What Does 'Reach' Mean?

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Drafting a player significantly earlier than his average draft position, betting the manager's own evaluation of him against the market's consensus value.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"That's a pretty big reach two rounds ahead of his ADP, hope he knows something we don't."

LORE & ORIGIN

Core fantasy sports draft vocabulary describing a pick that goes against consensus market value, used both as a neutral description and as criticism.

FIRST SEEN

2009

PEAK POPULARITY

2026 (Fantasy Sports Internet)

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

中文 zh-CN提前选人 →日本語 ja-JPno fixed local term →한국어 ko-KRno fixed local term →Español es-ESno fixed local term →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →Français fr-FRno fixed local term →

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