2025 Fantasy Baseball: Week 2 trade values chart highlights a buy-low opportunity for Rafael Devers

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Everyone knows they shouldn't overreact to the first week of the MLB season, but even experienced Fantasy Baseball players struggle with it. It's easy to say not to react, but when you're staring at your team sitting in last place, it's hard to actually keep a cool head. 

But if you're the type of player seeking out help right now, you're probably the type of player who knows to keep their cool. And if not, well, we've spent the whole week trying to remind you. So this might be one of your best opportunities to take advantage of those players who just can't help but overreact. So, with that in mind, before we get to the latest trade values for Week 2 of the Fantasy season, here are three players I'm looking to buy low on in my leagues, along with one I'd be trying to move after a fast start: 

Three names to buy low

Rafael Devers, 3B, Red Sox

Devers might just be finished. I'm open to the idea, even if I don't think it's the likeliest path forward. But I think too many are convinced he's irreparably broken – or at least so broken that he'll need something drastic to repair him, something involving sterile gauze, scalpels, and a team of doctors – and I think that probably represents a nice buying opportunity with Devers, who is showing signs that reports of his demise have been overstated. 

The most obvious sign of Devers' struggles comes in the form of BaseballSavant.com's bat speed metrics that show Devers' swing speed collapsed in the second half of last season and hasn't recovered in the early going. This could be a sign that he just isn't healthy after missing the end of last season with a shoulder injury that led to the bat speed collapse. Except we're already starting to see a turnaround here, as Devers' average swing speed in the first four days of the season was down to 70.8 mph, while it has been up to 73.4 mph over the past two games. That's a trend you'd like to see continue.

We're dealing with tiny sample sizes overall, of course, and cutting that up into an even smaller sample is tricky to do. But here's the thing: Devers' actual, career-long track record is incredibly strong, and that should be our baseline assumption for what he'll do moving forward as long as he's healthy. And if four days of a lower swing speed is enough to serve as evidence that he isn't healthy, even a couple of days of him looking more like himself isn't nothing. And if a bunch of people are convinced Devers' small-sample struggles this spring and in the first week of the season overrides the longer, much more successful track record, I'm willing to buy the discount.

He might not be fine, after all, but the upside is so high that I'm willing to buck what seems to be the conventional wisdom to chase the upside. 

Sonny Gray, SP, Cardinals

Like Devers, the concerns about Gray go back to the spring, as he got consistently crushed while pitching with diminished velocity and then revealed he had a pain-killing injection in his right forearm last September. An ominous portent, no doubt, though the diminished velocity might have had more to do with an illness Gray fought through during the spring, too.

That might look like cope with Gray sporting a 5.73 ERA through his first two starts, but I actually think Wednesday's start suggests he is more or less fine, despite the five earned runs he allowed. His velocity was back to 2024 levels in this one, and he actually cruised through the first six innings, allowing one run with nine strikeouts before he ran out of gas in the seventh. Without that one inning, where he allowed a grand slam without recording an out, Gray would be sitting on a 2.45 ERA and sub-1.00 WHIP with 15 strikeouts to just two walks in his first 11 innings this season. 

That seventh inning yesterday still counts, but I don't think it tells us much about where Gray is right now. He looks more or less like himself these days, even if the results don't show it yet. Take advantage of any panicky managers here. 

Dylan Crews, OF, Nationals

Now with Crews, we have the terrible production without the backstop of several years of MVP-level production to go on. This might mean, whoever has him in your league is even more panicked about him, but it also means I'm much less confident that he'll figure it out.

But it's also only five games. 10 strikeouts in five games is concerning, but it's also hardly a death sentence – among others, Teoscar Hernandez, Oneil Cruz, Elly De La Cruz, and Brent Rooker all had at least 10 strikeouts in the first five games last season before going on to be must-start Fantasy options. That list also includes names like Luis Robert, Jackson Holliday, and Nolan Gorman, whose early struggles did portend disaster for the rest of their seasons, so I don't want to totally dismiss concerns about Crews, especially because he did struggle last season as well. 

Ultimately, this is still more or less a blind-faith bet on a talented young player who hasn't even come close to putting it together at the major league level yet. But if that bet costs less than it did a week ago, all the more reason to make it. 

