You read that right! Rashod Bateman is indeed a value pick, so far in the early stages of Best Ball draft season. He’ll likely remain somewhat of a value in DFS for a while too, while he builds up points.
I’m seeing Bateman go far later in draft rounds than I would have ever expected. With the WR room of the Ravens opening up, Bateman is really the only receiver poised to take over a role left vacant by Marquise Brown, who was traded to the Arizona Cardinals earlier this off-season.
Compared to last season, there’s really nowhere to go but UP for the young wide receiver, which makes it more difficult for me to understand why Rashod Bateman is a value pick. His current ADP within Underdog Best Ball is 54.5.
I feel like he should be going at least a round sooner. In a draft I’m in right now, he went at 50.2, but that was behind Ju Ju Smith-Shuster, Courtland Sutton, Jaylen Waddle, and Terry McLaurin, to name a few. And far behind Hollywood Brown, who went as the 34.10 pick.
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