REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

You can expect Austin Hedges to be a good bench player who will start in certain weeks the rest of the season. His 198.6 projected fantasy points puts him at #37 behind Sean Murphy and ahead of Jason Castro. He has averaged 1.39 fantasy points in his past 102 games, which is less than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 2.18 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#85) is worse than his rank based on total fantasy points. Austin Hedges is expected to come up slightly short of last season's #35 fantasy position rank.

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AUSTIN HEDGES WEEK 3 AND 4 FANTASY OUTLOOK

Austin Hedges is projected for 7.64 fantasy points in 4 games which projects to being the #42 ranked catcher. This may be a week you want to sit Austin Hedges. 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 Caleb Joseph but behind Roldani Baldwin. Week 4 is projected to be slightly better based on projected rank (#39). He is projected for 6.93 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.