{"playerId":3486,"percentChange":0,"averageDraftPosition":73,"percentOwned":100,"playerRaterSEASON":13,"playerRater7DAY":2.7,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Goldschmidt went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, a run scored and a walk against the Rockies on Friday and extended his current hit streak to 10 games.","spin":"This entire year and the way he is finishing his season is the reason Goldschmidt will be in the conversation for the top fantasy first baseman heading into the 2014 season. He is batting .513 (20-for-39) with four home runs and 14 RBI during this hit streak and is now batting .306 on the year with 35 home runs, 121 RBI and 15 stolen bases. Owners in re-draft leagues can expect the 26-year old to go in the tail-end of the first round next year and those in keeper leagues can expect him to be held onto almost regardless of cost.","date":"Sat Sep 21"},"fullName":"Paul Goldschmidt","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Few sophomores made as many significantly meaningful adjustments as Goldschmidt did in 2012. Scouts long wondered whether he'd be a Rob Deer-like, all-or-nothing power source, doomed to .220 annual batting averages to go along with 30-homer outputs. And maybe, in time, Goldschmidt indeed will settle into that kind of player. But look closer: He whiffed only 22.1 percent of the time last season, and 20.5 percent after the All-Star break; he struck out 24.3 percent of the time as a pro prior to 2012. Goldschmidt also adjusted to the breaking stuff that previously flustered him, making contact 11 percent more often while boosting his OPS against curves and sliders by 257 points. This looks like a hitter who might be ready to explode in the power department, albeit at slight expense to his batting average -- think .260s -- and he even chips in a handful of steals, which helps. If you're going the cheap route at first base and addressing other positions early, he's well worth an early-to-mid rounder once you've locked in your core parts.","seasonId":2013,"date":"Wed Feb 20"},"playerRater30DAY":8.8,"playerRater15DAY":10.4,"positionRank":2}