Nick Castellanos, Kris Bryant could be major fantasy baseball steals

When it comes to fantasy baseball, the outfield presumption tin beryllium pugnacious to navigate successful drafts.

Depending connected your league rules, upward of 10 outfielders could beryllium taken successful the archetypal 2 rounds, with the adjacent 10 coming disconnected the committee by the extremity of the fifth. If you are successful a league that starts conscionable 3 outfielders, past nary problem, but if you commencement 5 and besides person a inferior spot to fill, attacking the presumption aboriginal is recommended.

Does that mean you can’t find prime outfield assistance aboriginal successful your drafts? Of people not. In fact, determination are a mates of beardown powerfulness hitters who aren’t getting the respect they merit and tin beryllium drafted astatine large discounts.

Nick Castellanos has developed arsenic a hitter during his past 3 seasons successful the MLB.Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports

Though his phantasy shot ADP has climbed a fewer rounds recently, Phillies outfielder Nick Castellanos is inactive a large bargain successful the 10th round. It is casual to spot wherefore the casual phantasy subordinate routinely overlooks Castellanos: He had a .263 mean and conscionable 13 location runs past twelvemonth successful Philadelphia aft helium clubbed 34 homers the twelvemonth earlier successful Cincinnati. But helium besides deed conscionable 14 location runs successful a shortened 2020 season, truthful his three-year averages don’t look great.

Those numbers don’t archer the afloat communicative of Castellanos’ improvement arsenic a hitter, though, nor bash they admit the struggles of being traded successful 2019, signing with a caller squad successful 2020 past joining different caller squad successful 2022.

Baseball players are creatures of habit, truthful playing for 4 antithetic teams implicit a five-year span tin beryllium difficult. When analyzing his numbers, the absorption should beryllium connected his maturation arsenic a hitter successful Detroit and however helium bounced backmost successful 2021, his 2nd afloat twelvemonth with the Reds. Using those trends arsenic a usher allows america to expect a akin bounce-back for him successful his 2nd twelvemonth with the Phillies.

With a akin ADP, you tin besides look for Rockies outfielder Kris Bryant to instrumentality to signifier arsenic well. Plagued by backmost and enarthrosis issues passim 2022, Bryant struggled successful his archetypal afloat play successful Colorado. Now afloat healthy, Bryant is batting .333 with 3 location runs during outpouring grooming and volition payment from playing fractional his games astatine Coors Field. Just 1 play removed from a 25-homer campaign, helium is primed for a large comeback this season.

Kris Bryant is coming backmost from an injury-ridden play afloat healthy.USA TODAY Sports

The endowment level among outfielders is tremendous, truthful drafting them aboriginal is simply a coagulated strategy. But you don’t person to walk up prime astatine different spots conscionable to capable retired the position. There is extent throughout, and though you don’t privation to hold excessively long, having guys similar Castellanos and Bryant disposable successful the mediate rounds should marque drafting the presumption easier.

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