Welcome, fantasy baseball nerds to the first ever draft kit from your Tam News sports editors. We have provided a convenient chart of players that we think will fall into 4 categories: Stud, Sleeper, Slacker, and Deep Sleeper. Studs are players who will consistently perform at a high level. Sleepers are players that may be flying under the radar, but who will be productive for a relatively low cost. Slackers are players who have played well in the past, but whom we do not anticipate playing up to their standards. Deep sleepers, i.e. for those in deeper leagues, are players who have never been regarded as fantasy assets, but who we like this year to have a breakout campaign and help your team off waivers.

Enjoy, and good luck!

Kenny’s Picks:

Position                Stud                     Sleeper                     Slacker                 Deep Sleeper

C               Carlos Santana       Salvador Perez      Yadier Molina       Ryan Doumit

1b               Prince Fielder          Eric Hosmer     Lance Berkman        Brandon Allen

2b               Robinson Cano      Dustin Ackley      Chase Utley             Ryan Raburn

3b                 Jose Bautista         David Freese     Alex Rodriguez         Mat Gamel

SS                   Jose Reyes        Marco Scutaro   Asdrubal Cabrera      Jed Lowrie

OF          Giancarlo Stanton       BJ Upton       Curtis Granderson       Allen Craig

OF            Carlos Gonzalez     Shin-Soo Choo     Carlos Quentin      Jason Bourgeois

OF              Hunter Pence       Michael Morse     Alex Gordon            Bryce Harper

SP                Dan Haren            Hiroki Kuroda     Chris Carpenter        Phil Hughes

SP          Clayton Kershaw      Neftali Feliz       Jhoulys Chacin         Daniel Bard

SP             Tim Lincecum    Brandon McCarthy   James Shields    Hisashi Iwakuma

RP              Drew Storen          Brett Myers        Jose Valverde         Addison Reed

Joe’s Picks:

Position                Stud                 Sleeper                     Slacker                 Deep Sleeper

C                    Mike Napoli        Wilson Ramos        Alex Avila            Devin Mesoraco

1b              Adrian Gonzalez          Ike Davis         Mark Trumbo        Mitch Moreland

2b                Dustin Pedroia    Howie Kendrick      Ian Kinsler          Johnny Giavotella

3b                 Adrian Beltre     Emilio Bonifacio   Aramis Ramirez      Nolan Arenado

SS              Troy Tulowitzki        Dee Gordon       Jimmy Rollins            Zack Cozart

OF                 Matt Kemp       Logan Morrison   Jacoby Ellsbury          Lucas Duda

OF                Justin Upton        Jayson Werth     Michael Bourn         Lorenzo Cain

OF       Andrew McCutchen   Delmon Young   Desmond Jennings    Brett Jackson

SP           Justin Verlander      Cory Luebke        Josh Beckett          Oakland Rookies

SP                   Cliff Lee        Jordan Zimmerman   Cole Hamels         Drew Pomeranz

SP            Zack Greinke   Madison Bumgarner   Daniel Hudson      Ryan Dempster

RP             Craig Kimbrel        Andrew Bailey       Carlos Marmol       Kenley Jansen