2008 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers: Second Basemen

By Tim Dierkes [March 12, 2008 at 11:26am CST]

Sleepers, undervalued, profitable players, call 'em what you will. In general, some guys who may not be getting enough respect in your mixed league.

Unless Brian Roberts slips to the fifth round, I often find myself taking Kelly Johnson as my second baseman this year. Johnson is going 164th, tenth among 2Bs. He's seventh in my rankings and a possible five-category guy.
Rickie Weeks is a popular breakout pick (again). I have him at .261-16-49-90-22 in 445 ABs. If you think he's likely to beat that, then perhaps his ninth round ADP doesn't look so bad. It's not a risk I'm keen on taking though. I have a similar opinion of Howie Kendrick, though I do own him in my keeper league for $4.
I've been quick to dismiss Aaron Hill, giving him a $0.63 value with a .283-12-65-73-3 projection. Zachary of Sportszilla got me to think a little more about Hill, and I found myself agreeing that he's a nice sleeper. Even if he just replicates his '07 he's right there with Johnson in value. Mark Ellis is interesting to me as a poor man's Hill in a contract year. Orlando Hudson is also playing for his next deal; could he muscle up for 20 HR? All should be found in the 15th round or later.
Freddy Sanchez is intriguing given his nine second half home runs and tendency to hit .300.

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