DAILY FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND PLAY OR FADE ADVICE
He is projected for 8.9 FanDuel points and 6.9 points on DraftKings. Based on the player pool average points per dollar he is worth +$284 more than $2.8K on FanDuel and +$147 more than $3.9K on DraftKings. Their may be other options (see below) who are even better values, but barring a significant lineup change consider him a strong daily fantasy play. Below are how he ranks based on projected fantasy points on both DFS platforms. Look for players with more FPs at lower salaries.
| FANDUEL (OF) 8/7 RANK | PROJECTION | SALARY |
|---|
| #55 Bubba Starling | 9 FD Points | $2700 |
| #56 Tyler Naquin | 8.9 FD Points | $2300 |
| #57 Lorenzo Cain | 8.9 FD Points | $2800 |
| #58 Ender Inciarte | 8.9 FD Points | $2700 |
| #59 Josh Reddick | 8.8 FD Points | $2500 |
| DRAFTKINGS (OF) 8/7 RANK | PROJECTION | SALARY |
|---|
| #51 Jackie Bradley | 7 DK Points | $3800 |
| #52 Nomar Mazara | 6.9 DK Points | $4300 |
| #53 Lorenzo Cain | 6.9 DK Points | $3900 |
| #54 Ender Inciarte | 6.8 DK Points | $3900 |
| #55 Tyler Naquin | 6.8 DK Points | $3400 |
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REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK
According to our projection, you can expect Lorenzo Cain to be a bench player or a good option off the waiver wire. His 109.07 projected fantasy points puts him at #55 behind Ryan Braun and ahead of Christin Stewart. He has averaged 2.69 fantasy points in his past 243 games. Our projected per game average is virtually the same. He is projected to average 2.6 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#102) 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 87%, he is the #32 most highly owned outfielder. Lorenzo Cain is expected to come up short of this season-to-date's #40 fantasy position rank.
| REST OF SEASON RANK (OF) | PROJECTION | FANTASY STATS SINCE 2018 |
|---|
| #53 Kevin Kiermaier (37% OWN) | 109 FP, 2.67 per game | 188 FP, 87 gp, 2.17 per game (#75) |
| #54 Ryan Braun (75% OWN) | 109 FP, 2.88 per game | 310 FP, 124 gp, 2.5 per game (#50) |
| #55 Lorenzo Cain (87% OWN) | 109 FP, 2.6 per game | 391 FP, 139 gp, 2.81 per game (#26) |
| #56 Christin Stewart (21% OWN) | 109 FP, 2.48 per game | 46 FP, 17 gp, 2.74 per game (#29) |
| #57 Michael Conforto (98% OWN) | 109 FP, 3.02 per game | 416 FP, 153 gp, 2.72 per game (#30) |
WEEK 20 AND 21 FANTASY OUTLOOK
Lorenzo Cain is projected for 9.91 fantasy points in 4 games the rest of the week which projects to being the #57 ranked outfielder. 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 Trey Mancini but behind Teoscar Hernandez the rest of the week. Week 21 will not be as good based on projected rank (#75). He is projected for 11.64 fantasy points.
| 8/7 TO 8/11 RANK (OF) | PROJECTION | ROS FP PROJ AVG |
|---|
| #55 Ryan Braun | 10.1 FP (53% ST) | 2.88 FP |
| #56 Teoscar Hernandez | 9.9 FP (10% ST) | 2.72 FP |
| #57 Lorenzo Cain | 9.9 FP (61% ST) | 2.6 FP |
| #58 Trey Mancini | 9.8 FP (94% ST) | 3.24 FP |
| #59 Melky Cabrera | 9.8 FP (3% ST) | 2.58 FP |
| 8/12 TO 8/18 RANK (OF) | PROJECTION | ROS FP PROJ AVG |
|---|
| #73 Avisail Garcia | 11.7 FP (31% ST) | 2.8 FP |
| #74 Ryan Braun | 11.7 FP (53% ST) | 2.88 FP |
| #75 Lorenzo Cain | 11.6 FP (61% ST) | 2.6 FP |
| #76 Garrett Cooper | 11.6 FP (19% ST) | 2.5 FP |
| #77 Jake Marisnick | 11.5 FP (1% ST) | 3.2 FP |
FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATS
The tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and upcoming weeks. Also included are actual stats from the current and last season.
| LORENZO CAIN | FP | HR | RBI | R | BB | SB |
|---|
| Rest of 2019 | 109 | 3.2 | 14.8 | 25 | 15.8 | 5.8 |
| -- Per Game (42 Proj) | 2.6 | 0.07 | 0.35 | 0.59 | 0.37 | 0.14 |
| 8/5 to 8/11 (3.7 Games) | 9.9 | 0.31 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.49 |
| 8/12 to 8/18 (4.5 Games) | 11.6 | 0.36 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.60 |
| 2019 Season | 262 | 8 | 37 | 60 | 37 | 12 |
| -- Per Game (104 GP) | 2.5 | 0.08 | 0.36 | 0.58 | 0.36 | 0.12 |
| 2018 to 2019 | 653 | 18 | 74 | 150 | 108 | 42 |
| -- Per Game (243 GP) | 2.7 | 0.07 | 0.30 | 0.62 | 0.44 | 0.17 |