{"playerId":1493,"percentChange":0,"averageDraftPosition":260,"percentOwned":0,"playerRaterSEASON":-2.4,"playerRater7DAY":-0.3,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Maier appeared in just his fourth tilt in May, drilling his second home run of the season as the Royals lost to the Yankees on Wednesday.","spin":"Maier finished the game 2-for-4 as he struck out both times he failed to pick up a hit. His strikeout rate of 27.3 percent as well as his frequent presence on the pine leaves him with little fantasy relevance.","date":"Wed May 23"},"fullName":"Mitch Maier","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"The surprise seasons of Melky Cabrera and Jeff Francoeur reduced Maier's 2011 playing time, which was probably a good thing as his contact rate skyrocketed, but was masked by a high BABIP that did not have the time to regress in Maier's limited at-bats. Maier once again will serve as a reserve outfielder, but could see some more playing time as Cabrera was traded away, to be replaced internally by the still raw Lorenzo Cain. Assuming Maier's spike in strikeouts was a one-year blip, perhaps due to longer stretches of inactivity, he can be a sneaky source of runs and RBIs in deep AL-only formats.","seasonId":2012,"date":"Wed Feb 15"},"playerRater30DAY":-3,"playerRater15DAY":-1.8,"positionRank":118}