One of the primary goals for every fantasy baseball manager ahead of their drafts should be to find players who return a hefty return on their draft day investment. For most fantasy drafts, that investment is their average draft position (ADP). You can dominate your draft by identifying which guys have the highest chance of providing the most value every time you’re up to pick. This becomes more important the deeper you go into the draft, as late-round players will either be duds who you’ll drop within a few weeks, decent contributors who outperform expectations and stick around on your roster for most of the season, or studs who can boost your title chances.
We asked our experts to provide their favorite early fantasy baseball sleepers. Here are all of their picks. Below we take a closer look at Hunter Brown.
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Fantasy Baseball Sleepers: Hunter Brown
Hunter Brown (SP – HOU)
“Hunter Brown probably won’t be a sleeper for much longer following news that Lance McCullers won’t be ready for Opening Day. That injury clears a rotation spot for a 24-year-old who registered a 2.55 ERA and 134 strikeouts in 106 innings at Triple-A last season. Houston let Brown work six innings in each of his two strong MLB starts before moving him to the bullpen in preparation for the postseason, so the rookie might not be severely limited on a per-start basis. There’s major strikeout upside with the ability to notch a bunch of wins for the defending World Series champions.”
– Andrew Gould (FantasyPros)
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