One to sell high

Anthony Volpe, SS, Yankees

Torpedo bats! Volpe is at the vanguard of this revolution that is sweeping the majors and changing the fundamental nature of baseball forever, or so say the most hysterical voices in sports media. And it's true that Volpe is doing some things really well, with three barrels to date in just five games, after having just 19 in 160 games all of last season. 

I don't buy it. 

This is small-sample-size theater all the way, with Volpe already hitting at least two homers that would have been lazy fly balls in most parks but were hit to the right part of Yankee Stadium. He's not hitting the ball any harder than he has in the past overall, and that makes me extremely skeptical that there's going to be some kind of consistent power breakthrough here. We've seen a version of Volpe that tried to swing for the fences as a rookie, and it came with a .209 batting average, as he had to sacrifice any semblance of batting average skill to make it work.

I'm not saying he's definitely on the same path here, but his .191 expected batting average in the early going suggests the approach is largely similar. Volpe has some skills, and he's young enough to take a step forward, still. But in the early going, he's still looking like the same guy he has always been, without enough raw power to make up for a middling approach at the plate and mediocre bat control. 

But he's a Yankee, which has afforded him plenty of goodwill from the Fantasy community dating back to his prospect days, and now he's in the center of what might just be a bit of media-induced mass hysteria event around the likely marginal impacts of a new bat design. It all lines up to make Volpe a perfect target to try to move before the bottom falls out. It's what I expect to happen. 

