We’re about 30 days or so away from pitchers and catchers
reporting to their various teams spring training camps which means we are about
30 days away from Fantasy Baseball season and your Fantasy Baseball draft. I
personally like to do the draft a little closer to April so you know when
you’re drafting who is injured, who looks like they are going to make the team
and who is going to find themselves without a club to start the season but
that’s just me and to each their own. With this in mind this is why I find
myself starting earlier and earlier on my draft preparations and Fantasy
Baseball advice blog posts, a blog post like the one below covering the Colorado
Rockies.
In this post we won’t cover Nolan Arenado, Charlie Blackmon,
D.J. LeMahieu or Carlos Gonzalez as they are primetime Fantasy Baseball players
but we will cover a few sleepers and a few players that can bring you home a
league championship. Players like the recently acquired Gerardo Parra, the
multiple position eligible power hitting Mark Reynolds and Jose Reyes.
Parra landed a nice deal with Colorado after having a career
season with the Milwaukee Brewers and Baltimore Orioles in 2015. Parra posted
career highs in batting average, .291, home runs, 14, and runs scored with 83
and those numbers should improve in the thin air inside Coors Field. Another
hitter who should see vast improvements in his power numbers is Reynolds who is
your stereotypical home run or nothing type hitter. Reynolds, who is eligible
at first base and third base, is going to strike out 200 times a season and is
going is hit about .230 with marginal defense at both positions but he has true
20-30 home run power, especially in Coors Field, over the course of a season.
Reyes did not seem very comfortable nor very happy in
Colorado last season after his trade from the Toronto Blue Jays. Now he’s
facing a potential suspension from his arrest on domestic violence charges and
could be one of the first to be suspended under MLB’s domestic violence policy.
What does this mean for you? Reyes may go down to the final round or two in
your draft, especially if you draft before the suspensions are announced. Even
in a down year he could provide true value for a shortstop or second baseman,
especially with your last pick or two. If his suspension is lengthy you can
always place him on the waiver wire without losing much from your core squad
but if the suspension is, say, 25 games you could get the steal of your 2016
Draft.
That’s all I’ve got for now, I hope this helps you dominate
the later rounds of your draft. Enjoy and good luck.
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