7 years agoSportsDay's Evan P. Grant believes if Texas Rangers outfielder Nomar Mazara makes a small adjustment, he will be in the conversation for MVP in 2018. Grant is encouraged by Mazara's 100-RBI campaign from a season ago and believes if he can clean up his approach against lefties, then there is more success to come. The soon-to-be 23-year-old is certainly a solid sleeper candidate going into 2018, and Grant is correct that Mazara has done most of his damage against right-handed pitching. While Grant may be a tad optimistic about Mazara reaching the rarefied air of Mike Trout, Jose Altuve, Aaron Judge, Mookie Betts and Giancarlo Stanton, there is no doubt that improving at all will buoy Mazara as a fantasy asset. Currently being drafted around pick 155, according to NFBC, Mazara represents a unique high-floor, high-ceiling option. If he does not improve on the .577 OPS he put up last season against lefties, which Grant noted included hitting .351 over the final two months of the season, he can still be deployed as a righty masher in daily lineups. Feel confident drafting him 30 or more spots higher than his current ADP.--Sean Scampton
Source: Evan P. Grant - SportsDay Dallas News