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Fantasy baseball Insider cheat sheet for 2016

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It's easy to get overwhelmed on fantasy draft day trying to make the perfect picks. The perfect pitching staff, the perfect rookie keeper, and on and on.

To aid your quest for perfection, Insider presents a streamlined version of its top fantasy articles to supply the choicest tidbits for easy reference. Below, you'll see insight and rankings from Insider's baseball experts -- Eric Karabell, Keith Law, Dan Szymborski and Tommy Rancel -- who assemble the key names you need to know on draft day into a one-of-a kind (and printable) cheat sheet.

Included in this ultimate fantasy accessory:

  • Eric Karabell's sleepers, busts and bounce-back candidates.

  • Karabell's saves projections for every team.

  • Top impact prospects from Keith Law.

  • Dan Szymborski's bounce-back candidates, overvalued and undervalued players using ZiPS projections.

  • The top pitching and hitting prospects in terms of 2016 fantasy value, per Tommy Rancel.

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Eric Karabell

Sleeper hitters: Hitters who will exceed their draft value.

Sleeper pitchers: Pitchers who will exceed their draft value.

Bust hitters: Hitters who will fall short of their draft value.

Bust pitchers: Pitchers who will fall short of their draft value.

Bounce-back hitters: Hitters set to improve this year.

Bounce-back pitchers: Pitchers set to improve this year.

Do Not Draft: Players Eric Karabell just won't be drafting at their prices this season.

Saves projections: The top save-getter, and his number of projected saves, for every team.

National League

American League


Keith Law

Top 25 impact prospects: Players poised to make the most impact in 2016.

  1. Corey Seager, SS/3B, LAD

  2. Byron Buxton, CF, MIN

  3. Steven Matz, LHP, NYM

  4. Jose Berrios, RHP, MIN

  5. Trea Turner, SS, WAS

  6. Colin Rea, RHP, SD

  7. Trevor Story, SS, COL

  8. Jonathan Gray, RHP, COL

  9. Aaron Blair, RHP, ATL

  10. Tyler Glasnow, RHP, PIT

  11. Joey Gallo, 3B/LF, TEX

  12. Max Kepler, OF, MIN

  13. Josh Bell, 1B, PIT

  14. Tyler White, 1B, HOU

  15. Richie Shaffer, 3B/OF/1B, TB

  16. Zach Davies, RHP, MIL

  17. Marco Gonzales, LHP, STL

  18. Tyler Goeddel, OF, PHI

  19. Jesse Winker, OF, CIN

  20. Tyler Naquin, CF, CLE

  21. Michael Fulmer, RHP, DET

  22. Trayce Thompson, CF, LAD

  23. A.J. Reed, 1B/DH, HOU

  24. Reynaldo Lopez, RHP, WAS

  25. Sam Tuivailala, RHP, STL

Others to watch


Dan Szymborski

Top 25 prospects by ZiPS projections

  1. Corey Seager, SS, LAD

  2. Byron Buxton, CF, MIN

  3. J.P. Crawford, SS, PHI

  4. Orlando Arcia, SS, MIL

  5. Dansby Swanson, SS, ATL

  6. Manuel Margot, CF, SD

  7. A.J. Reed, 1B, HOU

  8. Nomar Mazara, RF, TEX

  9. Julio Urias, LHP, LAD

  10. Steven Matz, LHP, NYM

  11. Trea Turner, SS, WAS

  12. Lucas Giolito, RHP, WAS

  13. Alex Verdugo, CF, LAD

  14. Tyler Glasnow, RHP, PIT

  15. Ozhaino Albies, SS, ATL

  16. Brett Phillips, CF, MIL

  17. Alex Reyes, RHP, STL

  18. Joey Gallo, 3B, TEX

  19. Rafael Devers, 3B, BOS

  20. Javier Guerra, SS, SD

  21. Jeff Hoffman, RHP, COL

  22. Jose Berrios, RHP, MIN

  23. Austin Meadows, CF, PIT

  24. Ryan McMahon, 3B, COL

  25. Sean Newcomb, LHP, ATL

Sleepers: Players with higher ZiPS projection than ADP.

Busts: Players with lower ZiPS projection than ADP.

Bounce-backs: Players projected to improve by ZiPS


Tommy Rancel

Top 50 prospects: Ranked in terms of fantasy value in 2016.

  1. Corey Seager, SS, LAD

  2. Steven Matz, LHP, NYM

  3. Byron Buxton, OF, MIN

  4. Tyler Glasnow, RHP, PIT

  5. Kenta Maeda, RHP, LAD

  6. Byung-Ho Park, 1B/DH, MIN

  7. Jose Berrios, RHP, MIN

  8. J.P. Crawford, SS, PHI

  9. Joey Gallo, 3B/OF, TEX

  10. Trea Turner, SS, WAS

  11. Jesse Winker, OF, CIN

  12. Hyun-Soo Kim, OF, BAL

  13. Josh Bell, 1B, PIT

  14. Hector Olivera, OF/3B, ATL

  15. Blake Snell, LHP, TB

  16. Jose Peraza, 2B/SS, CIN

  17. Jon Gray, RHP, COL

  18. Robert Stephenson, RHP, CIN

  19. Michael Fulmer, RHP, DET

  20. A.J. Reed, 1B/DH, HOU

  21. Nomar Mazara, OF, TEX

  22. Jorge Lopez, RHP, MIL

  23. Brett Phillips, OF, MIL

  24. Mark Appel, RHP, PHI

  25. Trevor Story, SS, COL

  26. Tim Anderson, SS , CHW

  27. Aaron Blair, RHP, ATL

  28. Braden Shipley, RHP, ARI

  29. Gary Sanchez, C, NYY

  30. Max Kepler, OF , MIN

  31. David Dahl, OF, COL

  32. Aaron Judge, OF, NYY

  33. Bradley Zimmer, OF, CLE

  34. Lucas Giolito, RHP, WAS

  35. Julio Urias, LHP , LAD

  36. Jorge Alfaro, C, PHI

  37. Marco Gonzales, LHP, STL

  38. Richie Shaffer, 3B/OF, TB

  39. Jake Thompson, RHP, PHI

  40. Jose De Leon, RHP, LAD

  41. Brandon Drury, 2B/3B/SS, ARI

  42. Hunter Renfroe, OF, SD

  43. Lewis Brinson, OF, TEX

  44. Yoan Moncada, 2B, BOS

  45. Manuel Margot, OF, SD

  46. Jorge Polanco, SS, MIN

  47. Willson Contreras, C, CHC

  48. Jeff Hoffman, RHP, COL

  49. Orlando Arcia, SS, MIL

  50. Nick Williams, OF, PHI