Every season there are players who fail to live up to expectations. Often times, those players are then overlooked the following season and end up as one of our bounce-back candidates.
However, the key for fantasy owners is also identifying players who are being overvalued on draft day, as that goes a long way toward a competitive roster. There are many times fantasy owners can get a similar player a couple rounds later and build a more balanced roster by not reaching.
Cincinnati Reds Outfielder Billy Hamilton
We enter another season in which fantasy owners have fallen in love with Hamilton's ability to steal bases and forgotten that he doesn't bring anything else to the table. That is why I'm here. Hamilton has three consecutive seasons with more than 50 stolen bases but has failed to score 80 runs, hit higher than .260 or hit at least seven home runs in any of those seasons.
