Name: Sleepers to Target + Popular Sleepers to Avoid w/ Jake Ciely (Ep. 271) by FantasyPros Baseball Podcast
Duration: 54 min 45 s
Description: Jake Ciely of The Athletic is on the show with us as we share our favorite sleepers and discuss which hyped-up, late-round players should be left alone. Why is everyone overlooking Starlin Castro (6:22), is there any reason not to gamble on Brendan McKay's (21:32) upside late in drafts, and is the fantasy community still too high on Byron Buxton (44:16)?

On today's episode, host Bobby Sylvester (@bobbyfantasypro) is joined by Jamey Eisenberg (@JameyEisenberg) of CBS Sports to discuss a wide range of topics. We begin with a quick discussion of IDP leagues (1:47), Spencer Ware's status as the handcuff for Jamaal Charles (3:36), and Malcom Mitchell's preseason hype (5:08). We move on to the players Jamey likes better and worse than the Expert Consensus. The group includes Tom Brady (7:58), Ben Roethlisberger (10:19), Eddie Lacy (12:06), Thomas Rawls (13:57), Devonta Freeman (17:35), Rashad Jennings (19:17), Matt Forte (21:08), Donte Moncrief (22:42), Sterling Shepard (25:04), Sammie Coates (26:24), and Jordan Matthews (28:41).

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Ep. 6: Jamey Eisenberg vs. the Expert Consensus

2016's most accurate expert, Dan Clasgens of GetSportsInfo.com joins Bobby Sylvester to discuss Week 5's top Waiver Wire options (27:36) including Karlos Williams (26:08), Kenneth Dixon (29:09) and Hunter Henry (36:58). The pair discuss highlights from Week 4 and rest of season outlooks (2:09) including Jimmy Graham (14:35) and Matt Ryan's (3:27). They also spend some time talking about the impact of a few injuries (16:28) ranging from Cam Newton (16:42) to Matt Forte (22:33).

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Ep. 26: Waiver Wire & News - Week 5

We're joined by baseball writer and guru, Al Melchior (@almelchiorBB), as we dive into the offseason happenings and our first consensus rankings of the year. Bobby and Al start with discussing the recent trade of Jean Segura and Taijuan Walker (1:16), other potential trade candidates in Michael Wacha and Andrew McCutchen (6:20), before they begin getting into what to expect from the top OFs from 2016 (9:13). They break down Bryce Harper's prospects (9:59) and what kind of potential J.D. Martinez could bring to the table (10:49), followed by discussing guy's who had breakout years in Mark Trumbo, George Springer, Jackie Bradley, and Ian Desmond (14:08). Keeping the outfield discussion going, questions about Miguel Sano, Justin Upton, Yasiel Puig, A.J. Pollock and Michael Brantley (19:09) carry the episode up until Bobby and Al discuss why Joc Pederson and Nomar Mazara should be on your radar. They don't miss a thing as they also answer the question of whether you should believe in prospects Andrew Benintendi and Byron Buxton (26:46) before dissecting the rankings with their thoughts on Trea Turner, Starling Marte and Ryan Braun. Don't skip a minute in this episode as Bobby and Al give a hot take on one player they both would prefer keeping to themselves.

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Ep. 27: Trade Updates & Outfielder Rankings with Al Melchior

Guest Brandon Warne of The Athletic joins us to take an early dive into the expert consensus rankings. First, we digest the Christian Yelich trade and fantasy implications (0:40). We also explain why Alex Avila is all of a sudden a favorite sleeper of ours (8:30). As we go through the rankings, we each explain which players we think are too high or too low at this point. Players discussed include Clayton Kershaw (11:10), Bryce Harper (12:33), Noah Syndergaard (17:23), Gary Sanchez (28:41) among many others.

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Jake Ciely of The Athletic is on the show with us as we share our favorite sleepers and discuss which hyped-up, late-round players should be left alone. Why is everyone overlooking Starlin Castro (6:22), is there any reason not to gamble on Brendan McKay's (21:32) upside late in drafts, and is the fantasy community still too high on Byron Buxton (44:16)?

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Sleepers to Target + Popular Sleepers to Avoid w/ Jake Ciely (Ep. 271)

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Sleepers to Target + Popular Sleepers to Avoid w/ Jake Ciely (Ep. 271)

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