Fantasy Baseball – Breakouts and Pretenders

It’s getting closer to draft day, and that means it’s important to separate last years breakout candidates into legitimate stars and pretenders. Today we’re going to look at 6 players that will be overvalued based on their performances last year. Some of them are still quality players who deserve a spot on your roster – but won’t be worth it based on where they’re drafted. SP Jeremy Hellickson – The 2011 rookie of the year had a fantastic season with the Rays, going 13-10 with a 2.95 ERA. So what’s the problem with Hellickson? While he showed dominant strikeout rates in the minors, his 5.57 K/9 in the majors was very mediocre. Especially when compared to his 3.43 BB/9. He showed significant flyball tendencies, which won’t be too much of a problem in Tropicana Field with the Rays talented gloves in the outfield. But when he’s playing in a smaller park, those flyball ways are going to come back to haunt him. Hellickson also h...