{"playerId":703,"percentChange":0,"averageDraftPosition":24.2,"percentOwned":100,"playerRaterSEASON":2.4,"playerRater7DAY":2,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Teixeira went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run to help lead the Yankees past the A's 6-3 on Friday.","spin":"One day after Teixeira told reporters that he was tired of just trying to put the ball in play and was going back to swinging for the fences, he delivered. While being more aggressive at the plate sounds well and good, his batting average concerns will probably remain. He should hit his usual 30-plus home runs, but it will be tough to see his average going north of .260 anytime soon.","date":"Sat May 26"},"fullName":"Mark Teixeira","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Teixeira, who will turn 32 in April, showed two slightly disturbing trends in 2011: He was awfully ordinary against right-handers, his OPS batting from the left side dropping for the third straight season to .773, his worst number since he was a rookie in 2003; and for the third straight year his ground-ball rate dropped, his 35.5 percent number in 2011 a career low, as he appeared to continually adapt his swing to take aim at Yankee Stadium's short porch. These things manifest themselves in his batting average, which is also in decline, though the plus is that, for the eighth consecutive year, he managed at least 30 homers and 100 RBIs in 2011. Teixeira's power -- and its value considering his ballpark and supporting cast -- keep him among the more productive first basemen in the game. But as he's closer to a .250 than a .300 hitter today, he's no longer quite the first-round candidate he once was.","seasonId":2012,"date":"Fri Feb 10"},"playerRater30DAY":0.6,"playerRater15DAY":3,"positionRank":15}