The second month of fantasy baseball season is prime time to work in the trade market, supplementing your roster with expected discounts.
The sample size per player is still small, casting a player valuation that is still artificial, while a fantasy manager who is low on the standings may be more panicked than it should be. Also, we were early enough this year and people were paying a lot of attention to their fantasy baseball teams – we were more than two months away from the opening of the NFL training camp, which helped. In other words, you will be able to find many potential trading partners.
Regarding the artificial nature of player values, there is always Every season, the lofty open month statistics are bloated in perceptions of the value of players. In 2024, it was Alec Bohm, who scored 104 fantasy scores in March/April, but never exceeded 80 points in any other month of his career. In 2023, Jorge Mateo scored 90 fantasy scores in the opening month, with more than half of the seasonal total (172), almost as much as all (100) in 2024. In 2022, Miles Mikolas enjoyed 79 points in April of 1.52 ERA, and in 14 of the following 17 months, the Era can only release 3.50 or higher.
This is not to say Each The unexpected hot starter is destined to fade out quickly after this, as Kyle Wright (2022), Yandy Diaz (2023) and Tanner Houck (2024) have maintained a lot of value over the years in the same season. The need is that you closely examine the reason behind the player's hot start, his skills, and then call on what to do with him.
Check the following players' April 2025 numbers, here's my phone number: I don't buy it!
Alex Bregman, 3B, Boston Red Sox: He is a very good player and is often underrated in points-based leagues, but he is not this OK Bregman benefited from the Red Sox facing baseball’s softest schedule so far, with home runs George M. Steinbrenner Field and another home run against Charlie Morton and his 10.36 ERA in his five home runs.
Bregman's Babip is 100 points higher than any of his previous three seasons and 91 points higher than his professional numbers. Fenway Park might be perfect for his doubles strength, facing the pull-on swing That There is no guarantee that the speed line he currently has like a superstar.
3B I'd rather have: Austin Riley
Cedric Mullins of the Baltimore Orioles: Mullins' leading total fantasy points is one of the few things and is the product of a favorable environment. Three of his six home runs won't clear the fence as half (or more) of MLB Park, and one can only be where he hits: Camden Yards. Despite his career 27.5%, his career numbers are nearly 30 points higher than his career numbers (fly balls are more likely to be out).
Mullins is more selective on the plate, fascinating, but it's hard to ignore the strong attitude he has had in each of the past three seasons, and in 2023 and 2024, he's been very inconsistent afterwards. Expect a similar model this year, although it can enhance the spirit of Oriole fans, team Even if Mullins doesn’t improve, it should be improved as their roster radiates a young batsman with underperforming performance.
I would rather have: Lawrence Butler
Ryan Pressly, Chicago Cubs (RP): I have multiple stakes in guys (which means fingers cross that), but I doubt he can keep the cub closer in the kind of early peripherals he has. Pressly's fastball speed is at a career low, he's walking (7) more than strikeouts (5), and he allows a fifth hit rate among the Relief. Frankly speaking, he was lucky to have the 2.25 era and stay perfect in saving chances, although it's not unthinkable that he can do it only Enough to improve the work - Think of a season like Ryan Dempster or Hector Rondon to reference two past Cubs.
The RP I want to have: Justin Martinez
Gavin Lux, 2b/of, Cincinnati Reds: Most of his fantasy managers have probably created a craze for him in the final round of the draft, so everything he has done so far may satisfy them. Still, he plays in his mind, his Statcast Woba/expected Woba difference is the fourth highest among qualified bats (Andy Pages, Mullins and Bryson Stott are the only ones ahead of him). Lux still has a wide rift, without the daily defensive position on the red roster deep in the infield position, making him a major fantasy trade candidate.
I'd rather have 2B: Luis Garcia Jr.
Tyler Mahle, SP, Texas Rangers: Leaders of the AL era benefited from the top ten numbers in terms of BABIP, HR/FB and Strand rates. Statcast estimates his era should run at a higher rate of more than 2.33. By the way, that 3.49 Xera is in line with his usual norms. Mahle has also been working to maintain historic health, with at least 30 days of IL travel in 2019 and 2022-24, and so far his average fastball speed in a year far below his number in the year he was able to stay healthy (2021).
The SP I would rather have: Casey Mize
Tylor Megill, SP, New York Mets: Fantasy SP21 is by far one of the most unexpected stars of April. He has completely re-tuned his pitch tracks – a heavier substitution against the right in terms of sliders and swaps against lefty – and the Mets’ 2024 2024 track record, the biggest value record for increasing value from spins is an encouraging sign of their forward-looking 2025 breakthrough.
With this in mind, forgive my suspicion. In two of the past three seasons, Megill has dealt with shoulder issues, which has led him to doubt that he can maintain over 30 or more abilities, not to mention that he seems to have gotten much more from the secondary court (more whiffs, more than expected than expected) than he should have. As time goes by, my intuition says the batsman will readjust him, which makes it the prime time to trade him.
By the way, to my hot opening point about previous seasons, Megill himself has done this before, earning the fifth highest Fantasy 83 fantasy points in April 2022 in April 2022.
The SP I would rather have: Gavin Williams