Non rookie undervalued players

[harmon]

Not necessarily bounceback, but players that for one reason or another people are down on this year that may well return some value at a reduced cost. A couple that come to mind:

Kingery
Bumgarner

[onejayhawk]

RotoGraphs did a podcast on the subject of players with ADP over #300. Some were prospects. A couple had a fair amount of ML time already. l left those in even though they are technically still rookies. ADP in parenthesis from NFBC.

Teoscar Hernandez (313)
Willie Calhoun (337)
Ryan O’Hearn (328)
Alex Verdugo (353)
Roman Quinn (410)
Dustin Fowler (446)
Brandon Lowe (486)

https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-630-post-300-adp-breakout-hitters/

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[Judge Jude]

honestly I don't like Kingery or Bumgarner at all for this.

I do like the thread idea - and hope to actually contribute a name or two when I get a chance

[onejayhawk]

I don't know. Kingery has an ADP over #350. At that price I'm interested.

MadBum is not yet in free fall but I'm leery. If you want SP, why not Matthew Boyd or Michael Fulmer?

J

[Sharky]

Verdugo definitely. The others not so much. And Verdugo likely the safest bet to do this given skills and opportunity.

[revo]

All these players are >300 ADP and could represent a great return on a minimal investment:

Todd Frazier
Bradley Zimmer (assuming he plays in ST)
Jorge Soler
Brett Gardner
Matt Kemp
Luke Weaver
Mike Fiers
Freddy Peralta
Corbin Burnes
Jeff Samardzjia
Robbie Erlin

[fuhrdog]

445) Cozart
458) Kang

[Roy Hobbs]

All these players are >300 ADP and could represent a great return on a minimal investment:

Todd Frazier
Bradley Zimmer (assuming he plays in ST)
Jorge Soler
Brett Gardner
Matt Kemp
Luke Weaver
Mike Fiers
Freddy Peralta
Corbin Burnes
Jeff Samardzjia
Robbie Erlin

I like Corbin Burnes chances this year if they are truthful about him being a starter.

[Judge Jude]

either way, love me some "Mister Burnes!"

[Gregg]

Franchy Cordero for me. Power some speed and only 24 years old.

[onejayhawk]

Franchy Cordero for me. Power some speed and only 24 years old.

Isn't Cordero sort of Urias lite, ie low power, not much speed, not as good with the glove?

J

[Ken]

Isn't Cordero sort of Urias lite, ie low power, not much speed?

J

In a word, no.

[Gregg]

Isn't Cordero sort of Urias lite, ie low power, not much speed, not as good with the glove?

J

From Fansided

We only have 40 games of data to look at, some of those games were nothing more than a late-game pinch-hit, however, fans quickly saw exactly what Andy Green was talking about when he said that Cordero has the most explosive tools on the current roster.

Few players in baseball can hit the ball as hard as Cordero can. Nearly 50% of all of his batted balls were classified as “hard-hit” per Baseball Savant (anything over 95 mph is considered hard-hit). His hardest hit ball of 2018 was clocked at 116.9 mph, good enough for the 13th hardest hit ball in the majors this season.

This rocket ship against the Arizona Diamondbacks traveled 489 feet and was the second furthest home run this season, behind only Trevor Story‘s 505-foot bomb.

[harmon]

Franchy Cordero for me. Power some speed and only 24 years old.

This is an interesting guy to me. When healthy he looked like a world beater. His injury issues brought his numbers down and ultimately ended his season early. His 2 year MLB stats are underwhelming and combined with the Petco reputation he will be an end game buy. So hard to find speed now and he could easily contribute 10 SB.

[harmon]

Votto is a curious case. No doubt his price will come way down from last year. He finally started showing his age, seemingly losing his power stroke and being more susceptible to injury, most relatively minor in nature that he played through. There were times where he looked hobbled.

However, I wonder if some of this was due to the ongoing struggles of the team and maybe finally he was losing patience. An interesting offseason for the Reds with several meaningful pickups may rejuvenate him. It wouldn't surprise me if his voice was heard loud and clear by Cincy mgmt that it was time to spend a few bucks.

If his price comes down to around a Hosmer/Belt level there could be some good value.