ADP and SB Leaders

Do not squander draft picks on guys who only steal bases. This is a very hard category to steer your way through all season. The reason is many high steal guys just don’t produce in other categories on a consistent basis. Our list below shows that eight of the top SB leaders have not been listed in any of our other counting categories. (Translation…they are a wasted roster spot) The bold names listed are our newbies again. Of the eight not listed previously, only 1 is being drafted before the 12^th round and 3 on our list have not been drafted at all in mock drafts. I personally look for my 5^th outfielder or my MI for steals late in the draft and then fill my bench with some multi-position speed guys. The advice here is to not get completely buried in this category early in the year. Stay competitive early, then if need be trade for speed with someone whose team in floundering or scour the waiver wire for an injury whose back-up has speed. Our list includes everyone that was able to produce 2.5 steals a month last year.

PLAYER	SB	ADP
Juan Pierre	68	131.4
Michael Bourn	52	114.5
Rajai Davis	50	290.7
Carl Crawford	47	16.6
Brett Gardner	47	229.9
Ichiro Suzuki	42	32.5
Chone Figgins	42	94.3
B.J. Upton	42	72.2
Angel Pagan	37	276.3
Scott Podsednik	35	347.3
Shane Victorino	34	130.8
Alex Rios	34	64.9
Nyjer Morgan	34	379.1
Andrew McCutchen	33	50.3
Coco Crisp	32	325.3
Hanley Ramirez	32	2.1
Elvis Andrus	32	68.8
Jose Reyes	30	26.9
Drew Stubbs	30	203.2
Cliff Pennington	29	388.2
Will Venable	29	380.1
Chris Young	28	184.1
Austin Jackson	27	329.4
Andres Torres	26	295.5
Carlos Gonzalez	26	6.7
Denard Span	26	165.6
Franklin Gutierrez	25	325.9
Bobby Abreu	24	122.1
Ben Zobrist	24	131.3
Rafael Furcal	22	142.1
Shin-Soo Choo	22	27.8
Erick Aybar	22	371.6
Corey Patterson	21	N/A
Ryan Theriot	20	269.9
Trevor Crowe	20	N/A
David Wright	19	9.8
Matt Kemp	19	22.7
Jose Tabata	19	338.9
Derek Jeter	18	47.8
Hunter Pence	18	85.2
Carlos Gomez	18	N/A
Justin Upton	18	39.8