1 | Forwards | ||||
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2 | Rank | Player | Matchup | Price | Notes |
3 | 1 | Carlos Vela | 11.0 | Practically glued to the #1 spot at this point thanks to an expected consistency most forwards won't have. | |
4 | 2 | Josef Martinez | 11.5 | Flip-flopped him between 1-2 a handful of times. Typically unstoppable at home. | |
5 | 3 | Nemanja Nikolic | 11.3 | ||
6 | 4 | Hector Villalba | 9.9 | Hard to picture this match having less than 4 goals, so 80% of my top 5 are dedicated to it. | |
7 | 5 | Diego Rossi | 10.7 | ||
8 | 6 | Dom Dwyer | 9.5 | Dwyer is going to get plenty of 2s and 3s this year, but Dwyer put the team on his shoulders last week in his return. | |
9 | 7 | Maximiliano Urruti | 8.7 | ||
10 | 8 | C.J. Sapong | 9.9 | Good option, but opening week's 12 pts is about to fall out of his 3-week average (price drop risk). | |
11 | 9 | Ola Kamara | 8.8 | ||
12 | 10 | Cristian Penilla | 8.3 | He's adjusted to MLS very quickly. Unfortunately for other teams they'll never be able to adjust to his speed. | |
13 | 11 | Gyasi Zardes | 9.3 | ||
14 | 12 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | 10.4 | Doubt he starts, so this ranking makes me uncomfortable, but ask yourself if you would start any of the guys below ahead of 30 Zlatan minutes. | |
15 | 13 | Marcos Ureña | 8.2 | ||
16 | 14 | Dominique Badji | 8.1 | (Up 1 spot in Friday update) I may be giving the Dallas defense too much credit here. | |
17 | 15 | Kei Kamara | 10.0 | (Down 1 spot in Friday update) | |
18 | 16 | Fanendo Adi | 7.9 | Remains one of the season's toughest guys to rank. | |
19 | 17 | Chris Wondolowski | 8.7 | ||
20 | 18 | Jefferson Savarino | 8.2 | ||
21 | 19 | Khiry Shelton | 6.1 | 3+ shots and an assist in each of the past two games. Great option for teams still building their budgets. | |
22 | 20 | Luis Silva | 6.3 | ||
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24 | Midfielders | ||||
25 | Rank | Player | Matchup | Price | Notes |
26 | 1 | Miguel Almiron | 11.3 | Shooting at the same rate as Urruti (a lot) this year, but needs to work on hitting the frame. Near the top of the league in xG though and a top play regardless. | |
27 | 2 | Mauro Díaz | 10.3 | Colorado's reformed defense is overhyped relative to the quality of chances they're conceding. | |
28 | 3 | Albert Rusnak | 10.4 | ||
29 | 4 | Federico Higuain | 11.3 | Don't let one quiet Pipa game scare you away from a quality play. | |
30 | 5 | Sacha Kljestan | 9.9 | If stubborn Kreis makes 4-2-3-1 permanent, it'd really help Kljestan. | |
31 | 6 | Justin Meram | 8.1 | Continues to look dangerous and would benefit from a 4-2-3-1 switch even more than Kljestan. | |
32 | 7 | Benny Feilhaber | 9.6 | ||
33 | 8 | Joao Plata | 10.4 | ||
34 | 9 | Valeri Qazaishvili | 10.5 | Looks like this version of Vako is here to stay. Really good underlying numbers to back up his eye-catching on field play. | |
35 | 10 | Diego Valeri | 9.0 | ||
36 | 11 | Diego Fagundez | 8.4 | ||
37 | 12 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | 10.6 | Given that he designated himself as an extra centerback for large swaths of last match, but still nabbed two assists, this ranking is a bit of a shot in the dark. | |
38 | 13 | Sebastian Blanco | 9.4 | ||
39 | 14 | Johnny Russell | 8.8 | If Gutierrez misses the match, Russell's impact may suffer as well. | |
40 | 15 | Romain Alessandrini | 11.1 | ||
41 | 16 | David Accam | 8.8 | ||
42 | 17 | Borek Dockal | 7.8 | Medunjanin can get you some safe points, but if you're playing for keeps, bet on Dockal's breakout game. | |
43 | 18 | Jeisson Vargas | 7.7 | If you haven't been paying attention, this kid is legit. | |
44 | 19 | Luis Alberto Caicedo | 6.8 | (Unranked prior to Friday update) Was all over the field in his first start. Might be one of the few true value plays left. | |
