REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

Expect Carlos Santana to be a reliable fantasy starter the rest of the season. His 471.07 projected fantasy points puts him at #6 behind Jose Abreu and ahead of Pete Alonso. He has averaged 3.52 fantasy points in his past 158 games. Our projected per game average is virtually the same. He is projected to average 3.44 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#5) is better than his rank based on total fantasy points. He is slightly overrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 98%, he is the #3 most highly owned first baseman. Carlos Santana is expected to come up slightly short of last season's #3 fantasy position rank.

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CARLOS SANTANA WEEK 3 AND 4 FANTASY OUTLOOK

Carlos Santana is projected for 20.19 fantasy points in 6 games which is good enough to be the #7 ranked first baseman and a must start for most owners. 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 Miguel Andujar but behind Nelson Cruz. Week 4 will be slightly worse based on projected rank (#9). He is projected for 18.58 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.