The Texas Rangers and fantasy baseball owners lost SS Elvis Andrus to a fractured right elbow last night, after being hit by a Keynan Middleton pitch. Andrus was swinging a hot bat, coming off a career year in which he hit 44 doubles and 20 home runs. However, the Rangers are off to a rough 4-10 start and have already seen Delino DeShields , Rougned Odor and Doug Fister placed on the disabled list.Elvis Andrus suffered a fractured right elbow after being hit with a pitch in the 9th inning. #Rangers pic.twitter.com/iFlF1Tvo21รข€” Underdog Sports (@RealTheUnderdog) April 12, 2018
The Rangers have been outscored 77-44 this season, only the Miami Marlins have a worse run differential.
It appears as though Jurickson Profar will get to play SS everyday moving forward.
If you drafted Elvis around his ADP of 65, you are searching for a replacement at one of the weakest positions in all of fantasy sports.
Top SS Less than 50% Owned Yahoo
| Player | Owned | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Yangervis Solarte | 43% | 85.2 |
| Freddy Galvis | 9% | 71.4 |
| Marcus Semien | 37% | 66.5 |
| Miguel Rojas | 1% | 65.8 |
| Ketel Marte | 7% | 54.4 |
| Nick Ahmed | 15% | 50.5 |
| Daniel Robertson | 1% | 48.0 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 28% | 46.8 |
| Jordy Mercer | 2% | 45.6 |
| Aledmys Diaz | 3% | 42.7 |
| Tim Beckham | 28% | 40.7 |
The other option would be to see if you already have someone on your roster who is SS eligible and then to add a (better) player at the other position.
Scoring System
- At Bats (AB) -1
- Caught Stealing (CS) -3
- Singles (1B) 5.6
- Doubles (2B) 8.5
- Triples (3B) 11.3
- Home Runs (HR) 15
- Stolen Bases (SB) 2.5
- Walks (BB) 3.5
- Hit By Pitches (HBP) 3.5
