DRAFT ADVICE AND POSITION RANK

Draft Shane Bieber as a weekly fantasy starter in 2019-2020. His 125.01 projected fantasy points puts him at #15 behind Jack Flaherty and ahead of Jose Berrios. He has averaged 5.08 fantasy points in his past 34 games, which is more than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 4.21 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#12) is better than his rank based on total fantasy points. He is overrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 96%, he is the #11 most highly owned starting pitcher. Shane Bieber is expected to come up short of last season's #8 fantasy position rank.

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SHANE BIEBER WEEK 1 AND 2 FANTASY OUTLOOK

Shane Bieber is projected for 6.28 fantasy points in one game the rest of the week which is good enough to be the #2 ranked starting pitcher and a must start for most owners. This is projected to be a better than average game with more fantasy points than he is projected to average per game the rest of the season. He is ranked above Clayton Kershaw but behind Gerrit Cole the rest of the week. Week 2 will be slightly worse based on projected rank (#3). He is projected for 6.55 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.