Francisco Mejia (C, CLE) - 2018 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers & Draft Values

BALLER MOVE: Target ~300

CURRENT ADP:  340

ANALYSIS: Francisco Mejia, though he has been a catcher throughout his minor league career, might get some action elsewhere in the 2018 season. In the Arizona Fall League this year, Mejia played third base, and on the Glendale website (the AFL team he played for), he was listed as an infielder, not a catcher. The Indians have made it clear that they want his bat in the lineup, and are willing to be flexible with his position in order to do so.

That bodes extremely well for fantasy owners because it means that not only will he have multi-positional eligibility at catcher and third base, but it also means that he will have regular playing time. Mejia broke out in a big way in 2016, triple-slashing .342/.382/.514 in 1o2 games at catcher. He was nearly as brilliant in 2017, triple-slashing .297/.346/.490 in 92 Double-A games before getting the call to the majors for a brief period of time. Mejia has a special bat, and he will reward his owners in 2018 with his great tool at a relatively weak catcher position.