REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

Expect Pete Alonso to be a reliable fantasy starter the rest of the season. His 462.9 projected fantasy points puts him at #7 behind Carlos Santana and ahead of Yulieski Gurriel. He has averaged 3.58 fantasy points in his past 160 games, which is slightly more than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 3.25 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#16) is worse than his rank based on total fantasy points. He is overrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 99%, he is the #1 most highly owned first baseman. Pete Alonso is expected to come up short of last season's #2 fantasy position rank.

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PROJECTING A DOWN WEEK 3 FOR PETE ALONSO WITH FEWER FPS THAN YONDER ALONSO

Pete Alonso is projected for 17.32 fantasy points in 6 games which is good enough to be the #13 ranked first baseman and a must start for most owners. This is projected to be a better than average week with more fantasy points per game than he is projected to average per game the rest of the season. He is ranked above Daniel Vogelbach but behind Yonder Alonso. Week 4 will be better based on projected rank (#6). He is projected for 20.12 fantasy points.

FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATS

The tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and upcoming weeks. Below the projection are actual stats from last season.