{"playerId":1388,"percentChange":-6.8,"averageDraftPosition":260,"percentOwned":7.7,"playerRaterSEASON":1.5,"playerRater7DAY":0,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Villanueva threw a scoreless inning of relief against the Pirates on Wednesday.","spin":"Villanueva started his first eight appearances of the season, but the return of Matt Garza pushed him to the bullpen. He started 16 games for the Blue Jays last year and had a 4.50 ERA, while his 22 relief appearances resulted in a 3.24 ERA.","date":"Thu May 23"},"fullName":"Carlos Villanueva","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Villanueva parlayed a workman-like performance as a late-season rotation fill-in for the snake-bitten 2012 Blue Jays into a two-year, $10-million deal with the Cubs, where he'll probably return to his previous swingman role on a team just as likely to have future rotation vacancies. What changed for him last year: improvement upon his slider, responsible for 72 of his 122 whiffs. That made Villanueva a bit of a strikeouts sleeper, and that's his upside in NL-only formats or from a matchups angle. Matchups-wise, he has a 3.52 career ERA against sub-.500 teams, so if -- or when -- he moves into the Cubs' rotation, he could become a sneaky plug-and-play type.","seasonId":2013,"date":"Thu Feb 21"},"playerRater30DAY":-2.6,"playerRater15DAY":-3.3,"positionRank":71}