With Opening Day now less than a month away and spring training games officially getting started, fantasy baseball fans are likely gearing up for their respective drafts.
While landing someone like Mike Trout or Clayton Kershaw with your first-round pick is great, it's how you fill out your roster with potential sleepers and high-upside players that usually winds up being the difference between winning and losing.
So, with that in mind, what follows is a look at the top 25 sleepers to target on draft day.
In the simplest explanation, a sleeper is simply someone capable of outperforming his draft position by a sizable margin.
Whether it is a veteran player looking to bounce back from a rough season, a young post-hype player who could finally break out or a top prospect ready to make an impact, sleepers come in all shapes and sizes.
To qualify for the following list, a player had to have an average draft position outside of the top 150, with those numbers coming courtesy of Fantasy Pros. Players are listed by average draft position.
Note: Standard five-by-five rotisserie league scoring (BA, HR, RBI, R, SB for hitters; W, SV, ERA, WHIP, K for pitchers) and 22-man roster construction (C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, CI, MI, UT, 5 OF, 9 P) was considered.
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