BATTERS: 2021 Sleepers

This column will help you target batters who may be undervalued heading into draft day and have the potential to take a significant step forward in 2021. In many leagues, they can be considered breakout targets.

Let's try to find the most appealing breakout targets by looking at highly-skilled bats who earned modest value in 2020.

Here is a list of the most skilled bats who generated between $5 and $15 last season:

40+ BPV, 5x5 $5-15, 2020*

Name            Lg  Position     bb%  ct%  Eye   PX   xPX  Spd  5x5  EV    Brl%   BPV
==============  ==  ===========  ===  ===  ====  ===  ===  ===  ===  ====  =====  ===
Walsh, J        AL           1B   5%  85%  0.33  159  111  142  $14  88.1  12.6%  120
Ríos, E         NL           3B   5%  76%...

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