NFBC: More than just knowing sleepers

Everyone goes into the off-season these days looking for the next great Sleeper. Unfortunately, by the time Draft Day rolls around everyone has identified those sleepers. So now the key isn't FINDING those sleepers, it's knowing WHEN to draft those sleepers.

I can give you the list of sleepers even before you go out and buy your first fantasy baseball magazine. The list will include Brett Lawrie, Desmond Jennings, Dustin Ackley, Jason Kipnis, David Freese and other players who excelled late last season or in the post-season. In the old days, they were sleepers because most players were asleep at the wheel when they emerged. But not anymore. Now everyone is wide-awake on those guys.

So let's figure out WHEN these guys are going to...

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