Unpublished Post: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers

I was looking through my drafts and found this, a post on fantasy baseball sleepers for the season that I never published/finished:

The Rookies

Adam Eaton: The Diamondbacks traded Chris Young largely in part because they expect Adam Eaton to take over duties in CF. In a 22 game sample last year Eaton showed great plate discipline, walking 14 times with only strikeouts and posting a .382 OBP. In 112 games in AAA last year Eaton batted an astounding .381/.456/.539 with 7 home runs and 38 stolen bases. 22 Games and 103 plate appearances is as small of a sample size as they come, but Eaton's consistently showed an ability to take a walk and not strike out much throughout his entire minor league career. As a full time player for the Diamondbacks with on-base ability, Eaton should be a great source of cheap steals with a chance to hit for some pop if he can improve in that area.  

Jean Segura: I briefly mentioned Segura in my 2013 predictions post as a breakout in 2013 but I will go in more depth here. Segura was traded to the Brewers in the Zack Greinke trade this year that brought him to the Angels. Segura has some good pedigree having been ranked as the 57th best prosepct by Baseball America before the 2011 season and as the 55th best prospect entering the 2012 season. Segura is expected to be the every day shortstop for the Brewers at the ripe age of 22 years old. Like Eaton, Segura limits his strikeouts, which is beneficial to his great speed. Segura stole 50 bases in 2010, 23 in 2011 and 44 in 2012. Segura doesn't have power but he likely won't put up a zero spot in the home run category either, with an ability to hit 5 or so homers. Segura's contact ability and speed should allow him to hit for an at least average average and steal 30 or so bases. In 2012 Segura could be Alcides Escobar bad version or Alcides Escobar good version which is essentially a slightly poor man's Elvis Andrus. Second base and short stop isn't quite as bad as it's been in previous years but it's still a weak position, so finding one that could hit .280 and steal 30 bases at a low cost could surely yield a lot of value on draft day. 

Adam Eaton's injury surely limited his abilities this season but he's also hit .273/.343/.410 with three homers and three steals in 45 games thus far.

Jean Segura has struggled of late but his 2013 breakout clearly happened -- .304 BA, 12 HR and 39 SBs.

I'm not sure I can take credit for an article I never actually wrote, but I think I'll make sure to write more fantasy baseball articles this offseason. You can count on that this offseason. That and A-Rod outrage all over the internet, but also fantasy baseball articles from the Ben's Baseball Bias.