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2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep: 32 deep sleepers for the late rounds, including Logan Webb, Jonathan India

Mar. 26, 2021
2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep: 32 deep sleepers for the late rounds, including Logan Webb, Jonathan India

All along, I thought I was going to write about C.J. Cron here. I haven't written about him yet, thinking he'd be a perfect fit for this space.

But apparently, he's been hyped enough already to price him out of the "deep sleeper" range with a consensus ADP of 234, according to FantasyPros.

Now, maybe that's still your idea of a deep sleeper, in which case I'll point out that he's a former 30-homer guy who's always done a decent enough job putting the bat on the ball and is now going to the land of the bloated BABIP. Is it crazy to think he could put up better numbers than Nolan Arenado, who's now in St. Louis, this year? Yes ... yes, it is. But is it implausible? I mean ...

I'll also point out that Tigers shortstop Willi Castro (ADP of 248) has hit a couple long home runs this spring and may have more staying power than I initially gave him credit for when he was hitting .349 as a rookie last year. I'm imagining something in between Paul DeJong and the present-day version of Jean Segura.

I'll also point out that Marlins right-hander Elieser Hernandez (ADP of 251) -- who found big success with his slider last year, resulting in a swinging-strike rate and K/9 on the level of Brandon Woodruff -- is working to refine his changeup so he can be more than just a five-inning pitcher this year.

It's rare that I see any of those three drafted in a standard mixed league, making them deep sleepers in my mind, but if I'm using an ADP of 276 as the cutoff for this article, they technically miss the cut.

(But see, I snuck them in there anyway.)

What's the significance of 276? It's the total number of lineup spots that need to be filled in a 12-team Rotisserie league, which isn't to say this list is only applicable to Rotisserie leagues, 12 teams or otherwise. But there needed to be some guidelines for which players I'm allowed to pick, and that's the way I decided to do it.

Even if your league isn't deep enough for you to consider a single one of these players, they're names to file away in case they make some noise early. They're low-probability investments, of course — they wouldn't go so late if they weren't — but the upside is there for them to make a considerable impact.

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