45 | 20 | Roland Lamah | 8.5 | ||
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47 | Defenders | ||||
48 | Rank | Player | Matchup | Price | Notes |
49 | 1 | Reto Ziegler | 6.3 | Dallas has the best matchup in a puzzling round for defender picks. | |
50 | 2 | Matt Hedges | 6.3 | ||
51 | 3 | Jack Elliott | 7.0 | Still forming an opinion on both teams in this match, but Philadelphia's defense is serviceable at worst and likely better. | |
52 | 4 | Graham Zusi | 7.5 | ||
53 | 5 | Lamine Sane | 4.8 | He's going to get his head on a lot of set pieces this year, and he may be a bonus point monster in defense once Jonathan Spector returns as well. | |
54 | 6 | Justen Glad | 6.8 | Vancouver are last in xG/game. RSL are first in xG against per game. I'm betting RSL sort it out better in this match. | |
55 | 7 | Reggie Cannon | 6.4 | ||
56 | 8 | Auston Trusty | 6.0 | ||
57 | 9 | Brandon Vincent | 6.3 | ||
58 | 10 | Steven Beitashour | 6.5 | Clean sheet hopes are slim, but he's earning points plenty of other ways. | |
59 | 11 | Keegan Rosenberry | 6.0 | ||
60 | 12 | Victor Cabrera | 6.7 | Quietly one of the league's best defenses thus far, they'll face another test in New England's fast and aggressive approach. | |
61 | 13 | Daniel Lovitz | 6.5 | ||
62 | 14 | Claude Dielna | 4.6 | (Up 3 spots in Friday update) | |
63 | 15 | Mohamed El-Munir | 6.4 | Makes up for his shaky defense by running around A LOT and earning bonus points. Added plus is that he's in a good price rise situation. | |
64 | 16 | Gabriel Somi | 4.5 | (Up 2 spots in Friday update) | |
65 | 17 | Rod Fanni | 6.0 | ||
66 | 18 | Jonathan Mensah | 8.0 | Handling Nikolic will be a tough task, but otherwise not a ton to worry about from Chicago. | |
67 | 19 | Kendall Waston | 5.4 | Salt Lake haven't been very impressive, particularly in the areas where Waston patrols. | |
68 | 20 | Johan Kappelhof | 4.8 | ||
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70 | Goalkeepers | ||||
71 | Rank | Player | Matchup | Price | Notes |
72 | 1 | Jimmy Maurer | 5.5 | Outside chance Jesse Gonzalez gets the nod, so monitor closely. | |
73 | 2 | Andre Blake | 7.5 | Like the matchup, but his price is absurdly high. | |
74 | 3 | Nick Rimando | 6.5 | ||
75 | 4 | Matt Turner | 5.7 | (Up 2 spots in Friday update) | |
76 | 5 | Joe Bendik | 5.0 | Continuously let down by his defense, but hopeful it turns around. | |
77 | 6 | Zack Steffen | 7.1 | Columbus are one of the few teams that have proven they can defend this season. | |
78 | 7 | Evan Bush | 5.9 | ||
79 | 8 | Richard Sanchez | 4.5 | ||
80 | 9 | Stefan Marinovic | 5.2 | ||
81 | 10 | David Bingham | 6.0 | Slightly edges out Tim Howard and Andrew Tarbell. | |
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83 | Value Rankings | ||||
84 | (forwards and midfielders under $7.0, defenders under $5.0; not ranked above) | ||||
85 | Rank | Player | Matchup | Price | Notes |
86 | 1 | Luis Alberto Caicedo | 6.8 | Was all over the field in his first start. Might be one of the few true value plays left. | |
87 | 2 | Teal Bunbury | 5.7 | ||
88 | 3 | Ryan Hollingshead | 4.4 | He replaced Nedyalkov after injury in the last match and would be a great cheap starter if selected at home against Colorado. | |
89 | 4 | Ashley Cole | 4.2 | Nice fantasy outing in El Trafico. Low cost bet that he carries that momentum into another week. | |
90 | 5 | Scott Sutter | 4.9 | ||
91 | 6 | Daniel Salloi | 6.0 | ||
92 | 7 | Felipe Martins | 6.2 | Assist to Kei Kamara last week was classic Felipe. | |
93 | 8 | Matthew Real | 4.0 | ||
94 | 9 | Emmanuel Boateng | 6.4 | ||
95 | 10 | Jacori Hayes | 5.8 | Kellyn Acosta is training again, but Hayes' great performances should keep him on the field a while longer. |