Fantasy Baseball 2007: The Fantasy team that isn’t drafted.

Today was my first money league draft of the 2007 season. I ended up with the fourth pick and a team that features a lot of power and a lot of starting pitching. However there is plenty of talent out there that was not drafted. Considering this was a draft that featured 11 teams you would think that someone would pick up these players. The following list is a list that features guys that have a draft percentage that is over 65% that were not drafted this afternoon. These players aren’t number one guys; however they have the potential to be sleepers or good roster fillers.

Catchers: Ramon Hernandez, Johnny Estrada, Bengie Molina, Gerald Laird, David Ross, Mike Napoli

First Base: Conor Jackson, Dan Johnson, Kevin Youkilis, Shea Hillenbrand, Mike Jacobs

Second Base: Marcus Giles, Placido Polanco, Mark DeRosa, Ronnie Belliard, Jose Lopez.

Short Stop: Khalil Greene, Jason Bartlett, Omar Vizquel, Jack Wilson, J.J. Hardy.

Third Base: Alex Gordon, Pedro Feliz, Andy Marte, Brandon Inge, Mike Lowell.

Outfielders: Jose Guillen, Milton Bradley, Randy Winn, Chris Duncan, David DeJesus, Geoff Jenkins, Jeremy Hermida, Andre Either, Matt Kemp, Juan Encarnacion, Luis Gonzalez.

Starting Pitchers: Mark Buehrle, Livan Hernandez, Noah Lowry, Scott Olsen, Ricky Nolasco, Oliver Perez, Jamie Moyer, Jeff Suppan, Gustavo Chacin, Chad Billingsley.

Relief Pitchers: Ryan Dempster, Bob Wickman, Todd Jones, Chad Qualls, Mike Gonzalez, Scott Proctor, Justin Duchscherer, Matt Capps, Duaner Sanchez, Jesse Crain, Dennys Reyes.

As I mentioned, these guys are not particularly what you have in mind when you looking at the number one player at each position. However, these guys tend to bring depth and quality to your roster, and could help you on draft day. These players tend to be taken in the middle and late round of drafts as they should. There is a lot of young talent on each of these lists. On draft day, especially in keeper leagues and leagues that feature a lot of depth, you might want to consider some of these guys to help fill your roster and/or bench positions. There is a lot of quality out there if you are willing to look for it. The majority of people don’t pay attention to these guys and they are usually good role players on a fantasy roster and can help you win your league in 2007.