{"playerId":3018,"percentChange":-9.7,"averageDraftPosition":138.8,"percentOwned":37.4,"playerRaterSEASON":-2.9,"playerRater7DAY":-4.9,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Anthony Rendon, the Nationals' top hitting prospect, has been shifted over to second base at Double-A, Ken Rosenthal of FoxSposrts reports.","spin":"Espinosa has already started losing playing time to Steve Lombardozzi thanks to his putrid .159/.188/.290 start to the season (not to mention a stunningly bad 3:40 BB:K ratio in 38 games), and while Nats manager Davey Johnson denied that the club has any immediate plans to remove Espinosa from the starting lineup Rendon is on fire at Double-A, and his shift to the keystone certainly looks ominous. Espinosa owners who have stuck with him this long may want to pre-emptively nab Rendon if he's available, just in case.","date":"Wed May 22"},"fullName":"Danny Espinosa","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Espinosa is one of fantasy's rare power/speed middle infielders -- he was one of five second basemen with at least 15 home runs and stolen bases apiece last season -- but also one of the game's most free-swinging players; he had the seventh-worst strikeout rate (28.7 percent), sixth-worst swing-and-miss rate (32 percent) and fifth-worst swing rate on non-strikes (39 percent) in baseball. That made him both a batting average and on-base percentage liability, and to throw more concerns on the pile, he played through a torn left (non-throwing arm) rotator cuff -- an injury that, if it returns, might eventually require surgery -- and has a talented backup for his position in Stephen Lombardozzi. Fortunately, Espinosa is a middle-of-his-prime 26 (he turns 27 in April), so there's reason to believe he could make a run at 20/20 numbers if healthy, even if his other categories disappoint. That's a rotisserie-league asset; it's probably also a player overrated in things like points-based or head-to-head leagues.","seasonId":2013,"date":"Wed Feb 20"},"playerRater30DAY":-2.3,"playerRater15DAY":-5.6,"positionRank":36}