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Eddie Brown

Fantasy baseball sleepers and busts

"Knowledge is power."

The well-known phrase is commonly attributed to Sir Francis Bacon from his late 16th-century writings.

Thomas Jefferson was fond of using it in his correspondence regarding the establishment of a state university in Virginia.

And now I'm using it to illustrate a point about fantasy baseball, so it must be true.

Everyone knows drafting players like Mike Trout, Jose Altuve and Clayton Kershaw is a good start. This information is obvious and won't help you win a championship this season.

As usual, the foundation of great preparation for your fantasy baseball season is determining the players you can draft later and still reap a solid value (sleepers) and/or the players you shouldn't draft at all (busts).

Being able to distinguish the two will make all the difference in establishing a championship DNA for your fantasy squad.

Here are my sleepers and busts for the 2018 fantasy baseball season:

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