It is fantasy baseball season! Today we’re focusing on fantasy baseball sleepers at the second base position.
Gone are the days where it’s important to address your middle infield early in drafts. With strong options available throughout the draft, fantasy managers can load up on the best players available, regardless of position early on, and fill in the holes later. Here’s a look at a few second basemen who represent good values.
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Fantasy Baseball Sleepers: Second Base
Kolten Wong, Milwaukee Brewers
Though he has never quite lived up to the hype offensively, Wong has established himself as a solid regular. He appears set to lead off the majority of the time this season, in a great park for hitters and in a division loaded with right-handed starting pitching. With an ADP of 223 in March 15-team NFBC drafts, there’s plenty of room for profit and very little downside.
Jake Cronenworth, San Diego Padres
After an impressive debut in which he hit .285/.354/.477 last year, Cronenworth was popular in early drafts. He had an NFBC ADP of 153 in 15-team leagues through the end of December. His ADP dropped to 229 following the team’s additions of 2B/OF Jurickson Profar and 2B/3B Ha-Seong Kim. Cronenworth has continued to rake this spring. His positional versatility should keep him in the lineup enough to justify the cost.
Jonathan Schoop, Detroit Tigers
Schoop is a reliable source of power, averaging 27.5 home runs per 600 plate appearances throughout his career, along with a .259 batting average. Last year was his first season with the Tigers, and he hit .278 with eight home runs in just 44 games. Schoop should see close to everyday at-bats in 2021, and is sure to provide plenty of pop once again. Bottom line, he is a steal beyond pick 300, where he often goes.
Enrique (Kiké) Hernandez, Boston Red Sox
He hit just .230/.270/.410 across 148 plate appearances for the 2020 World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, and his playing time was sporadic down the stretch. But Baseball HQ shows his xBA was a more respectable .251, and he now finds himself with an opportunity for consistent at-bats in Boston. If spring training lineups are any indication, Hernandez looks like the team’s preferred option to lead off. He is a good bet to return a profit in the later rounds, and offers multi-position eligibility as an added bonus.
Josh Rojas, Arizona Diamondbacks
He has struggled in the majors so far, hitting .206/.295/.271 in 227 plate appearances. Rojas hit .332 with 23 homers and 33 steals in 479 plate appearances between Double-A and Triple-A in 2019. He leads the league in plate appearances this spring, an indication the Diamondbacks wants to see what they have in him, at least while OF Kole Calhoun is out and IF/OF Ketel Marte is in the outfield. Rojas is a gamble late in drafts, but one with a lofty ceiling.
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