My favorite part of prospecting outside of going to games and wearing sweatpants on Sunday afternoons is digging for deep league target years before they pop onto the radar of your league mates. Sometimes I’ll spend three days digging through scouting reports and videos from the far corners of the internet. Other times I ask Barry Baker. Not kidding, follow Barry. About 27 percent of the stuff that comes out of his Twitter fingers isn’t crazy. That’s an exact figure by the way. Today we take a look at a dozen such players with varying levels of hype. Only two of these players made our top 300 and just barely. But all of these players have the ability to break out in the coming months and years ahead.

Jeremy De La Rosa, OF Nationals

The Nats look like they perhaps uncovered another jewel on the international market, plucking the powerful De La Rosa for $300,000. Blessed with quick hands, a keen eye, and natural raw pop De La Rosa looks like he could really pop out of rookie ball. Drew rave reviews for his bat in instructional league, but he’s likely relegated to left with a poor arm and only average projected defense at peak.