Kuzul

Through the first month of the 2012 Major League Baseball season, there have been many pleasant surprises and great disappointments.

In both leagues there is a player with realistic shots at the triple crown: the Dodgers‘ Matt Kemp and the Rangers‘ Josh Hamilton. The biggest off-season signing, Albert Pujols, is having one of his worst hitting months of his career.

If the season ended right now, the AL East would have three teams in the playoffs, and one of those teams would be the Baltimore Orioles. The AL Central would be won by the Cleveland Indians, not the Detroit Tigers, and the most disappointing team would be the AL West’s Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with a record of 8-15.

There have been a ton of over- and underachievers in the American League this season, and these are my selections for April’s All-Stars. 

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With the 2012 season nearing, many fantasy baseball owners are trying to pick up on any clues as to which young, late-round picks have the potential to breakout this season.

Fantasy owners know very well that championships are not won in the early rounds of a fantasy baseball draft. It is about how owners can find the diamonds in the rough that nobody is talking about in the mid-to-late rounds of the draft.

This slideshow will point out a young stud at each position that has the potential for a breakout season, and can lead your fantasy team to a championship.

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