Thursday, March 30, 2006

More Keeper strategy

Rocky Mountain News: Rockies & MLB

Near the end of the draft when the Chris Woodwards and Jose Vizcainos are being drafted because teams are tired and/or didn't list enough players, scan the players who were put on the disabled list.

These are often players who would have been selected just before the Alex Cora portion of the draft.

Yesterday, one of my favorite sleepers, Ryan Shealy, was put on the disabled list. This makes him eligible to be drafted.

He is no Ryan Howard interms of power, but he did hit well in his 80 or so AB tryout last season. With an injury or a trade, he could be a $17 player, and in order to compete, you need to have those types of surprises.


So instead of drafting John Mabry or Tomas Perez, take a $1 flyer on Shealy.

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