Sleepers & Busts for Every Team: AL East Edition
I give out one fantasy baseball sleeper and one bust pick for every team in the league. I take on the AL East in this first piece.
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Popping right into it!
Blue Jays
Sleeper: Will Wagner
The Andres Gimenez signing blocks him from being the second baseman for the Blue Jays this season, but there’s a chance he can get reps as the DH. He saw fewer than 100 PAs in the Majors last year, but checked a lot of boxes in that short time.
Brl%: 9.1%
Cont%: 81%
SLG: .451
xwOBA: .362
K%: 19%
In AAA, it was an elite 10% K% with a 17% BB% and an 87% Contact%. He’s elite at making contact. The bad news was that the power wasn’t really there in the minors, with just six homers in 355 PAs and a low 5% Brl%.
He does have non-awful exit velocity, though. He hit a ball at 111mph, and his 90th-percentile mark was 103.9. I don’t think he’s a 20+ homer guy, but I do think he can hit 10-15 with a really good batting average if he gets enough playing time. That makes him pretty enticing with an ADP of 500!
Bonus Sleeper: Orelvis Martinez
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