Fantasy Baseball Draft Targets: Anthony Rizzo, Zach Eflin, Daulton Varsho (2024)

Wouldn’t it be great to have a fantasy baseball expert sitting by your side as you navigate your draft? They could help you avoid the draft-day landmines along with pointing out who you should target and even reach for. Well, this is your lucky day! Not only do we offer the Draft Assistant, a tool that allows you to optimize your picks with expert advice during your fantasy baseball drafts, but we also have a few must-have players to target from our team of analysts! Here are each of the players they aim for in their fantasy baseball drafts. Below they dive into a few notable names.

Expert Must-Have Fantasy Baseball Draft Picks

Anthony Rizzo (1B – NYY)

Rizzo is a smash pick for me at his late ADP. He is coming off a season in which the stat line looks terrible, including a .244 batting average and 12 home runs over 99 games. We must remember he played many of those games with a concussion.

Before getting hurt, Rizzo was raking. Over the season’s first two months (opening day to May 31), he hit .304 with 11 home runs, 30 runs scored, and 32 RBI. He had a 10.5% barrel rate, .880 OPS, and 146 wRC+. Rizzo is reportedly healthy now. He will be hitting in the middle of the Yankees lineup and should be a strong fantasy asset at first base or corner infield.

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Zach Eflin (SP – TB)

Zach Eflin is coming off a breakout season in which he threw a career-high in innings with a career-best in strikeouts, wins, ERA and WHIP. There is always risk in terms of health, as Eflin has struggled with injuries in the past. Still, the underlying numbers were even better than the amazing surface stats, so I am taking the gamble everywhere I can.

Daulton Varsho (OF – TOR)

Daulton Varsho is coming off of a disappointing season in Toronto, where he hit just .220/285/.389 with 20 home runs and 16 stolen bases. He also lost catching eligibility, which hurts his value. However, his underlying numbers are much better than you’d expect. He made big gains in zone contact and his exit velocities. He got unlucky in BABIP and HR/FB rate. There is a lot to like for a player who is going way too late in drafts.