2012 Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit: A Sneak Peek At Some Sleepers To Target In Your Draft
The following list of names will sound familiar to you, so you may not consider them a sleeper. However, these guys are a sure bet to outperform their current ADPs, and should be targeted on draft day.
All round calculations are based on a 12 team league.
Adam Jones
While I was agonizing over the fact that I missed on Andrew McCutchen in our annual industry mock draft, I realized that I drafted almost the same player in Adam Jones in the seventh round. Jones clearly doesn’t fit the prototypical “sleeper” mold, but you will likely get a a similar value to McCutchen, with a five round discount. In Jones, you’re going to get a slightly higher average, at the cost of 10-15 stolen bases over the course of the year. Recently agreeing to a one-year deal with the Orioles to avoid arbitration, Jones is likely to meet or exceed his 2011 numbers while he searches for that much desired long term contract.
A .280/25/75/90/15 season is on the horizon, don’t miss out.
Current ADP: 75
Target: 5th/6th
Michael Cuddyer
Fantasy baseball’s “Swiss Army Knife”, Michael Cuddyer, will enjoy calling Coors Field his new home. According to ParkFactors.com, Cuddyer is leaving one of the four parks least friendly to hitters, for the mile high city which is considered to be the most hitter friendly of any MLB fields. Despite the fact he will likely be manning right field for the Rockies, the former Twin could potentially have position eligibility at 1B, 2B, 3B, OF and UTIL in your league. IN terms of production, take the .284/20/70/70/11 season he had in just 139 games in 2011, project it over a full season in Colorado, and you may have a .285/27/85/85/15 campaign in 2012.
Current ADP: 94
Target: Late 6th
Want to see more sleepers? Click to read the rest of this article…..
Written by Alan Harrison exclusively for TheFantasyFix.com
Follow Alan’s nonsense on Twitter @TheFantasyFix
The Author