H2H Trade Values Chart

Ranking	Player	Value	Eligible
1	Aaron Judge	46	DH-OF
2	Shohei Ohtani	46	DH-SP
3	Bobby Witt	45	SS
4	Jose Ramirez	41	3B-DH
5	Juan Soto	41	OF
6	Kyle Tucker	40	OF
7	Yordan Alvarez	37	DH-OF
8	Corbin Carroll	37	OF
9	Francisco Lindor	37	SS
10	Gunnar Henderson	35	SS
11	Elly De La Cruz	32	SS
12	Mookie Betts	30	OF-SS
13	Vladimir Guerrero	30	1B-DH
14	Fernando Tatis	28	OF
15	Bryce Harper	26	1B
16	Ketel Marte	26	2B-DH
17	Julio Rodriguez	25	OF
18	Jarren Duran	25	OF
19	Tarik Skubal	25	SP
20	Zack Wheeler	25	SP
21	Jackson Chourio	25	OF
22	Paul Skenes	25	SP
23	Austin Riley	24	3B
24	Matt Olson	24	1B
25	Freddie Freeman	24	1B
26	Corey Seager	23	SS
27	Manny Machado	23	3B-DH
28	William Contreras	23	C-DH
29	Jackson Merrill	22	OF
30	Trea Turner	21	SS
31	Corbin Burnes	21	SP
32	Jose Altuve	21	2B
33	Jazz Chisholm	21	2B-3B-OF
34	Logan Gilbert	21	SP
35	Ronald Acuna	21	OF
36	Rafael Devers	21	3B-DH
37	Cole Ragans	20	SP
38	Dylan Cease	20	SP
39	Garrett Crochet	20	SP
40	Chris Sale	20	SP
41	Marcell Ozuna	20	DH
42	Kyle Schwarber	20	DH
43	Brent Rooker	20	DH
44	Michael King	19	SP
45	Ozzie Albies	19	2B
46	Pete Alonso	19	1B
47	Blake Snell	18	SP
48	Wyatt Langford	18	DH-OF
49	James Wood	17	OF
50	Teoscar Hernandez	17	OF
51	Framber Valdez	17	SP
52	Luis Castillo	17	SP
53	Pablo Lopez	17	SP
54	Logan Webb	17	SP
55	Aaron Nola	16	SP
56	Adley Rutschman	16	C-DH
57	Max Fried	16	SP
58	Jacob deGrom	16	SP
59	Emmanuel Clase	16	RP
60	Shota Imanaga	16	SP
61	Seiya Suzuki	16	DH-OF
62	Bryce Miller	16	SP
63	Michael Harris	16	OF
64	Marcus Semien	16	2B
65	Edwin Diaz	16	RP
66	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	16	SP
67	Devin Williams	16	RP
68	Freddy Peralta	16	SP
69	Joe Ryan	16	SP
70	Lawrence Butler	15	OF
71	Christian Yelich	15	DH-OF
72	Bailey Ober	15	SP
73	Josh Hader	15	RP
74	Zac Gallen	15	SP
75	Luis Robert	15	OF
76	Justin Steele	15	SP
77	Mason Miller	15	RP
78	Willy Adames	15	SS
79	Christian Walker	15	1B
80	Riley Greene	15	DH-OF
81	Jordan Westburg	15	2B-3B
82	Anthony Santander	15	DH-OF
83	Josh Naylor	15	1B
84	George Kirby	15	SP
85	Hunter Greene	15	SP
86	Junior Caminero	15	3B
87	Tyler Glasnow	15	SP
88	Triston Casas	15	1B
89	Mark Vientos	15	3B
90	Oneil Cruz	15	OF-SS
91	Bryan Reynolds	15	DH-OF
92	Cristopher Sanchez	15	SP
93	Spencer Strider	15	SP
94	Salvador Perez	15	1B-C-DH
95	Brenton Doyle	15	OF
96	Raisel Iglesias	15	RP
97	Bo Bichette	15	SS
98	Willson Contreras	15	1B-C-DH
99	C.J. Abrams	15	SS
100	Brandon Nimmo	15	OF
101	Vinnie Pasquantino	15	1B-DH
102	Sandy Alcantara	15	SP
103	Spencer Schwellenbach	15	SP
104	Ryan Helsley	15	RP
105	Tanner Bibee	15	SP
106	Mike Trout	15	OF
107	Hunter Brown	15	SP
108	Cody Bellinger	15	1B-DH-OF
109	Carlos Rodon	15	SP
110	Jack Flaherty	15	SP
