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Chad Pinder (2B/3B, OAK) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
Elias Diaz (C, COL) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 360 CURRENT ADP: ~382 overall ANALYSIS: You want hitters in Coors. This is not a new strategy. After coming over from Pittsburgh last year, Diaz seems to be the starter in Colorado this year. In the small sample size of 2020, he had an 11.3% barrel rate, 41.5% Hard Hit%,... Read More
Aaron Hicks (OF, NYY) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 230 CURRENT ADP: ~259 overall ANALYSIS: Hicks is one of my favorite outfielders this year. I mean, the guy is currently projected to hit third for the Yankees, sandwiched between Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, yet he is going outside the first 15 rounds on average. And, that is even with his ADP climbing... Read More
Yordan Alvarez (DH, HOU) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 60 CURRENT ADP: ~79 overall ANALYSIS: Alvarez only appeared in two games in all of 2020 before having his season cut short due to knee surgery. A lot went wrong for the Houston Astros in 2020, but Alvarez missing basically the entire season was at the top of the list.... Read More
Austin Meadows (OF, TB) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 75 CURRENT ADP: ~91 overall ANALYSIS: This is a hitter that I have been targeting and ended up walking away from both Tout Wars Draft and Hold and The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational (TGFBI) with him in the sixth round of each. Meadows is the perfect player to give a... Read More
Marcell Ozuna (OF, ATL) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 31 CURRENT ADP: ~46 overall ANALYSIS: Ozuna was a player that I simply thought was very unlucky in 2019. I wrote about it for RotoBaller last season, but even in an unlucky year, he posted 29 homers, 80 runs, 89 RBI and 12 stolen bases. Then last year in 60... Read More
Eugenio Suarez (3B, CIN) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 58 CURRENT ADP: ~73 overall ANALYSIS: Suárez had offseason shoulder surgery in January 2020 and said he was 100% by June. The .268 ISO and 15 home runs in 57 games backed that up, but fantasy owners got burned by a .202 average. Stare long and hard at the .214... Read More
Brady Singer (SP, KC) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 215 CURRENT ADP: ~236 overall ANALYSIS: Singer is a pitcher who should be getting more hype based on how he finished last season. The former first-round pick went 3-1 with a 1.50 ERA, .114 batting average against, and had 25 strikeouts in 24 innings across his last four starts. This is a... Read More
Frankie Montas (SP, OAK) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 135 CURRENT ADP: ~151 overall ANALYSIS: Many fantasy managers may be hesitant to draft Montas after looking at his 2020 line of a 5.60 ERA and a 1.51 WHIP, but you have to keep in mind that the guy just was not healthy last year. Pair that up with him... Read More
Zack Greinke (SP, HOU) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 90 CURRENT ADP: ~106 overall ANALYSIS: Greinke is once again going pretty late with an ADP of above 100. Even at age 37, he's pretty attractive at that price point given that he had managed 200+ innings three consecutive years before 2020 where he racked up 67. The strikeout rate is... Read More
Josh Donaldson (3B, MIN) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 170 CURRENT ADP: ~186 overall ANALYSIS: Donaldson is going to be hitting in the middle of a great lineup every day. We have even less to go off of from his past season than most since he only saw 81 at-bats thanks to a calf injury. He struggled in the... Read More
Carter Kieboom (3B, WAS) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 395 CURRENT ADP: ~412 overall ANALYSIS: Just shy of being what I would consider a deep dart throw, Kieboom is currently in line to be the starting third baseman for the Nationals. The reason the confidence is lacking is in part due to the fact that according to reports, the... Read More
Alejandro Kirk (C, TOR) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 280 CURRENT ADP: ~310 overall ANALYSIS: This may be more of a sleeper for NFBC formats or other two-catcher leagues. While I recognize that the Jays still have Danny Jansen present, but most catching jobs in the MLB are split. In a one-catcher league, you may opt for a player with locked... Read More
Franmil Reyes (DH, CLE) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 125 CURRENT ADP: ~147 overall ANALYSIS: While Franmil Reyes AKA Franimal did not technically break out in the shortened 2020 season, he did find some success as he slashed .275/.344/.450 with nine HR, 35 RBI, and 27 R across 211 AB. The power with Franmil is very real as he smacked 37... Read More
Jose Iglesias (SS, LAA) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 375 CURRENT ADP: ~403 overall ANALYSIS: Orioles hitting coach Don Long compared Iglesias to Hanser Alberto just before the start of the 2020 MLB season, suggesting that improved plate discipline rather than a swing change would help Iglesias be a more productive hitter. Four months later, Iglesias finished the 2020 season with... Read More
Cesar Hernandez (2B, CLE) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 310 CURRENT ADP: ~336 overall ANALYSIS: Recently re-signing with the Indians will likely lead to Hernandez leading off every day for them yet again in 2021. The Indians aren’t typically shy about letting players run but Hernandez did not even attempt a stolen base in 2020. This was after stealing... Read More
