BATTERS: 2023 Sleepers
Mar 6 2023
This column will help you target batters who may be undervalued heading into draft day but have the potential to take a significant step forward in 2023. In many leagues, they can be considered breakout targets.
Let's try to find the most appealing breakout targets by looking at highly-skilled bats who earned modest value in 2022.
Here's a list of the most skilled bats who generated between $5 and $15 last season:
Below are several undervalued guys in each league who could be on the verge of a breakout in 2023, including some additional breakout targets not shown in the table above.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Byron Buxton (OF/DH, MIN) amazingly has never delivered more than $17 of value in 5x5 leagues during his career. That's a product of...
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