111	Will Smith	15	C
112	Dylan Crews	15	OF
113	Ian Happ	15	OF
114	Bryan Woo	15	SP
115	Steven Kwan	15	OF
116	Robbie Ray	15	SP
117	Yusei Kikuchi	15	SP
118	Alex Bregman	15	3B
119	Randy Arozarena	15	OF
120	Seth Lugo	15	SP
121	Matt McLain	15	2B-SS
122	Cal Raleigh	14	C
123	Carlos Correa	14	SS
124	J.T. Realmuto	14	C
125	Adolis Garcia	14	DH-OF
126	Yainer Diaz	14	C-DH
127	Pete Crow-Armstrong	14	OF
128	Isaac Paredes	14	3B
129	Eugenio Suarez	14	3B
130	Matt Chapman	14	3B
131	Andres Munoz	14	RP
132	Jeff Hoffman	14	RP
133	Jack Leiter	14	SP
134	Jurickson Profar	14	OF
135	Spencer Arrighetti	13	SP
136	Roki Sasaki	13	SP
137	Jasson Dominguez	12	OF
138	Ryan Walker	12	RP
139	Tommy Edman	11	2B-OF
140	Zach Eflin	11	SP
141	Tyler O'Neill	10	OF
142	Nathan Eovaldi	9	SP
143	Tanner Houck	9	SP
144	Paul Goldschmidt	8	1B
145	Royce Lewis	8	3B-DH
146	Xander Bogaerts	8	2B-SS
147	Clay Holmes	8	RP
148	Alec Bohm	8	3B
149	Colton Cowser	8	OF
150	Shane Baz	8	SP
151	Ryan Pepiot	8	SP
152	Jake Burger	8	1B-3B-DH
153	Nick Castellanos	8	OF
154	Dansby Swanson	8	SS
155	Taylor Ward	8	OF
156	Sonny Gray	8	SP
157	Jackson Jobe	8	RP
158	Kristian Campbell	7	2B
159	Nick Lodolo	7	SP
160	Jhoan Duran	7	RP
161	Robert Suarez	7	RP
162	Bowden Francis	7	RP-SP
163	Xavier Edwards	6	SS
164	Michael Toglia	6	1B
165	Luis Rengifo	6	2B-3B
166	Nico Hoerner	6	2B
167	Ezequiel Tovar	5	SS
168	Kris Bubic	5	RP
169	Trevor Megill	5	RP
170	Nick Martinez	5	RP-SP
171	Zachary Neto	5	SS
172	Gavin Williams	5	SP
173	Luis Arraez	5	1B-2B-DH
174	Nick Pivetta	5	SP
175	Felix Bautista	5	RP
176	Shea Langeliers	5	C
177	Brandon Lowe	5	2B-DH
178	Heliot Ramos	5	OF
179	Justin Verlander	5	SP
180	Jackson Holliday	5	2B
181	Jonathan India	5	2B
182	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	5	1B
183	Grayson Rodriguez	5	SP
184	Max Muncy	5	3B
185	Anthony Volpe	5	SS
186	Andres Gimenez	4	2B
187	Jesus Luzardo	4	SP
188	Dennis Santana	4	RP
189	MacKenzie Gore	4	SP
190	Kyle Manzardo	4	DH
191	Kevin Gausman	4	SP
192	Cedric Mullins	4	OF
193	Bryson Stott	3	2B
194	Ceddanne Rafaela	3	OF-SS
195	Cam Smith	3	3B
196	Taj Bradley	3	SP
197	Tyler Stephenson	3	C
198	Kodai Senga	3	SP
199	Jeffrey Springs	3	SP
200	Logan O'Hoppe	3	C
201	Masyn Winn	3	SS
202	Jeremy Pena	3	SS
203	Spencer Steer	3	1B-OF
204	Brandon Pfaadt	3	SP
205	Brice Turang	3	2B
206	Yandy Diaz	3	1B-DH
207	Michael Conforto	3	DH-OF
208	Josh Jung	3	3B
209	Lars Nootbaar	3	OF
210	Jose Alvarado	3	RP
211	Mitch Keller	3	SP
212	Matt Shaw	3	3B
213	Tyler Fitzgerald	3	2B-SS
214	J.J. Bleday	3	OF
215	Trevor Story	3	SS
216	Victor Robles	3	OF
217	Ronel Blanco	3	SP
218	Nolan Arenado	3	3B
219	Michael Busch	3	1B
220	Spencer Torkelson	3	1B
221	Lane Thomas	3	OF
222	George Springer	3	DH-OF
223	Alec Burleson	3	DH-OF
224	Byron Buxton	3	OF

