Sleepers, 2024

This column will help you target batters who may be undervalued heading into draft day and have the potential to take a significant step forward in 2024. 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 2023.

Here are the bats with the best projected skills among those who generated less than $15 last season:

PlayerAgeLgPosADP bb%ct%Eye BPX
Aaron Judge31ALOF DH11 16%67%0.61 303
Mike Trout32ALOF64 14%67%0.52 282
Jung Hoo Lee25NLCF269 8%89%0.89 278
Vinnie Pasquantino26AL1B170 10%86%0.82 246
Jose Altuve33AL2B39 10%82%0.62 246
Triston Casas24AL1B103 13%72%0.56 228
José Fermín24NL2B 9%93%1.50 228
Nolan Arenado32

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