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2011 Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit
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2011 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Report
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Infield
Breakouts |
Player |
Pos |
| Ian Desmond - Washington
Nationals - The 25-year-old prospect showed his
talent with a .269, 10 home run and 17 stolen base debut
season. The Nationals have a good young team and have
added veterans Jayson Werth and Adam LaRoche to the offense.
Playing in a scarce position, Desmond should be drafted
reasonably high, but he will likely last longer than someone
like Derek Jeter, yet Desmond could do about as well as
him in 2011. |
SS |
Pedro Alvarez - Pittsburgh
Pirates - One of the top prospects in baseball
played very well as a rookie finishing with a .256 average,
16 home runs, 21 doubles and 64 RBI's with 347 at bats.
Naturally, it hurts his ranking playing for the Pirates,
but nevertheless Alvarez can eclipse the 30 home run,
100 RBI totals in a breakout 2011 season.
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3B |
| Mitch Moreland - Texas
Rangers - A pleasant surprise in the second half
of 2010 when he batted .255 and hit nine home runs with
145 at bats. With Justin Smoak being traded and Chris
Davis thus far bombing the door is wide open to win the
starting first basemen job in Texas.
Moreland hit 48 home runs with a .313 average with 1398
career minor league at bats, so he looks like the real
deal. |
1B |
| Sean Rodriguez - Tampa
Bay Rays- The 26-year-old prospect showed signs
of stardom in 2010 while also showing that he is a hard
working, team player by playing seven different positions
(though he will likely only qualify for two). Coming into
2011 the Rays have traded away shortstop Jason Bartlett
and Reid Brignac will move there permanently and Rodriguez
will start at second. In 2010 Rodriguez batted .251 with
nine home runs, 19 doubles and 13 stolen bases with 343
at bats.
In 2009 Rodriguez smashed 29 home runs with 365 at bats
in AAA Salt Lake and 21 in 2008 with 248 at bats, so he
has legitimate power. Though the PCL is known for being
a bit homer-happy, Rodriguez is a big league 20 home run
candidate, not to mention 20 stolen base candidate, in
2011. |
OF/2B |
| Danny Espinosa - Washington
Nationals - He has a lot of maturing to do, but
his power and speed make him a definite breakout candidate.
He has smashed 40 home runs and stole 56 bases with 1019
minor league at bats, but only batted .270. He hit .214
with six home runs with 103 at bats after being called
up in 2010. Sounds like a speedy Dan Uggla in the making. |
2B |
| Tsuyoshi Nishioka - Minnesota
Twins - The Japanese All-Star will be handed the
starting job. He looks to be a .300 hitter, with some
power (maybe 10 home runs) and good speed (15-25 stolen
bases). In Chiba Lotte he batted a career-high .346 with
11 home runs and 22 stolen bases in 2010. |
2B |
| Danny Valencia - Minnesota
Twins - The big prospect got the call mid-season
and come through. He batted .311 and popped a solid seven
home runs with 299 at bats. He will be the Twins starting
third basemen and should be a .300 hitting, 15-20 home
run third basemen that can be found at the end of the
draft. |
3B |
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Outfield
Breakouts |
Player |
Pos |
Tyler Colvin
- Chicago Cubs - He came
out of the gates swinging from 2010 spring training
and eventually got the starting job before going down
with an injury. He looks to be 100% coming into 2011
and should open up as the starter in right field.
He finished 2010 batting .254 with 20 home runs, 18
doubles, 5 triples, and 6 stolen bases with just 358
at bats. 30 plus home runs looks more than possible
for 2011. |
CF |
Peter Bourjos
- Los Angeles Angels -
Has a great combination of speed and power peed that
fantasy owners love, but he may be a year away from
reaching his potential. Either way Peter Bourjos should
be on your draft list as a mid-late round sleeper.
As a rookie he smacked six home runs, four triples
and 10 stolen bases with 181 at bats, but only batted
.204.
In 2010 AAA Salt Lake he batted .314 with 13 home
runs, 12 triples and 27 stolen bases and has a lifetime
minor batting average of .293. He can be a big-time
breakout in 2011 or just take step up similar to Drew
Stubbs of 2010. |
CF |
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