When targeting players for runs later in your drafts you want players who can get on base and players who hit toward or at the top of the order. If you find players that check both boxes then that is even better. Here is a list of players that do in fact check these boxes. Some of these players either go late or undrafted in shallow leagues. Others definitely go undrafted in shallow formats and are, at best, fallback options for runs in deeper formats. Below is a closer look at DJ LeMahieu.
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Sleepers to Target for Runs in 2023
The following player is a sleeper to consider in the late stages of 2023 fantasy-baseball drafts.
DJ LeMahieu (1B,2B,3B – NYY)
The big hurdle this offseason was getting healthy for DJ LeMahieu. From the sounds of things, he did and enters Spring Training healthy and ready to play. There is no “clear” path to starting as you look at their roster but between keeping Anthony Rizzo healthy, the potential for Josh Donaldson to continue underperforming and regular days off for their infielders in general, LeMahieu will factor into the lineup most days. The Yankees struggled to find an answer for a leadoff hitter without him in the lineup last season. They tried a few different options. Even in the playoffs they just could not settle on anyone in particular. LeMahieu offers an answer to that issue as, even last season he led off in 89 of the 125 games he played. All he needed was health. Now he should return toward the top of the order and as long as he is himself, let the runs pour in.
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