Fantasy Baseball Sleepers 2012: Anibal Sanchez and More Crucial Players to Draft

Anibal Sanchez is legit and you need to mark him down as a crucial part of your starting rotation. 

The Miami Marlins are welcoming their pitchers and catchers, which means one thing for you, fantasy owners, the research is long overdue. 

If you are going to dominate your war room and take on all comers, it starts with identifying the sleepers before spring training uncovers what we already know. 

Sanchez is just one of a few players that will light up Rotisserie Leagues with solid and consistent play all season long. Fantasy baseball is the best game around and it's players like Sanchez that make it a breeze. 

Here are some sleepers to target for late-round domination. 

Anibal Sanchez

The Miami Marlins have a high-risk, high-reward rotation. There are some volatile fireballers in the mix, some with durability issues. 

There is no doubt that Sanchez will have to play a big part of the Marlins pitching success in 2012. He will fight Ricky Nolasco and Carlos Zambrano for the No. 3 spot and is my favorite to win it by the end of spring training. 

The 27-year-old settled in at a 3.67 ERA and had 202 strikeouts. He is at the age where he should hit his high soon. Expect a boost to wins with a star-studded lineup giving him far more run support this season. 

Aroldis Chapman

The Reds pitcher will once again enter the season as a sleeper ready to bust out as an ace. I am confident he will actually live up to his promise this time around. 

The Chicago Sun-Times reports Dusty Baker will try to get the most out of his pitcher this spring. He will get a ton of time as a starter and will show that he can corral the heat and throw strikes. 

With another season of maturity, Chapman will go from wild thing to ace. 

Javy Guerra

We have two starters for the sleeper pile, but our favorite reliever to target is Dodgers pitcher Javy Guerra. 

The Dodgers will open up camp with Guerra as the closer, according to NBC Sports, and he should hold onto that title through the year. 

Guerra finished the season with a 2.31 ERA and 21 saves. He was nearly lights-out after relieving Broxton of his duties, saving 21 of 23 attempts. This is a budding closer that will deal you a bevy of saves. 

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