Roto Trade Values Chart

Ranking	Player	Value	Eligible
1	Bobby Witt	48	SS
2	Aaron Judge	48	DH-OF
3	Shohei Ohtani	48	DH-SP
4	Jose Ramirez	40	3B-DH
5	Kyle Tucker	38	OF
6	Elly De La Cruz	37	SS
7	Juan Soto	34	OF
8	Fernando Tatis	34	OF
9	Corbin Carroll	33	OF
10	Julio Rodriguez	33	OF
11	Gunnar Henderson	33	SS
12	Francisco Lindor	33	SS
13	Yordan Alvarez	33	DH-OF
14	Vladimir Guerrero	30	1B-DH
15	Mookie Betts	30	OF-SS
16	Jarren Duran	29	OF
17	Jackson Chourio	29	OF
18	Bryce Harper	27	1B
19	Trea Turner	26	SS
20	Tarik Skubal	26	SP
21	Zack Wheeler	26	SP
22	Paul Skenes	26	SP
23	Ketel Marte	26	2B-DH
24	Jazz Chisholm	25	2B-3B-OF
25	Jackson Merrill	25	OF
26	Austin Riley	24	3B
27	Ronald Acuna	23	OF
28	Corbin Burnes	23	SP
29	Matt Olson	23	1B
30	Freddie Freeman	23	1B
31	William Contreras	23	C-DH
32	Corey Seager	23	SS
33	Manny Machado	23	3B-DH
34	Emmanuel Clase	21	RP
35	Michael Harris	21	OF
36	Jose Altuve	21	2B
37	Rafael Devers	21	3B-DH
38	Logan Gilbert	19	SP
39	Ozzie Albies	19	2B
40	Cole Ragans	18	SP
41	Marcell Ozuna	18	DH
42	Pete Alonso	18	1B
43	C.J. Abrams	18	SS
44	Marcus Semien	18	2B
45	Oneil Cruz	17	OF-SS
46	Brent Rooker	15	DH
47	Kyle Schwarber	15	DH
48	Devin Williams	15	RP
49	Josh Hader	15	RP
50	Chris Sale	15	SP
51	Edwin Diaz	15	RP
52	Mason Miller	15	RP
53	Garrett Crochet	15	SP
54	Dylan Cease	15	SP
55	Adley Rutschman	15	C-DH
56	Framber Valdez	15	SP
57	Michael King	15	SP
58	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	15	SP
59	James Wood	15	OF
60	Teoscar Hernandez	15	OF
61	Raisel Iglesias	15	RP
62	Ryan Helsley	15	RP
63	Wyatt Langford	15	DH-OF
64	Jacob deGrom	15	SP
65	Blake Snell	15	SP
66	Max Fried	15	SP
67	Jordan Westburg	15	2B-3B
68	Anthony Santander	15	DH-OF
69	Bo Bichette	15	SS
70	Brenton Doyle	15	OF
71	Logan Webb	15	SP
72	Luis Castillo	15	SP
73	Salvador Perez	15	1B-C-DH
74	Lawrence Butler	15	OF
75	Jhoan Duran	15	RP
76	Willy Adames	15	SS
77	Seiya Suzuki	15	DH-OF
78	Shota Imanaga	15	SP
79	Andres Munoz	15	RP
80	Luis Robert	15	OF
81	Freddy Peralta	15	SP
82	Joe Ryan	15	SP
83	Hunter Greene	15	SP
84	Pablo Lopez	15	SP
85	Aaron Nola	15	SP
86	Yainer Diaz	15	C-DH
87	Jeff Hoffman	15	RP
88	Bryce Miller	15	SP
89	Riley Greene	15	DH-OF
90	Josh Naylor	15	1B
91	Junior Caminero	15	3B
92	Zac Gallen	15	SP
93	Justin Steele	15	SP
94	Cody Bellinger	15	1B-DH-OF
95	Willson Contreras	15	1B-C-DH
96	Bryan Reynolds	15	DH-OF
97	Spencer Schwellenbach	15	SP
98	Alex Bregman	15	3B
99	Christian Walker	15	1B
100	Triston Casas	15	1B
101	Tyler Glasnow	15	SP
102	Bailey Ober	15	SP
103	George Kirby	15	SP
104	Jack Flaherty	15	SP
105	Spencer Strider	15	SP
106	Vinnie Pasquantino	15	1B-DH
107	Tanner Bibee	15	SP
108	Cal Raleigh	15	C
109	Hunter Brown	15	SP
110	Will Smith	15	C
111	Mike Trout	15	OF
112	Mark Vientos	15	3B
113	Christian Yelich	15	DH-OF
114	Randy Arozarena	15	OF
115	Sonny Gray	15	SP
116	Ian Happ	15	OF
117	Bryan Woo	15	SP
118	J.T. Realmuto	15	C
119	Ryan Walker	14	RP
120	Matt McLain	14	2B-SS
121	Dylan Crews	14	OF
122	Felix Bautista	14	RP
123	Sandy Alcantara	14	SP
124	Robbie Ray	14	SP
