REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

According to our projection, you can expect Greg Bird to be a bench player or a good option off the waiver wire. His 78.74 projected fantasy points puts him at #48 behind Brandon Dixon and ahead of Steve Pearce. He is expected to be out through 8/9 which impacts his rest of season ranking. He has averaged 1.93 fantasy points in his past 90 games, which is less than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 2.46 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#50) is worse than his rank based on total fantasy points. Greg Bird is expected to come up short of last season's #42 fantasy position rank.

REST OF SEASON RANK (1B/DH) PROJECTION FANTASY STATS SINCE 2018 #46 Ryan Zimmerman (12% OWN) 86 FP, 2.77 per game 230 FP, 85 gp, 2.71 per game (#21) #47 Brandon Dixon (6% OWN) 80 FP, 2.75 per game 50 FP, 61 gp, 0.81 per game (#52) #48 Greg Bird (6% OWN) 79 FP, 2.46 per game 160 FP, 80 gp, 2 per game (#44) #49 Steve Pearce (2% OWN) 77 FP, 3.06 per game 200 FP, 75 gp, 2.67 per game (#24) #50 Jose Osuna (1% OWN) 76 FP, 2.83 per game 60 FP, 49 gp, 1.22 per game (#50)

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START GREG BIRD IN WEEK 19... AHEAD OF

Greg Bird is projected for 3.34 fantasy points which projects to being the #53 ranked first baseman. This may be a week you want to sit Greg Bird. His rest of season rank is better than his week 19 rank. Greg Bird is not expected to be active the rest of week 19.

8/5 TO 8/11 RANK (1B/DH) PROJECTION ROS FP PROJ AVG #50 John Hicks (3% OWN) 5.7 FP (2% ST) 2.22 FP #51 Matt Beaty (3% OWN) 5.4 FP (1% ST) 3.07 FP #52 Rangel Ravelo (0% OWN) 3.99 FP 2.89 FP #53 Greg Bird (6% OWN) 3.34 FP 2.46 FP #54 Dominic Smith (18% OWN) 1.94 FP (2% ST) 2.57 FP

FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATS

The tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and next week. Also included are actual stats from the current and last season.