{"playerId":1985,"percentChange":0,"averageDraftPosition":142.9,"percentOwned":100,"playerRaterSEASON":4.9,"playerRater7DAY":5.6,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Gardner is out of the Yankees' lineup Sunday against the Blue Jays, the Newark Star-Ledger reports.","spin":"Gardner's absence will force Curtis Granderson over to center field, while Ichiro Suzuki mans his typical right field. Over his last eight games, Gardner has at least one hit in seven of them, which has helped to sustain a middling .261/.332/.394 slash line. However, he has nearly doubled his stolen base total during that span, as he currently sits at nine on the season.","date":"Sun May 19"},"fullName":"Brett Gardner","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"One of the game's more underrated speedsters who knows how to take a walk, Gardner has a .355 lifetime on-base percentage while averaging 47 stolen bases per 162 games played. However, elbow problems dogged him for all but 16 games of 2012; he suffered setback after setback and succumbed to surgery in July to remove inflamed tissue and a bone spur. Gardner did return to a part-time role for the season's final regular-season week plus playoffs, but he didn't look nearly 100 percent, meaning his spring training merits watching. That it was an elbow rather than leg problem is a good thing for a base-stealer, though. Gardner could, as a result of the missed time, be a value in terms of steals and runs scored. Be aware, however, that the Yankees sometimes don't utilize him properly, often batting him low in the lineup and depressing his runs total, and platooning him against tougher lefties.","seasonId":2013,"date":"Wed Feb 20"},"playerRater30DAY":4.9,"playerRater15DAY":4,"positionRank":26}