Dansby Swanson (SS, ATL) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 80 CURRENT ADP: ~103 overall ANALYSIS: Swanson remains an oft-overlooked late bloomer thanks to such a top-heavy shortstop class. We're not crowning him as a Tier One or Two kind of guy, but he's capable of delivering power, speed, and counting stats alongside an average that won't burn. The 27-year-old... Read More
Yimi Garcia (RP, MIA) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 350 CURRENT ADP: ~372 overall ANALYSIS: The 30-year-old has been incredibly solid the last two seasons and was dominant in the shortened 2020 campaign, pitching to a 0.60 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP with an 11.40 K/9 and 23.3 K-BB% across 15 innings. While 15 innings wasn't enough to qualify... Read More
Josh Naylor (OF, CLE) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 370 CURRENT ADP: ~391 overall ANALYSIS: The Indians were pretty high on Josh Naylor in 2020 as he was a key piece in the Mike Clevinger deal. Naylor will likely rotate between the outfield and first base, which means he will provide added flexibility on fantasy rosters. In 2020, he slashed .247/.291/.330... Read More
Evan White (1B, SEA) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 350 CURRENT ADP: ~375 overall ANALYSIS: White struggled last year. There's no way you can argue against that when he put up a triple-slash of .176/.252/.346 to go along with a 41.6% strikeout rate. However, his contact wasn't actually the issue. In fact, when you look under the hood, you see that White... Read More
Kris Bubic (SP, KC) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 450 CURRENT ADP: ~470 overall ANALYSIS: Kris Bubic is a fast-moving left-handed starter that was drafted out of Stanford University as the 40th overall pick in the 2018 draft. Being a left-hander with solid pitchability and an advanced changeup, Bubic was able to carve through the lower levels of the... Read More
Emmanuel Clase (RP, CLE) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 410 CURRENT ADP: ~444 overall ANALYSIS: Emmanuel Clase came over to Cleveland in the trade which sent Corey Kluber to the Texas Rangers in 2019. Clase then got popped with an 80-game suspension in May of 2020 for using PEDs. Due to the shortened 2020 schedule, Clase’s suspension will bleed over into... Read More
Andrew McCutchen (OF, PHI) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 180 CURRENT ADP: ~196 overall ANALYSIS: Let's stick in the outfield with another leadoff bat that is being drafted way too late. Andrew McCutchen averaged 3.25 fantasy points per game in 2020. He is leading off for a potent offense in the Phillies. McCutchen had a stat line of .253-10-32-34-4, with... Read More
Luis Patino (SP, TB) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 410 CURRENT ADP: ~431 overall ANALYSIS: The Rays pulled off a shocking trade this offseason, sending former AL Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell to San Diego. As part of the return, the Rays landed Luis Patiño, an intriguing arm that could fit perfectly in Tampa Bay’s tactical oeuvre. Patiño, still just... Read More
Scott Kingery (2B/OF, PHI) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 265 CURRENT ADP: ~310 overall ANALYSIS: Kingery is one of the hitters receiving a clean pass for 2020. He got hit hard by COVID-19 in June and then admitted to both shoulder and back injuries that potentially stemmed from missing time in the summer. He would eventually miss the first half... Read More
Josh Bell (1B, WAS) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 125 CURRENT ADP: ~149 overall ANALYSIS: I was already higher than the consensus on Bell following his massively disappointing 2020. After all, this is a former top prospect still in his prime who happened to struggle during the short season. A Christmas Day trade to Washington seems heaven-sent for those... Read More
Harold Ramirez (OF, CLE) - 2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers
The Cleveland Indians finished the shortened 2020 season 10 games above .500 and earned a Wild Card spot out of the A.L. Central. They had this success despite having one of the worst-performing outfields in all of baseball. In 2021, they should be much better in the outfield with a hopeful rebound from Oscar Mercado... Read More
Willi Castro (SS, DET) - 2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers
The Detroit Tigers currently have five players ranked amongst the top-25 of MLB.com’s prospect rankings. No other team has more than two. However, the most intriguing fantasy sleeper for 2021 amidst Detroit’s roster might be someone who wasn’t included on that list, 23-year-old Willi Castro. He’s no longer prospect-eligible with 229 MLB at-bats under his... Read More
Emmanuel Clase (RP, CLE) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 400 CURRENT ADP: ~447 overall ANALYSIS: A suspension wiped out his 2020 season but it only serves to make him an even better value in 2021. With Brad Hand gone, there's a good chance Clase gets at least a handful of saves even if he doesn't win the job outright. The question is... Read More
Emmanuel Clase (RP, CLE) - 2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers
The Cleveland Indians finished the shortened 2020 season 10 games above .500 and earned a Wild Card spot out of the A.L. Central. They had this success despite key players like Francisco Lindor and Oscar Mercado not performing up to expectations. They also had success despite losing one of their key bullpen arms in Emmanuel... Read More
