REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

Expect Joey Votto to be a reliable fantasy starter the rest of the season. His 405.24 projected fantasy points puts him at #14 behind Matt Olson and ahead of Eric Hosmer. He has averaged 2.54 fantasy points in his past 142 games, which is less than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 2.85 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#42) 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 86%, he is the #15 most highly owned first baseman. Joey Votto is expected to improve on last season's #21 fantasy position rank.

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PROJECTING A DOWN WEEK 3 FOR JOEY VOTTO WITH FEWER FPS THAN YULIESKI GURRIEL

Joey Votto is projected for 15.61 fantasy points in 6 games in week 3 which ranks him as the #22 projected first baseman 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 Miguel Cabrera but behind Yulieski Gurriel. Week 4 is projected to be slightly better based on projected rank (#19). He is projected for 15.49 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.