'04 Sleepers

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 5:13 am

Probably more of a come back player, with his injuries last season, but you got to like Nevin with that new and improved lineup. I looked at the preseason predictions and San Diego was never mentioned. That is my sleeper pick this year. They have a really good lineup and I thing there pitching is ready. Brian Lawrence is a good pitcher who should win 15 games this year and you got to love that young Jake Peavy who had a good season last year and should record 200 plus K's this year he will only keep getting better. And last but not least if Maddox does go to them like rumors have it The pitching staff will only get better. Wait and there closer is healthy again. Like I said this is my sleeper pick to make the playoffs, hell they may even win there division.

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Def. Since the piont he came back Nevin had the most RBIs in the league!

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how about trot Nixon or becket do u classify them as sleepers?

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 4:18 pm

Trot Nixon always seems to go much later than he should. Im not so sure if that makes him a sleeper. But hes certainly undervalued. Esp in leagues that run LF, CF, RF not OF.

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 5:34 pm

RedSox wrote:

how about trot Nixon or becket do u classify them as sleepers?

I would consider Nixon more of a guy that gets drafted later then usual. After his WS performance Beckett will most likely get picked a little higher then he probably should.

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harmsway01 wrote:

RedSox wrote:

how about trot Nixon or becket do u classify them as sleepers?

I would consider Nixon more of a guy that gets drafted later then usual. After his WS performance Beckett will most likely get picked a little higher then he probably should.

Just like Willis.

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harmsway01 wrote:

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OF Scott Podsednik: Scott got a lot of press last season, but playing in the small Milwaukee market, still got him little exposure. He hits for a high average, has some pop for a little guy, and steals a lot of bases.

Good call on Pods. I am hoping to nab him in a few of my drafts this year.

Pods was a fluke. He has been a career 250 hitter in minors. he had a fluke hit % last year of 36%. His norms have been in high 20's. He won't sniff 300, and 280 is a stretch.

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 9:39 pm

Welcome to rotochamps HOOTIE! Thanks for taking a peak over here. You have a great community at fantasybaseballcafe hopefully some of the members there will find a use for some of our tools here.

I agree with you about Podsednik. We project him to decline to a .276 AVG with a drop to 30 SB. We do see a slight increase in power given his consistently increasing PX a Long with an improving G/F ratio. Still that slight increase in HR will not be enough to offset the drop in AVG and SB.

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rotochamp1 wrote:

Welcome to rotochamps HOOTIE! Thanks for taking a peak over here. You have a great community at fantasybaseballcafe hopefully some of the members there will find a use for some of our tools here.

I agree with you about Podsednik. We project him to decline to a .276 AVG with a drop to 30 SB. We do see a slight increase in power given his consistently increasing PX a Long with an improving G/F ratio. Still that slight increase in HR will not be enough to offset the drop in AVG and SB.

Thanks ROTOCHAMP. I see you and HARMSWAY (name looks familiar), are in the NW, as i am. Nice looking site from what i see.

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 7:57 pm

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Thanks ROTOCHAMP. I see you and HARMSWAY (name looks familiar), are in the NW, as i am. Nice looking site from what i see.

Great to have you here Hootie! Laughing

And yes I think we have run ac Ross eachother before. Wink

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2004 10:28 pm

Another much needed *Bump*

I was helping a friend of mine analyze his draft recently and I noticed some possible fantasy producers undrafted. Now some of these guys have probably been mentioned before, but here they are.

Pitchers
Tim Redding
Danny Kolb
Mike MacDougal
Arthur Rhodes
Brad Lidge
Justin Speier

Hitters
Eric Hinske
Milton Bradley
Marlon Byrd
Austin Kearns
Brad Fullmer
Dave Roberts

That tells you right there, alot of guys don't do their homework before a draft.

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rotochamp1 wrote:

But is he really a sleeper, or just a comeback candidate?

I am not sure what the general consensus is on his upcoming season, but in any case I agree that he will rebound to have a real nice year.

He will probably go several rounds later than he should.

My opinion, Sleeper was originally an unknown guy coming in usually a rookie or a new starter, however I think in modern times the definition has lended itself to expanding into a player that you could get as a steal for whatever reason, so a "comeback" guy could then theoretically be a sleeper. Smile

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 8:38 am

I agree with that. I consider a Sleeper to be any greatly undervalued player on draft day.

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 11:06 am

Hi Guys,

Excellent thread. I'm in a deep keeper league (15 teams) where we protect 15 guys every year. I need to pick up a 2nd baseman in the draft.
How would you guys rank Ellis, Hudson, and Alomar for this year and Ellis and Hudson in terms of Long term potential. Speed is probably one of the weakest areas of my team. It's 5X5 but we use OPS instead of BA. Thanks.

Greg

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 11:13 am

Orlando Hudson is by far the best choice of those three for this year and years to come.

He was hitting .294 with 5 HR and 4 SB in the first half of the season. He suffered a groin njury which led to a second half slump of .237 with only 1 SB. Due to this his season numbers are not very impressive and he should be very under valued this year.

Alomar is on the downside of his career and Ellis has a terrible On Base Percentage which means Oakland will be looking to replace him.