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Fantasy: Top 5 sleepers by position

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As fantasy baseball owners vie for league supremacy each season, one of the best ways to find that extra competitive edge is by determining players to target in the late rounds of a draft or on the waiver wire.

It often depends on need. You can't have too much of a good thing, but if you're deep at third base and thin at shortstop it might not behoove you to score big on a surprise slugger at the hot corner.

Here are some options for deep sleepers at each position. Ideally, these players should be available near the end of your draft or even off the wire in the early weeks of the regular season; that disqualifies players like Jurickson Profar and Rafael Devers, both of whom appeared in our post-hype sleepers piece.

Note: To avoid repetition within our lists, we've elected to use each player's primary position only. We're also including 10 pitchers since regular-season usage depends on a number of factors and roles can often be fluid.

Catcher

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Player Team ADP Other Pos.
Francisco Mejia SD 270
Willians Astudillo MIN 270 3B
Brian McCann ATL 363
Isiah Kiner-Falefa TEX 383 2B/3B
Chance Sisco BAL 499

First Base

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Player Team ADP Other Pos.
Jake Bauers CLE 238 OF
Brandon Belt SF 325
Ryan McMahon COL 384 2B/3B
Ronald Guzman TEX 419
Greg Bird NYY 473

Second Base

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Player Team ADP Pos.
Joey Wendle TB 249 OF
Niko Goodrum DET 295 1B/3B/SS/OF
Starlin Castro MIA 297
Jeff McNeil NYM 337
Luis Urias SD 378

Third Base

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Player Team ADP Pos.
Jake Lamb ARI 271
Maikel Franco PHI 279
Brian Anderson MIA 283 OF
Johan Camargo ATL 319 SS
Jeimer Candelario DET 328

Shortstop

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Player Team ADP Other Pos.
Jorge Polanco MIN 236
Ketel Marte ARI 258 2B
Didi Gregorius NYY 286
Dansby Swanson ATL 338
Orlando Arcia MIL 575

Outfield

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Player Team ADP Other Pos.
Ramon Laureano OAK 244
Franmil Reyes SD 274
Kyle Tucker HOU 299
Cedric Mullins BAL 335
Alex Verdugo LAD 389

Pitcher

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Player Team ADP
Julio Urias LAD 355
Brandon Woodruff MIL 409
Ryan Borucki TOR 445
Matt Strahm SD 452
Framber Valdez HOU 453
Matt Barnes BOS 309
Ryan Yarbrough TB 344
Brad Peacock HOU 347
Ryan Pressly HOU 429
Joe Jimenez DET 448

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