Sleepers, 2025
Mar 3 2025
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 2025. In many leagues, they can be considered breakout targets.
Let's try to find the most appealing breakout targets by looking at highly-skilled bats who earned modest value in 2024.
These bats have the best projected skills among those who generated less than $15 last season:
| Player | Lg | Tm | Pos | ADP | bb% | ct% | Eye | PX | Spd | BPV |
| Mike Trout | AL | LAA | CF | 121 | 14% | 69% | 0.58 | 182 | 129 | 95 |
| Kyle Tucker | NL | CHC | RF | 8 | 14% | 81% | 0.89 | 130 | 82 | 84 |
| Byron Buxton | AL | MIN | CF | 233 | 7% | 69% | 0.26 | 177 | 106 | 69 |
| Jung Hoo Lee | NL | SF | CF | 237 | 6% | 90% | 0.78 | 70 | 108 | 67 |
| Christian Yelich | NL | MIL | LF DH | 110 | 15% | 76% | 0.76 | 117 | 109 | 64 |
| Christian Walker | AL | HOU | 1B | 95 | 10% | 74% | 0.45 | 150 | 75 | 62 |
| Joc... |
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