"Bust" has become so familiar a term in fantasy parlance that it has lost its original meaning. A player can be a bust because he was overvalued or fell short of expectations. The key feature of a bust, however, is his high profile coming into the season. For a player to be a true bust, his poor season must do serious damage to his owner's chances of winning a title. It doesn’t matter if your 11th-round pick doesn’t measure up to his draft-day price; that's unfortunate, but it won’t be the difference between a contender and an also-ran.
As such, every player you see in our AL busts column and our NL busts column will be among the top-70 players in FantasyPros' consensus rankings.