Unlike fellow first base sleeper Mitch Moreland, Freddie Freeman has been a guy scouts raved about his whole minor league career. In 2007, the Braves thought so highly of the kid they drafted him out of high school with their 2nd round pick. Heading into the 2009 season, Freeman made an appearance on Baseball America’s […]
Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Wade Davis
Before the 2008 season, Baseball America named Wade Davis the 17th-best prospect in all of baseball. Then in 2009, Davis resurfaced on the list as number 32, and in 2010 he reappeared as number 34. Davis, another pick in that 2004 draft that netted the Rays current sleepers Jake McGee and Reid Brignac, finished his […]
Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Jake McGee
In 2004, the Tampa Bay then-Devil Rays used their fifth round draft pick on a pitcher named Jake McGee. That 2004 draft class seems to have brought the Rays a ton of young talent into their system, and McGee is no exception. McGee has a lively fastball coupled with a dangerous slider, and has used […]
Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Reid Brignac
We’ve already gone over middle infielder sleeper Sean Rodriguez here, but after the departure of many top-notch contributors from their 2010 team, the Rays don’t have just one sleeper candidate on their roster. Now we turn our attention to shortstop/second baseman Reid Brignac, Rodriguez’ double play tandem-mate. Brignac was a second-round draft pick out of […]
Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Sean Rodriguez
Some may think the Rays are hurting right now after the departures of Carl Crawford, Rafael Soriano, Joaquin Benoit, Dan Wheeler, Jason Bartlett, and many other players who contributed to their 2010 success. To an extent, this may be true, but for the most part anyone who believes this must not know the Tampa Bay […]