REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

Expect Joe Jimenez to be a reliable fantasy starter the rest of the season. His 159.32 projected fantasy points puts him at #26 behind Tony Watson and ahead of Yoshihisa Hirano. He has averaged 0.67 fantasy points in his past 66 games, which is less than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 2.79 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#27) is worse than his rank based on total fantasy points. He is slightly underrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 31%, he is the #27 most highly owned reliever. Joe Jimenez is expected to improve on last season's #49 fantasy position rank.

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START EM ALERT: JOE JIMENEZ WEEK 3 AND 4 FANTASY OUTLOOK

Joe Jimenez is projected for 7.03 fantasy points in 2 games in week 3 which ranks him as the #23 projected reliever 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 Sean Doolittle but behind Alex Colome. Week 4 will not be as good based on projected rank (#27). He is projected for 4.55 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.