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If you want to get in on the ground floor on the next Bryce Harper-esque breakout season, taking Yasiel Puig might be your best bet. Puig might rub some people the wrong way, and he is coming off a disastrous season where a litany of injuries limited him to a .255/.322/.436 line and just 11 homers and 38 RBI in 79 games. However, with an average draft position of 97th overall at FantasyPros.com, he has a chance to be the steal of your draft this season.
If, at 25, Puig just gets back to his pre-2015 levels of play -- he hit .305/.386/.502 and averaged 20.8 homers, 13 steals and 94 runs per 150 games between 2013 and 2014 -- he'll be a steal in the eighth round. However, he if he can put the contact skills he showed in his first two seasons together with the increased flyball tendencies of last season, there's room for even more growth in his game. While many think Puig has been figured out, betting on an uber-talented player in his prime could pay huge dividends for you.
