When drafting your offense, it is important to maintain a balance between runs, home runs, runs batted in, stolen bases and batting average, the five standard categories in most leagues. With a solid power hitting team, it is easy to forget about the importance of stolen bases and batting average, which are just as important as home runs and RBI.

When drafting your outfield, keep this in mind: There are many five-tool outfielders available, and their fantasy potentials can get overlooked when compared to guys like Lance Berkman, Manny Ramirez and Andruw Jones. Outside of the major five-tool players like Alfonso Soriano, Carl Crawford, Vladimir Guerrero and Carlos Beltran, there are many others that can be drafted in the second, third and fourth rounds with just the same potential and more upside.

Grady Sizemore will have an even better year than last year. And with a .290 average, 28 homers, 76 RBI, 22 stolen bases and 134 runs scored, it’s scary. The Indians are a young team with many young stars on the horizon, and Sizemore will serve as a critical anchor in that system, batting leadoff. With Trot Nixon, Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez batting behind him, look for Sizemore to score just as many runs and still get many RBI opportunities with Jhonny Peralta, Andy Marte and Josh Barfield batting seventh, eighth and ninth.

Matt Holliday is a star that gets frequently overlooked. Batting fourth behind Willy Taveras, Jamey Carroll and Garrett Atkins, and in a very favorable hitters ballpark, especially for right-handed hitters, look for the 27-year-old Holliday to improve on his .326 batting average, 34 homers and 114 RBI from last year. With Todd Helton, Brad Hawpe and Yorvit Torrealba hitting behind him, look for Holliday to score at least 110 runs once again and steal some bases, because attention will be diverted off of him to the hitters at the plate.

As a typical Yankees fan, I used to be skeptical about drafting Yankees on my team. But exceptions must be made with Bobby Abreu and Johnny Damon.

With a right field only 314 feet deep, look for Abreu to once again put up solid power numbers and get many, many RBI opportunities batting third behind Damon and Jeter, arguably the best one-two punch in the game. And for a big guy, he steals many bases and will keep stealing them, and will score at least 110 with Giambi, Rodriguez and Matsui batting behind him, not to mention Cano and Posada.

Damon went from hitting only 10 home runs in 2005 to 24 in his first season with the Yankees, along with 80 RBIs, 115 runs scored and 25 stolen bases. Batting lefty in Yankee Stadium has truly turned him into a complete five-tool player. A combination of any two of these four guys can make for a lethal offense in a deep 12-team league.

Mark Teahen will be eligible for third base and outfield after being declared the opening day right-fielder. The promotion of Alex Gordon at third will force Teahen to right, but he will still bat third in the lineup. After the All Star game last year, he batted .318 with 11 homers and 40 RBI and stole seven bases, but, more importantly, he batted .350 with runners in scoring position, a remarkable statistic for a young prospect.

Delmon Young, the top outfield prospect in perhaps the entire game, is definitely worth a mid- to late-round draft pick in deep leagues and a pricey bid in salary cap and keeper leagues. Only 20 years old, Young is a major piece among the ridiculously talented young Devil Rays position players. Although umpires must learn how to duck when Young throws bats at them when striking out, if he is still available and you need an outfielder, he is your guy.

But throughout the season, keep an eye open for outfielder Billy Butler of the Royals. Although he probably won’t be called up from triple-A Omaha until June or July, when he does, strongly consider snatching him off of free agents. With arguably the best raw power in the Royals’ farm system, manager Buddy Bell will look desperately to fill the gaps in the bottom part of the lineup and will most likely dig into his farm system, filled with talented first-round draft picks.