Anyone that has been around the fantasy-baseball world for even a minute is well acquainted with the term “sleeper.” At this time of year, everyone entering drafts is in search of those players with cheap draft stock that can pay off big time.
My picks have, so far, regularly been available for those final couple of rounds in early drafts based on consensus ADP around the industry. Each of them has the potential to deliver serious value for fantasy managers and could become an absolute steal this season.
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Sleepers Outside the Top 300: Eduardo Escobar
The following player is a sleeper to consider in the late stages of 2023 fantasy-baseball drafts.
It may surprise most that have not kept up with Escobar, but the now 34-year-old switch hitter reached 20 home runs for the fifth time in his career last year. He mostly underperformed during his first season with the Mets and then missed a couple of weeks in late August due to an oblique injury. However, Escobar finally endeared himself to the Mets’ faithful with a huge stretch run.
After the calendar flipped to September, Escobar hammered his way to a .982 OPS with eight deep drives and 25 RBI across 30 games. He is likely to be lining up in the bottom third of the batting order early on, but that could quickly change if he starts like he ended last year. In any event, Escobar has the potential to be a virtually risk-free source of home runs and RBI from anywhere in the Mets’ lineup.
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