125	Jake Burger	14	1B-3B-DH
126	Cristopher Sanchez	14	SP
127	Kodai Senga	14	SP
128	Steven Kwan	14	OF
129	Jasson Dominguez	14	OF
130	Luis Garcia	13	2B
131	Yusei Kikuchi	13	SP
132	Eugenio Suarez	13	3B
133	Matt Chapman	12	3B
134	Isaac Paredes	11	3B
135	Pete Crow-Armstrong	11	OF
136	Tommy Edman	10	2B-OF
137	Robert Suarez	10	RP
138	Shea Langeliers	9	C
139	Michael Toglia	9	1B
140	Jurickson Profar	9	OF
141	Trevor Megill	8	RP
142	Brice Turang	8	2B
143	Xavier Edwards	7	SS
144	Carlos Rodon	7	SP
145	Colton Cowser	7	OF
146	Tanner Scott	7	RP
147	Shane Baz	7	SP
148	Seth Lugo	7	SP
149	Kristian Campbell	7	2B
150	Xander Bogaerts	7	2B-SS
151	Nick Castellanos	7	OF
152	Adolis Garcia	7	DH-OF
153	Dansby Swanson	7	SS
154	Ceddanne Rafaela	7	OF-SS
155	Spencer Steer	7	1B-OF
156	Nico Hoerner	7	2B
157	Alec Bohm	7	3B
158	Logan O'Hoppe	7	C
159	Kenley Jansen	7	RP
160	Spencer Arrighetti	7	SP
161	Pete Fairbanks	7	RP
162	Nick Pivetta	7	SP
163	Zach Eflin	7	SP
164	Tyler O'Neill	7	OF
165	Brandon Nimmo	7	OF
166	Ezequiel Tovar	6	SS
167	Anthony Volpe	6	SS
168	Carlos Correa	6	SS
169	Kevin Gausman	6	SP
170	Roki Sasaki	6	SP
171	Victor Robles	6	OF
172	Brandon Lowe	6	2B-DH
173	Jackson Holliday	6	2B
174	Royce Lewis	6	3B-DH
175	Jordan Romano	5	RP
176	Nathan Eovaldi	5	SP
177	Tanner Houck	5	SP
178	Andres Gimenez	5	2B
179	Bryson Stott	5	2B
180	Taylor Ward	5	OF
181	Paul Goldschmidt	5	1B
182	Luis Rengifo	5	2B-3B
183	Luis Arraez	5	1B-2B-DH
184	Jonathan India	5	2B
185	Nick Lodolo	5	SP
186	Ryan Pepiot	5	SP
187	Taj Bradley	5	SP
188	Jackson Jobe	5	RP
189	Jesus Luzardo	5	SP
190	Cedric Mullins	5	OF
191	Gavin Williams	5	SP
192	Ivan Herrera	4	C
193	Jorge Soler	4	DH-OF
194	Justin Martinez	4	RP
195	Lane Thomas	4	OF
196	Clay Holmes	4	RP
197	Alec Burleson	4	DH-OF
198	Heliot Ramos	4	OF
199	Austin Wells	4	C
200	David Bednar	4	RP
201	Kris Bubic	4	RP
202	Ryan Pressly	4	RP
203	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	4	1B
204	Masyn Winn	4	SS
205	Jeremy Pena	4	SS
206	MacKenzie Gore	4	SP
207	Victor Scott II	3	OF
208	Lars Nootbaar	3	OF
209	Kerry Carpenter	3	DH-OF
210	Matt Shaw	3	3B
211	A.J. Puk	3	RP
212	Michael Conforto	3	DH-OF
213	Shane McClanahan	3	SP
214	Grayson Rodriguez	3	SP
215	Bowden Francis	3	RP-SP
216	Byron Buxton	3	OF
217	Zachary Neto	3	SS
218	Jose Alvarado	3	RP
219	Lucas Erceg	3	RP
220	Tyler Fitzgerald	3	2B-SS
221	Trevor Story	3	SS
222	Cam Smith	3	3B
223	Nolan Arenado	3	3B
224	Josh Jung	3	3B
225	Carlos Estevez	3	RP
226	Aroldis Chapman	3	RP
227	Luke Jackson	3	RP
228	Kyle Finnegan	3	RP
229	Jeffrey Springs	3	SP
230	Brandon Pfaadt	2	SP
231	Kyle Manzardo	2	DH
232	Yandy Diaz	2	1B-DH
233	Jack Leiter	2	SP
234	Casey Mize	2	SP
235	Mitch Keller	2	SP
236	Colt Keith	2	2B
237	Ben Joyce	2	RP
238	J.J. Bleday	2	OF
239	Hunter Goodman	2	C-OF
240	Tyler Stephenson	2	C
241	TJ Friedl	2	OF
242	Ronel Blanco	2	SP
243	Maikel Garcia	2	2B-3B
244	Dennis Santana	2	RP
245	Kirby Yates	2	RP
246	Gabriel Moreno	2	C
247	Yu Darvish	2	SP
248	Michael Busch	2	1B
249	Joshua Lowe	2	OF
250	Jung Hoo Lee	2	OF
251	George Springer	2	DH-OF
252	Max Muncy	2	3B