2019 FANTASY OUTLOOK AND PROJECTION: LOOKING GOOD

Michael Brantley is projected to be a must start outfielder next season. His projected position rank based on season total fantasy points is #29 (at OF). In 2018, he was owned in 99 percent of leagues and it will be at least this high next season as well. He is projected to average 3.18 fantasy points per game in 130 games. His projected rank for the upcoming season is down from where he finished last season. This projection is highly subject to change based on what team he plays for in 2019. For this forecast we are assuming he is playing for the Indians. Once he signs with a team his projected plate appearances will increase if he projects to be a starter. But certain stats, like runs and RBI, could decrease (or increase) depending on the overall quality of the offense.

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SEASON FANTASY RECAP AND TREND

Michael Brantley was the #82 ranked fantasy player this season and the #30 OF. His elite ranking was helped by his higher games played (143). Based on average fantasy points he is the #68 OF. His production dropped throughout the season. In his first 47 games he averaged 3.8 FPs and that declined to 3.1 in his final 48 games. His fantasy production is stable and he is not as volatile as most players based on a below average standard deviation. Our projected ceiling for Brantley when he 'goes off' is 11 fantasy points (his average is 3.2FPs).

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STATISTICAL IMPROVEMENT OVER LAST SEASON

Based on his fantasy point average, he is on a clear upward swing. His fantasy average improved by 10%.

WEEKLY FANTASY RECAP

He has averaged 17.5 fantasy points per week and had 3 weeks where he exceeded that by 50% and 2 'bad' weeks where he came up 50% short of his average.

DAILY FANTASY SEASON RECAP

His FanDuel average was 11 points and on DraftKings it was 8.2 per game. We looked at all of his games that were between the 10th and 90th percentile where the 10th percentile is his floor and the 90th is his ceiling. When he was bad in DFS, he was really bad with a floor of zero points. When he was good, he was very good with a DraftKings ceiling of 13 and 22.6 on FanDuel. He has had more bad FanDuel games (below average by 20%) than good games (20% above average), and the same was true on DraftKings. We are only including games where they were in the daily fantasy slate and played.