{"playerId":3486,"percentChange":0,"averageDraftPosition":73.2,"percentOwned":100,"playerRaterSEASON":10.3,"playerRater7DAY":5.5,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Goldy was 4-for-5 with four runs scored, and a pair of two-run home runs as the Diamondbacks routed the listless Marlins 9-2 Friday night.","spin":"For the Diamondbacks, and his fantasy owners, Goldschmidt has been a gold mine this year. He is hitting .338 and has crushed 12 home runs while driving in 35 so far this season. He even chips in with an occasional stolen base. Enjoy the show folks, this is one of the game's brightest young stars.","date":"Fri May 17"},"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":9.8,"playerRater15DAY":4.1,"positionRank":2}