REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

Expect Lourdes Gurriel to be a reliable fantasy starter the rest of the season. His 414.42 projected fantasy points puts him at #28 behind Kyle Schwarber and ahead of Joc Pederson. He has averaged 3.12 fantasy points in his past 83 games, which is slightly more than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 2.93 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#92) is worse than his rank based on total fantasy points. He is slightly overrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 91%, he is the #26 most highly owned outfielder. Lourdes Gurriel is expected to improve on last season's #69 fantasy position rank.

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LOURDES GURRIEL PROJECTED FOR FEWER FPS THAN MIKE YASTRZEMSKI IN WEEK 3

Lourdes Gurriel is projected for 17.3 fantasy points in 6 games in week 3 which ranks him as the #34 projected outfielder for the week and a starter for most fantasy teams. 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 Eddie Rosario but behind Mike Yastrzemski. Week 4 will not be as good based on projected rank (#42). He is projected for 15.2 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.