{"playerId":1268,"percentChange":-1.8,"averageDraftPosition":217.9,"percentOwned":9.4,"playerRaterSEASON":-1.8,"playerRater7DAY":-0.4,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Manager Joe Girardi is encouraged by Martin's .321 OBP despite his .173 batting average, the Yankees' official site reports.","spin":"\"Russell's run into some bad luck,\" Girardi said. \"The one thing Russell has done is he's gotten on base. When you look at his average and then you look at how much he's been on, it's really pretty incredible,\" Girardi said. Martin's batting average on balls in play is just .190, so a rebound could be in order if he gets some better luck.","date":"Sat May 26"},"fullName":"Russell Martin","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"How many people saw Martin's 18 home runs coming? This was a guy who after a three-year pattern of declining batting averages and OPS was non-tendered by the Los Angeles Dodgers a year ago, and was scooped up by the Yankees seemingly as a one-year stopgap until top prospect Jesus Montero was ready. Well, Montero is now in Seattle and Martin is back, though the promise of everyday at-bats hardly puts him in the discussion for top-10 fantasy catcher status. For the fourth consecutive year his batting average dropped, to a career-worst .237, his strikeout rate soared to a career-worst 17.0 percent and his power surge could be easily explained by a 15.3 home run/fly ball percentage, easily his highest in any season. Yankee Stadium's cozy confines might assure Martin another 10-homer season, albeit not much more than that, and if he's a liability in batting average, are we not talking about potentially one of the most overrated catchers in fantasy?","seasonId":2012,"date":"Fri Feb 10"},"playerRater30DAY":-2.1,"playerRater15DAY":-2.5,"positionRank":25}