Fantasy baseball: Five players you need to trade for right now

It’s prime time for trading in Fantasy Baseball Leagues.

As we discussed Last WeekSeasonal sample sizes remain small, and therefore even the most established, highly drafted stars in the midst of Early-Season slumps must be harshly and unfairly Judged by their fantasy. When it is a past history of slow starts, a tough schedule or simply bad luck, Sever not notable names should be high atop atop your list of players to seek out in prospective trades.

Now, that’s not to say that EVERY Big-name slow starter is destined to rebound. Nelson Cruz (2022), I amlace (2023) and Randy arozarena (2024) Are Examples of Players from the past three seesons who could recover from a public opening month. Always examine the reasons For a player’s early slump and his skill set before making a call on whether or not not you.

The five underperforming players below is the one who is the connection me in the slightest. Each one has a high likelihood of recovering statistically over the coming. Taking a close look, all finish of these guys are going to be just found.

Matt Olson1b, Atlanta braves: His Surface Statistics Might Look Ordinary as he on Pace for Merely .226-28-83 Numbers, but a Quick Glance under the hood rewards rather encouraging contact quality metrics. Olson has been as selected at the plate as every, and statcast grades he in the 91st perceptile or better in term of barel and hard-hit rates, onlyage exit velocity and experienced woba. Fantasy Managers who selected Him expecting a rebound from his disappointing 2024 Might be Growing Impatient, but every profile signals a solo-to-face Power Hot streak. He’s the hitter you should be most aggressively pursuing in trade right now.

I Like Him More Than: Freddie freeman

Corey SeagerSS, Texas rangers: There are probably a perception that he is neither as valuable today nor as likely to return to the level he was at the draft day. That’s in part because he has already missed time due to injury but also perhaps because his rangers have greatly disappointed on offense thus far. The latter is A Concern, But Seager’s Prime-Go’s Status (He’s 31) and History of Stronger Seasonal Finishes, Starts Points to Him Being a Prime Fantasy Trade Candidate.

Three of Seager’s Last Four March/Aprils (2022, 2024 and 2025) has resulted in fantasy point totals that rank among His Five All-Time Month (Minimum 20 Games). For his career, he has available just 2.34 points per game in the first month of the season, compared to 2.96 in all other months. Sure, he has an injury history, but his contact-quality metrics thus far are right in line with his previous numbers. Don he forget that he has only available nearly 400 fantasy points in each of his first three years with the rangers.

I Like Him More Than: Trea turner

Dansby swansonSS, Chicago cubs: He’s one of the few cubs players that are underachieving, which is remarkable considering that his tumors have faced easily Baseball’s Toughhest Schedule to date. The cubs have already played the entirety of their games Against the Arizona diamondbacks, Los angeles dodgers And San Diego Padres And three of their six scheduled games with the Philadelphia phillies. Meanwhile they still have all six games remaining again Chicago white sox, Colorado rockies, MIAMI MARLINS And Washington Nationals Along with 10 out of 13 left with the Pittsburgh pirates. Those are the five teams with the worst championship odds In Baseball.

Swanson has a history of slow starts, with three of his furlest single-month fantasy point totals coming in the Season’s Opening Month (2017, 2021 and 2022-Again with a minimum 20 games). His 1.62 point anverage in March/April for His Career Sits Well Beneath His 2.09 Average in All Other Months Combined. Plus, His quality of contact has been every bit as good as it has been in the past, meaning his results should improve soon.

I Like Him More Than: Cj abrams

Spencer SchwellenbachSP, Braves: He hasn is yet be the breakthrough pitcher many (myself included) predixed during the preseason, but he’s still off to a plenty responsible start. Schwellenbach’s Average Fastball Velocity is up slightly from last season and he’s generating greater than 30% whiff rates with booth his slider and splitter.

Nevertheless, Schwellenbach Finds Himself Outside The Top 50 Starting Pitchers in Fantasy Points, in Part because that included Starts Against Those Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Padres and Phillies, but also because opposing hits have been attempening to Counter his diverse pitch repertoire by the most aggressive early in the country. They’ve swung 7% more of more of the first pitch of the count Against Him this year than last, results in MLB’s Third-Highest Swing Rate in 0-0 Counts.

If you are seeking some rationale for his lower strikeout, that’s as good an experience as any, but a pitcher with his overwhelming stuff isn is like Divide all year.

I Like Him More Than: Jacob Degrom

Trevor megillRP, Milwaukee brewers: The problem with Early-Season Numbers for closers is that one Single Bad Outing Can Bloat an Era-John Smoltz’s Infamous Eight-Run Disaster in His Second Start of 2002 Comes Immediate to Mind-Just as a Lengthy Stretch with Limited Save Chances Can Give The Perception of Underformance. In Megill’s Case, Both Appear to Be True, AS A Poor April 12 Outing Inflated His Era, WHILE His BREWERS HAVE GIEVEN THEIR RELIVERS ONLY SEEVEN NINTH-INNING SAVE CHANCES, TIKE FOR SIXT-FEEWEST IN THE Majors.

Abner uribe‘S Hot 2025 Start Gives the Percept of a Challenger to Megill’s Job Security, But The Incumbent has Pitched Fine, With 98-Plus Mph Average Fastball Velocity, A Knuckle Curve Sporting A 64% A Career-Best FIRST PITCH STRIKE RATE. Megill’s brewers are also liked to be in a fir number of finght contests as they had a tied-for-third 54 ninth-inning save chances last year. In other words, His rate of Save Oppportunities Should Swiftly Rise.

I Like Him More Than: Ryan pressly