DRAFT ADVICE AND POSITION RANK

Draft Nico Hoerner as a weekly fantasy starter in 2019-2020. His 332.35 projected fantasy points puts him at #29 behind J.P. Crawford and ahead of Jose Iglesias. He has averaged 3.08 fantasy points in his past 20 games, which is more than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 2.56 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#54) is worse than his rank based on total fantasy points. In 20 games last season he was the #42 ranked shortstop.

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START EM ALERT: NICO HOERNER WEEK 1 AND 2 FANTASY OUTLOOK

Nico Hoerner is projected for 6.31 fantasy points in 2 games the rest of the week in week 1 which ranks him as the #27 projected shortstop 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 Amed Rosario but behind Kevin Newman the rest of the week. Week 2 will be slightly worse based on projected rank (#28). He is projected for 12.43 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.