Every season in fantasy baseball players emerge as go-to, bang for your buck hitters. Whether you drafted them or let them slip through your fingers could be the difference between a winning season and a losing one.
Heading into each year, good fantasy players and most of the time addicted owners know the guys to grab and which prospects have the ability to singlehandedly catapult their team to the next level.
Whether it is Jason Heyward, Carlos Santana and Buster Posey last year, or guys like Gordan Beckham and Starlin Castro who were immediately built up to be roster saviors, players are well known in draft lobbies even before they pick up the whupping stick and step up to the plate for their first at-bat.
However, if you can have an insider’s edge into who to grab before somebody else does in fantasy leagues, who would you take?
Here is a breakdown of the top 10 hitters to look for on draft day. These sleepers are either overlooked fantasy mainstays or potentially big-time hitters looking to rebound from a bad 2010 season.