Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers: Matt Chapman, Zach Neto, Parker Meadows (2024)

For the All-Undrafted team, we look at consensus FantasyPros average draft position (ADP) data and target names outside the top 300. This will be the range of players that go undrafted in many leagues. We will pick one player per position. One trend you will see in these picks is a path to playing time and plate appearances being a heavy influence. That is because as you get later into the player pool, playing time and plate appearances are king. Here is the full undrafted team including fantasy baseball sleepers and values to draft. Below we dive into a few notable names.

Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers to Target

Matt Chapman (3B – SF)

Now that Champan has signed, his ADP will only go up. Simply put: He is a power upside play at third base. He underperformed last year. The barrel rate and numbers suggest he came up way short of home run expectations. Part of that is due to the lack of barrels on the pull side. If he had pulled the ball more, that barrel% (17.1%) and hard-hit% (56.1%) would have played up more and led to better power production.

The batting average will remain a question but given the defense and contract, he should play every day and bat near the middle of the order. The power upside is there and that should produce (at least) three category upside in runs, RBI and home runs.

Zach Neto (SS – LA)

Former first-round pick Zach Neto is a fun pick. He has a little power and speed to his game and it comes with zero threat to his spot in the order. He will bat ninth to begin the year (he wants to per Ron Washington). This will put a cap on his plate appearance projection but sooner than later he can land in that leadoff spot given their other options. In his short stint, he showed the ability to elevate the ball well (37.9% GB%) and pull the ball a bit (46.8% pull%). This combination can help the power play up. He is a young player with potential for growth and an everyday job.

Parker Meadows (OF – DET)

Parker Meadows not only has a little power and speed to his game but he also projects to play every day and lead off against RHP. This will make him the primary leadoff man entering the year. It will be on him to lose it but Meadows flashed the power and speed at times last year and in his cup of coffee he seemed to be adjusting about halfway through.

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