It’s that time of year when fantasy baseball owners pick their favorite sleepers or breakouts — and then draft them way too early.
It’s also that time of year when I tell you not to do that. Sure, fantasy sleepers are fun to draft, but you’ll be wishing for a more established player when that sleeper is struggling in April. Plus, once you commit a relatively high pick to a sleeper, he becomes very tough to cut even when he’s being outperformed by waiver-wire players.
Don’t get me wrong — there’s nothing wrong with drafting fantasy sleepers as long as you’re still getting them at a value and not reaching past better players to get them.