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Fantasy Baseball: 10 Players With Huge Gaps in Value Between ESPN and Yahoo
Some players have wildly different average draft positions on one site than they have on another. Can this be a signal that a player is a value or too costly?

Jameson Taillon, Pittsburgh Pirates

Yahoo ADP: 134.1 | ESPN ADP: 215

No healthy player has a larger ADP gap between the two sites than Jameson Taillon. The most confusing part about this is you could easily justify him at the higher cost.

Taillon -- in his first professional action since 2013 due to Tommy John surgery -- made 18 starts in the big leagues in 2016. In that time, he had a 3.61 SIERA, 20.3% strikeout rate, and 4.1% walk rate. He also prevented damage by inducing a 52.4% ground-ball rate. When you toss in 10 starts in Triple-A in which Taillon had a 25.9% strikeout rate and 2.5% walk rate, this dude starts to look like a bona fide baller.

Taillon's home park is averse to home runs, helping to boost his value even a bit more. Based on his skillset and situation, he's akin to a less-experienced Johnny Cueto. Cueto's a top-50 pick on both sites, and while we shouldn't be taking Taillon there, he's worth his Yahoo ADP.

The question becomes how long you should wait on Taillon on ESPN. You likely don't need to take him too early because of his ADP, but you also don't want to miss out. Once the picks get into the 180s, don't be afraid to reach and snag Taillon before a savvy fellow drafter tries to do the same.

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