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ESPN.com · Sep 23, 2025

Sleepers and busts: Who to draft and who to avoid at current value

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Managers who successfully pad their rosters with underappreciated overachievers -- either in later rounds or via the free agent market post-draft, while avoiding those who fall flat -- are always in superior shape contending for a championship. Sniffing out such characters is the trick, of course, with skill, opportunity, health and career trajectory all playing factors in determining if a player is in position to fly unpredictably high.

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