{"playerId":2057,"percentChange":-4.3,"averageDraftPosition":142.1,"percentOwned":41.7,"playerRaterSEASON":-2,"playerRater7DAY":2,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Niese (3-4) allowed two runs over 7.1 innings Thursday against the Cardinals, winning for the first time since May 16. He allowed six hits and two walks while striking out three.","spin":"Although the strikeouts still weren't there for Niese, his fantasy owners won't be complaining on the heels of him allowing 15 runs in his prior two starts. Still, he appears to have gotten healthy and fixed the arm-angle problem that was plaguing him over those last two outings.","date":"Thu May 16"},"fullName":"Jonathon Niese","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Niese is what we often call a \"sabermetric darling,\" a pitcher whose Rotisserie numbers have long belied his true talent. In 2012, however, his performance in the categories that count most in fantasy began to catch up; he set career-best marks in wins (13), ERA (3.40) and WHIP (1.17) and tallied a professional high in innings pitched (190 1/3). For the second consecutive season he logged a FIP beneath four with an xFIP ranked among the 25 best in the game, as well as a strikeout-to-walk ratio greater than three, and he even broke from his disconcerting pattern of home/road splits by managing a 3.04 ERA and 1.23 WHIP in road games in 2012. Niese tends not to receive the credit he deserves because he pitches for a mediocre Mets team, but he's in the ideal situation to at least repeat -- if not exceed -- last year's numbers.","seasonId":2013,"date":"Wed Feb 20"},"playerRater30DAY":-3.7,"playerRater15DAY":-2.3,"positionRank":156}