It's prime time to trade in Fantasy Baseball League.

As we discussed last week, the seasonal sample size is still small, so even the most famous in the early season downturn, the highest drafted stars may be judged harshly and unfairly by their fantasy managers. Whether it’s history that starts with past history, difficult schedules or unfortunately, several notable names should be high on your roster to seek potential deals.

Now, that's not to say Each Large, slow starters are destined to rebound. Nelson Cruz (2022), Alek Manoah (2023) and Randy Arozarena (2024) are examples of players from the past three seasons who are unable to recover from a bad opening month. Always check reason For the player's early downturn and his skills, before calling on whether you're willing to trade.

The following five underperformers are those who don’t care about me at all. Everyone has a high probability of statistical recovery in the next few weeks. If you look closely, these five guys will be fine.

Matt Olson, 1B, Atlanta Braves: His surface statistics may look plain, as he is only .226-28-83 numbers, but a quick browse under the hood shows encouraging indicators of contact quality. Olson has been selective in the dish, and Statcast rated him as the 91st percentile or higher in terms of barrels and tough velocities, average exit speeds and expected WOBA. Fantasy managers choose the ones he expects to have his disappointing 2024 rebound may be edgy, but everything in his profile marks an imminent force streak. He is the batsman you are most actively pursuing trade now.

I like him more than him: Freddie Freeman

Corey Seager, SS, Texas Rangers: There may be a view that he is neither valuable nor likely to return to the level of draft day today. This is partly because he has missed time with injuries, but perhaps because his rangers have been very disappointed with the offense so far. the latter yes It's a concern, but Seager's age (he's 31) and a more seasonal history than he's become a major fantasy trade candidate.

Three of Seager's last four March/April (2022, 2024 and 2025) led to the total number of fantasy points, the five worst singles in his history (at least 20 games). In his career, he averaged just 2.34 points per game in the first month of the season, compared to 2.96 in all other months. Of course, he has a history of injury, but so far his exposure quality metrics are consistent with his previous numbers. Don't forget that he averaged nearly 400 fantasy scores in each of the first three years of the Rangers.

I like him more than him: Trea Turner

Dansby Swanson, SS, Chicago Bear: He is one of the few Cubs players to do well, and it's amazing considering his teammates can easily face the toughest schedule of baseball so far. The Cubs have played all three of the six scheduled games against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, and the Philadelphia Phillies. Meanwhile, they still have all six games against the Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, Miami Marlins and Washington Nationals, as well as 10 of 13 for Pittsburgh Pirates. These are the five teams with the worst odds for baseball championships.

Swanson has a slow history, with three of his four worst single-month fantasy points appearing in the season’s opening month (2017, 2021 and 2022). His career averages were higher than his average in all other months. Plus, his contact quality is as good as in the past, which means his results should be improved soon.

I like him more than him: CJ Abrams

Spencer Schwellenbach, SP, Brave: He wasn't quite a lot of (myself included) breakout pitchers during the preseason, but he still had a lot of considerable starts. Schwellenbach's average fastball speed has slightly higher than last season, with his sliders and splitters producing a WHIFF rate of over 30%.

However, Schwellenbach found himself out of the top 50 starting pitchers in fantasy scores, partly due to a tough schedule, including those against those Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Padres and the Phillies, but also against his diverse pitching performance as opposing batsmen tried to oppose his most radical in the early stages of the number. This year, they were 7% higher on the first court against him than last year, the third highest swing in the 0-0 count by Major League Baseball.

If you are looking for some reason with a lower strikeout rate, that's as good as anyone, but it's unlikely that a pitcher with something overwhelming to keep this big gap difference all year long.

I like him more than him: Jacob DeGrom

RP Trevor Megill, Milwaukee Brewery: The problem with the early numbers of the Closed One is that a bad outing could swell an era—John Smoltz’s infamous eight disasters at the start of the second time in 2002, would have thought—just like long, limited opportunities to save opportunities can make people less likely to perform. Both seem to be true in Megil's case, as the impoverished outing on April 12 swelled his time, and his brewers gave only their reliefers, only seven innings of savings and ranked sixth in the major.

Abner Uribe's Hot 2025 launch has made challengers interested in Megill's job safety, but the incumbent has good pitches, with an average average fastball speed of over 98, and a knuckle curve with a WHIFF speed of 64% and a top first-time game in his career. Megill’s brewers are also likely to have played many close matches as they had a chance to play in the ninth inning of the third inning last year. In other words, his chances should be saved quickly.

I like him more than him: Ryan Media