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Trey Murphy III is a value in both formats, and most of all on ESPN

Trey Murphy III is 18th on our 9-cat board and 38th on our ESPN points board, and in early October ESPN drafters were taking him around 75th while Yahoo drafters took him around 39th.

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Trey Murphy III is one of the few players who looks underpriced to us in both formats at once. Our 9-cat board ranks him 18th against the analysts' 9-cat consensus of 24th, and our points board under ESPN's default scoring ranks him 38th against a points consensus of 43rd. In early October ESPN drafters were taking him around 75th, which is a seventh-round price in a twelve-team league for a player both of our boards put in the third or fourth round.

Ranks from our projections board and the analysts' consensus, updated nightly.

The price depends on where you draft. Yahoo drafters were taking him around 39th at the same time, so the bargain is mostly an ESPN one, and the size of it depends on whether your league counts turnovers. This piece sets out the line behind both of our ranks, what his field-goal percentage costs, and where to take him on each platform.

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