REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

Expect Yasmani Grandal to be a reliable fantasy starter the rest of the season. His 332.11 projected fantasy points puts him at #6 behind Mitch Garver and ahead of Salvador Perez. He has averaged 2.89 fantasy points in his past 153 games. Our projected per game average is virtually the same. He is projected to average 2.89 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#11) 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 97%, he is the #2 most highly owned catcher. Yasmani Grandal is expected to come up short of last season's #1 fantasy position rank.

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YASMANI GRANDAL WEEK 3 AND 4 FANTASY OUTLOOK

Yasmani Grandal is projected for 13.31 fantasy points in 4 games which is good enough to be the #9 ranked catcher 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 Chris Iannetta but behind Buster Posey. Week 4 will be better based on projected rank (#2). He is projected for 16.18 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.