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March 12, 2025 - Draft Advisory Program Sleepers

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Last year's league batting average was the lowest since 1968, the year MLB lowered the mound.

1. The Fantistics Fantasy Baseball Podcast episode of March 12, 2025 walks through the Draft Advisory Program's Fantistics Draft Position (FDP) and names hitters whose FDP is several rounds ahead of their ADP. 2. Lou Blassie and Skylar Dombrowski, who represent Fantistics and InsiderBaseball.com, have worked together for roughly 15 years and compare their draft views against the program's numbers. 3. The central point is that FDP is a ranking by Fantistics projections, not a draft instruction, and a gap such as four rounds shows how long a player can be left on the board. 4. Skylar says last year's league batting average of .243 was the lowest since 1968, so hitters projected near .285 to .300 gain a 30 to 50 point edge in roto batting average. 5. On pitching, the hosts argue that cutting walks drives improvement; Skylar says the gap between 2.5 and 3.5 walks per nine is about a third of a run in ERA, and he prefers Logan Webb to Dylan Cease as an SP1. 6. They also compare MLB rule changes, with both hosts approving of the spring challenge system and the pitch clock, while Skylar calls the ghost runner "the most preposterous nonsense ever to exist." 7. Vinny Pasquantino's profile includes an 87.5% contact rate, a 5.9% swinging-strike rate, a 33% chase rate, a 91 mph average exit velocity, and a max exit velocity over 112 mph. 8. His ADP is in the 10th round while Fantistics has him in the middle of the sixth, and Skylar suggests targeting him in rounds seven or eight after Vlad Guerrero Jr., Freddie Freeman and Bryce Harper come off the board. 9. Xander Bogaerts hit .292/.333/.429 with 7 homers and 9 steals in 62 games after returning from a shoulder injury, and the hosts project 15 to 20 homers with a strong average at a late 12th-round ADP. 10. Fantasy baseball drafters who use ADP and projections will get the most from it.

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