KEEPERS: Playing for 2018

You know who you are, the rebuilder who won't be competitive in 2017 even if everything breaks right. So immediately, you're tasked with determining how to best fill your available positions with future value—both active and reserve, depending on your league's rules. Obviously the relative uncertainty of pitching suggests that you target hitters early and often. But if they aren't already on your roster, you aren't likely able to acquire potential keeper cornerstones like Victor Robles or Eloy Jiménez without offering up a piece of your own envisioned down-the-road winner. So you wait for the next potentially elite breakout / pop-up prospects—sometimes until June, when the rookie leagues begin—and hope that you're the first to put in a...

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