How to replace Stanton in fantasy baseball

There, there, poor Giancarlo Stanton owner.

Calmly walk to your bathroom, locate your tissue box and wipe those tears away. I did that before sitting down and typing this. Feel free to do the same and then return to continue reading this here article. So, naturally, Stanton has done his annual injury thing, and this time it’s a severe groin strain that is expected to knock him out for the remainder of the season. In six full seasons, he has only cleared 600 plate appearances twice. And what’s odd is that he still doesn’t seem particularly injury-prone, as most of his issues have been of the freak nature or one-time occurrences. So what’s an owner to do?

Here are four potential replacements who offer real power potential and are owned in fewer than 50 percent of Yahoo! leagues.

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1. Alex Dickerson (16 percent owned): While it’s hard to believe he could keep it up, his current combination of contact and power is quite exciting. In fact, it’s been quite similar to Daniel Murphy’s combo, and his results have been elite. Actually, the commonality even extends to their walk rates, as both have been aggressive at the plate, leading to walk rates in the mid-5 percent range. Aside from Murphy, only Jose Altuve and Mookie Betts have posted .200+ ISOs along with sub-13 percent strikeout rates.

2. Brandon Moss (35 percent owned): With Matt Adams and Matt Holliday landing on the DL, Moss now has no obstacles on his path to everyday playing time. He has taken over the everyday left-field job, where Holliday had been playing, and he even started against a lefty this past week. While his ISO and HR/FB rate had been in freefall, declining every season since his breakout half-season in 2012, Moss’ power has …

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