomb – Has Looked Matured This Spring, But That Ballpark Is Always An Issue
*Eduardo Rodriguez –injured – Has Ace Type Stuff. Should Be Back Late April Early May
Steven Matz – Injury Riddled-loaded With Talent. Perfect Reserve Round Risk
Joe Musgrove -other Part Of Cole Deal -new Home+ Ray Searage– I’m In
Matt Harvey – ?? Comeback – Trying To Salvage His Career. Has Shown Life This Spring
*Reynaldo Lopez – Fastball Velocity Up, Control An Issue.
Tyler Glasnow – Needs To Get Control In Order. Big Arm Was A Big Mess Last Year
Chris Stratton – Looking Good Can Be #5
Matt Boyd – Working With Chris Bosio – Has Talent But Has Been Inconsistent
Bryan Mitchell – New Life, New League, New Park. Can He Figure It Out In San Diego
Walker Buehler -rich Hill/Alex Wood Will Miss Time.
Sandy Alcantara – Part Of Ozuna Deal – Needs Seasoning Has Shown Some Life

Relief Pitcher

*Cam Bedrosian – potential closer. Blake Parker doesn’t scare me
*Dominic Leone – potential closer. Obtained from Toronto. has excelled this spring
Carl Edwards Jr-do you trust Morrow?
Addison Reed –Fernando Rodney! say no more

A.J. Ramos – Familia not missing bats. but Ramos missing strike zone-someone has to close
Yoshihisa Hirano – Bradley better as set up
Nate Jones – not much else in Chi-town – health always an issue. Should battle Soria for the role
Zach Britton – INJ -Balt needs him to close when he comes back so they can trade him
Kyle Barraclough – has looked good this spring. Brad Ziegler is not the answer