{"id":894,"date":"2007-03-29T10:59:39","date_gmt":"2007-03-29T15:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=894"},"modified":"2007-03-29T10:59:39","modified_gmt":"2007-03-29T15:59:39","slug":"fantasy-baseball-end-of-the-draft-sleepers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2007\/03\/29\/fantasy-baseball-end-of-the-draft-sleepers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Baseball &#8211; End Of The Draft Sleepers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Mike Dietrich<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are a bunch of players that will be available in the last few rounds of the draft and will out perform players taken much earlier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conor Jackson 1B<\/strong>&#8211; He will hit in the middle of a very good young lineup and should make a power jump from 15-80 to 25-100.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Shealy 1B<\/strong>&#8211; Once traded to the Royals last year he showed what he can do while playing everyday.\u00c2\u00a0 There is no reason he cannot give you .300 25 90.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ian Kinsler 2B<\/strong>-He was a hyped prospect last year and came through with a 15-15 but this year he is going at the end of drafts and can give you 25-25 from 2nd base.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Orlando Hudson 2B<\/strong>-He will be leading off and you can do worse filing a middle infield spot with him.\u00c2\u00a0 Last year .872-15-67-9, those are solid stats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Russell Martin C<\/strong>-He took over midway through the year and shined with .282-10-65-10.\u00c2\u00a0 This year he will get 500 AB\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and produce more than the Ramon Hernandez.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gerald Laird C<\/strong>-In only 243 Ab\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s he hit .296-7-22-3 last year and in that ballpark I could he a very solid year<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Teahen 3B<\/strong>&#8211; The Royals finally gave him an everyday opportunity last year and he delivered .290-18-69-10 in only 393 Ab\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s.\u00c2\u00a0 He could put up huge stats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Crede 3B<\/strong>-For some reason he is going late in drafts and was able to put up 30 Hr\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s last year.\u00c2\u00a0 With Thomas gone there will be more Rbi opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen Drew SS<\/strong>&#8211; I hate to list a prospect as a sleeper but he seems to be going in the 15th round or so and in a small dose he put up nice stats last year .316-5-23.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Orlando Cabrera SS<\/strong>-He has been around forever but had a nice year .282-9-72-27 and should produce in a stacked lineup for the Angels.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Corey Hart OF<\/strong>&#8211; He is now the everyday RF for the Brewers and could produce a 20\/20 like he did in the minors.\u00c2\u00a0 Last year in 237 Ab\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s he had 9 Hr\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and 5 Sb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s with a .283 avg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coco Crisp OF<\/strong>&#8211; Last year he had some injury issues and also got his eye fixed as well.\u00c2\u00a0 I can see him getting back to being a 5 tool player in that Red Sox lineup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rich Hill SP<\/strong>-He was a stud in the 2nd half last year with 7 wins and a 2.90 ERA, this year he breaks out with the new Cubs offense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brett Bonser SP<\/strong>-He has been named the 2nd starter and in 100 innings last year he struck out 82 and had a 4.22 ERA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jose Valverde RP<\/strong>-In the 2nd half last year he had a sparkling ERA under 2 and only blew 3 saves.\u00c2\u00a0 He can be had late and give the same closer production as a top 10 closer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dan Wheeler RP<\/strong>-Brad Lidge was awful last year, has been awful this spring and it is a matter of time when he loses the job and Wheeler moves in.<\/p>\n<p>Starting next week, I will try and identify some quality waiver pickups and other pertinent information for weekly lineups.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mike Dietrich Here are a bunch of players that will be available in the last few rounds of the draft and will out perform players taken much earlier. Conor Jackson 1B&#8211; He will hit in the middle of a very good young lineup and should make a power jump from 15-80 to 25-100. 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