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2015 FANTASY Cheat Sheet

Eric Karabell's sleepers Eric Karabell's busts Buster Olney's 2015 sleepers ESPN's Top 50 Rookies ESPN staff fantasy rookie rankings Players that will exceed their value Players that will fall short of their draft value Players Olney likes more than their ESPN rank (2015 value only) C , LAD C , HOU 1. Avisail Garcia, OF, CHW 1. Rusney Castillo, OF, BOS 1B , BOS 1B , MIN 2. , SP, OAK 2. , OF, CHC 2B , PIT 2B Dee Gordon, MIA 3. , SP, NYM 3. , 3B, CHC SS , OAK SS , MIN 4. Jorge Soler, OF, CHC 4. Yasmany Tomas, OF, ARI 3B , WAS 3B , PIT 5. Rougned Odor, 2B, TEX 5. , OF, LAD OF , BOS OF , SEA 6. , SP, KC 6. , P, TOR More potential values: More potential busts: 7. , SP, LAA 7. Steven Souza, OF, TB , C, CLE; Victor Martinez, 1B, DET , 1B, COL; Rougned Odor, 2B, TEX 8. , OF, PIT 8. , OF, TOR , 1B, TEX; Jose Peraza, 2B, ATL , SS, CHC; , 3B, BAL 9. Andrelton Simmons, SS, ATL 9. Jung Ho Kang, SS, PIT Everth Cabera, SS, BAL; Pedro Alvarez, 3B, PIT; OF Yoenis Cespedes, OF, DET; , OF, SD 10. , 1B, PHI 10. , P, LAA Joc Pederson, OF, LAD; Steven Souza, OF, TB , OF, SD; Wil Myers, OF, SD 11. , SP, SEA 11. , SS, CLE Eric Karabell's bounce-back candidates Eric Karabell's Do Not Draft 12. Brandon Moss, 1B/OF, CLE 12. Daniel Norris, P, TOR

Players who will rebound from a poor 2014 Players to avoid at their current ADP 13. Carlos Rodon, P, CHW 14. , P, MIN Carlos Gonzalez, OF, COL , SP, LAD (ADP: 4) 's Top Impact Prospects 15. , P, ATL , 1B, TEX , C, SF (24) Top rookies for 2015. Note: this encompasses overall 16. , P, COL baseball value, not fantasy-only value. , 1B/3B, BAL , RP, CIN (43) 17. Archie Bradley, P, ARI , 1B, CIN , RP, ATL (48) 1. Kris Bryant, 3B, CHC 18. Nick Kingham, P, PIT Jason Kipnis, 2B, CLE , RP, KC (57) 2. Jorge Soler, OF, CHC 19. , P, NYM , OF, CIN Nelson Cruz, OF, SEA (58) 3. Joc Pederson, OF, LAD 20. , P, SD , SP, CIN Matt Harvey, SP, NYM (62) 4. Steven Souza, OF, TB 21. Andrew Susac, C, SF Pedro Alvarez, 3B, PIT Evan Gattis, C, HOU (99) 5. Aaron Sanchez, SP, TOR 22. , P, STL Aramis Ramirez, 3B, MIL 6. Christian Bethancourt, C, ATL 23. Michael Taylor, OF, WAS Joe Nathan, RP, DET 7. Andrew Heaney, SP, LAA 24. Nathan Karns, P, TB Mike Napoli, 1B, BOS 8. Marco Gonzalez, SP, STL 25. Micah Johnson, 2B, CHW Eric Karabell's sleepers for steals Eric Karabell's sleepers for saves 9. Maikel Franco, 3B, PHI 26. , SS, CHC 10. Nathan Karns, SP, TB 27. , OF, STL Sleepers for shallow and deep leagues* 10 relievers who could earn -digits saves 11. Dalton Pompey, OF, TOR 28. Henry Owens, P, BOS Anthony Gose, OF, DET , ARI 12. Alex Meyer, SP, MIN 29. Jose Peraza, 2B, ATL , OF, CWS , COL 13. Daniel Norris, SP, TOR 30. , 3B, LAD Everth Cabrera, SS, BAL , LAD 14. Mike Foltynewicz, SP, ATL 31. , 3B, ARI Kevin Kiermaier, OF, TB Kevin Quackenbush, SD 15. Eddie Butler, SP, COL 32. Carson Smith, P, SEA Michael Taylor, OF, WAS , DET 16. Micah Johnson, 2B, CHW 33. , P, HOU Odubel Herrera, 2B, PHI* Tyler Clippard, OAK 17. Matt Wisler, SP, SD 34. Maikel Franco, 3B, PHI Michah Johnson, 2B, CWS* , TB 18. Noah Syndergaard, SP, NYM 35. , P, MIN Delino DeShields Jr., OF, TEX* , TEX 19. Carlos Rodon, SP, CHW 36. , 1B, TEX , OF, TOR* Kyuji Fujikawa, TEX 20. , RP, CIN 37. Devon Travis, 2B, TOR , 2B, ATL* , FA 38. , 3B, CHW Szymborski's undervalued hitters Szymborski's undervalued Keith Law's breakout player picks 39. Steven Moya, OF, DET

Players primed for significant improvement in their 40. Christian Bethancourt, C, ATL Comparing ZiPS to ADP to find value among hitters Comparing ZiPS to ADP to find value among pitchers performances this coming season 41. J.T. Realmuto, C, MIA C , TOR SP , MIN 1. , SP, ATL 42. Christian Walker, 1B, BAL 1B Chris Davis, BAL SP , STL 2. , SP, BAL 43. , OF, MIN 2B Rougned Odor, TEX SP Garrett Richards, LAA 3. Taijuan Walker, SP, SEA 44. Rasiel Iglesias, P, CIN 3B Chase Headley, NYY RP Francisco Rodriguez, MILK 4. Nick Castellanos, 3B, DET 45. Garin Cecchini, 3B, BOS SS , NYM RP , NYY 5. , SP, TOR 46. , OF, CIN OF , MIL 6. , SS, BOS 47. Brandon Finnegan, P, KC OF Yoenis Cespedes, DET 7. , SP, CLE 48. , P, COL Overvalued hitters: , Prince Fielder Overvalued pitchers: , Matt Harvey 8. , OF, STL 49. , 2B, NYM Jason Kipnis, Manny Machado, Micheal Wacha, , 9. , SP, CHC 50. , C, BOS , Justin Upton, Jason Heyward

Note: Players are shown at their expected playing position for 2015, which may differ from ESPN positional eligibility. (20 GP at position in 2014, additional eligibility granted with 10 GP in 2015).