SHORT TERM FANTASY OUTLOOK AND WEEKLY RANKINGS

Brandon Woodruff is projected for 1.31 fantasy points in one game in week 3 which ranks him as the #67 projected starting pitcher for the week and a starter for most fantasy teams. This is projected to be a better than average game with more fantasy points than he is projected to average per game the rest of the season. He is ranked above Matt Boyd but behind Corey Kluber. Week 4 will be better based on projected rank (#57). He is projected for 1.86 fantasy points.

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REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

You can expect Brandon Woodruff to be a good bench player who will start in certain weeks the rest of the season. His 27.46 projected fantasy points puts him at #76 behind Kenta Maeda and ahead of Alex Wood. He has averaged 3.41 fantasy points in his past 27 games, which is more than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 0.97 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#86) 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 68%, he is the #60 most highly owned starting pitcher. Brandon Woodruff is expected to come up short of last season's #24 fantasy position rank.

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.