Howie Kendrick: Can We Stop Calling Him a Sleeper?

Baseball has a lot to do with expectations. Whether you’re a real GM or a virtual GM, assembling the right parts to your team has a lot to do with expectations. Similar to an organization that drafts a player, fantasy owners who participate in fantasy drafts during baseball’s preseason choose players according to their interpretation and best understanding of that player’s potential and expectations.   Since baseball is not an exact science, it’s nearly impossible to accurately forecast a players’ worth to a real-life franchise or your fantasy team. Especially in the fantasy baseball realm, those blessed with the sixth sense of precisely predicting players’ output from season-to-season generally do better than those who fail to fully hone their baseball-statistic acumen. Obviously, luck is involved in fantasy sports, so it’s impossible to be “right” every time, but there’s also a benefit to understanding the stat...