BATTERS: 2017 sleepers

This column will help you target batters who may be undervalued heading into draft day and have the potential to take a significant step forward in 2017. In essence, they are sleeper breakout targets that might be flying under the radar in your league.

We'll identify them by looking at a list of highly-skilled bats who earned modest value in 2016.

Here is a list of the most skilled bats who generated between $5 and $15 in 2016:

50+ BPV, 5x5 $5-15, 2016*

Name              League  Position     bb%  ct%  Eye   PX   HctX  xPX  Spd  5x5  BPV
================  ======  ===========  ===  ===  ====  ===  ====  ===  ===  ===  ===
Sanchez, Gary         AL            C  11%  72%  0.42  218   122  159   68   $9  105
Schimpf, Ryan         NL       ...

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