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Dansby Swanson

Dansby Swanson

SS/DH • Chicago Cubs Proj Rank 19 Actual 4 173 ADP • Trade Value
AB AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB FSP
290.203165756.295.4171011.43
Compare to same point last season
344.253154252303.4307

Dansby Swanson | Fantasy Outlook

Elite defensive shortstop remains a high-floor power and speed contributor

Dansby Swanson enters the 2026 season as the definitive anchor of the Cubs' infield. Now 32 years old, the veteran shortstop has established a reliable floor as an everyday starter who provides defensive stability and consistent lineup presence. His role is secure in the heart of the Chicago order, where he continues to benefit from a solid supporting cast. While he has dealt with minor availability issues in the past, such as a brief glute cramp last April, his overall durability has been a hallmark of his career, making him a dependable volume play for fantasy managers.

Our data projects Swanson to deliver a balanced offensive profile, highlighted by nearly 15 home runs and 12 stolen bases. While his batting average often hovers in the .240 range, his ability to draw walks helps maintain a respectable on-base percentage. Comparing his career stats to our models, we expect him to contribute roughly 40 to 50 runs and RBIs respectively, though those numbers could see an uptick if the Cubs' offense outperforms expectations. He remains a legitimate 15-15 threat with the potential to reach 20 homers if he finds his power stroke early in the summer.

In fantasy drafts, Swanson is best viewed as a reliable mid-tier shortstop who won't hurt you in any single category. He lacks the elite ceiling of the top-five options at the position, but his combination of power, speed, and guaranteed playing time makes him a safe pick at his current ADP. He is a primary target for managers who prioritized other positions early and need a steady ratio stabilizer with chip-in steals to round out their middle infield.

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DATE OPP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG PTS
07/05 STL 1 0 1 0 0 0 203 3
07/04 STL 0 0 0 0 0 0 203 -1
07/03 STL 0 0 0 0 0 0 205 1
07/01 SD 3 3 4 8 0 0 206 25
06/30 SD 3 2 2 3 0 0 199 15
06/29 SD 2 0 1 0 0 0 191 4
06/28 @MIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 187 0
06/27 @MIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 189 -1
06/26 @MIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 192 0
06/25 @NYM 0 0 1 0 0 0 195 0
06/24 @NYM 3 0 1 4 1 0 198 12
06/23 @NYM 2 1 1 4 0 0 185 12
06/20 TOR 2 0 1 0 0 1 179 6
06/19 TOR 1 0 2 1 2 2 173 11
06/17 COL 1 1 1 2 1 0 172 10
06/16 COL 0 0 0 0 0 1 170 1
06/15 COL 0 0 0 0 0 0 172 0
06/14 @SF 1 0 1 0 0 0 174 3
06/13 @SF 0 0 1 0 0 1 172 0
06/12 @SF 1 0 0 0 0 0 175 2
06/11 @COL 0 0 1 0 1 1 173 3
06/10 @COL 0 0 0 0 0 1 175 0
06/09 @COL 1 0 1 0 0 0 177 3
06/06 SF 0 0 1 0 0 0 176 2
06/05 SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 176 1
06/04 ATH 1 0 0 1 0 0 179 2
06/03 ATH 1 0 0 0 0 0 178 1
06/02 ATH 0 0 0 0 0 0 176 0
05/31 @STL 0 0 0 0 0 1 178 1
05/30 @STL 0 0 1 0 0 2 180 2
05/29 @STL 1 0 1 0 1 0 183 4
05/28 @PIT 0 0 0 0 0 1 181 0
05/27 @PIT 2 0 2 0 1 1 184 9
05/26 @PIT 0 0 0 0 0 1 177 0
05/25 @PIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 180 0
05/23 HOU 1 0 0 0 0 0 183 2
05/22 HOU 0 0 0 0 0 0 181 0
05/20 MIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 185 -1
05/19 MIL 1 0 0 0 0 0 189 0
05/18 MIL 1 1 1 2 0 0 187 8
05/17 @CHW 1 0 2 0 0 1 185 4
05/15 @CHW 1 0 1 0 0 0 182 3
05/14 @ATL 0 0 0 0 0 0 182 -1
05/13 @ATL 0 0 0 0 0 1 187 1
05/12 @ATL 0 0 0 0 0 0 190 0
05/10 @TEX 0 0 0 0 0 0 194 1
05/09 @TEX 1 0 0 0 0 0 198 2
05/08 @TEX 1 0 0 0 1 0 195 4
05/07 CIN 0 0 1 1 0 1 194 4
05/06 CIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 198 1
05/05 CIN 1 0 1 0 0 0 197 3
05/04 CIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 196 0
05/03 ARI 0 0 0 0 0 1 204 1
05/02 ARI 1 0 0 0 0 0 210 2
05/01 ARI 1 0 1 1 0 0 206 4
04/28 @SD 1 0 0 2 1 0 204 7
04/27 @SD 2 0 1 0 0 1 196 5
04/26 @LAD 0 0 0 0 0 0 181 -1
04/25 @LAD 0 0 0 0 0 0 189 0
04/24 @LAD 2 1 2 4 0 0 198 13
04/23 PHI 2 0 0 2 0 0 181 5
04/22 PHI 0 0 0 0 0 1 167 1
04/21 PHI 0 0 0 0 0 3 173 3
04/20 PHI 1 1 1 3 0 0 178 8
04/19 NYM 0 0 0 0 0 0 174 0
04/18 NYM 0 0 0 0 0 0 185 0
04/17 NYM 1 0 2 1 0 1 194 6
04/15 @PHI 3 1 2 2 0 0 183 11
04/14 @PHI 0 0 2 0 0 2 145 4
04/13 @PHI 1 1 2 2 0 1 154 9
04/12 PIT 1 1 3 1 0 2 143 11
04/11 PIT 1 0 1 1 0 1 128 5
04/10 PIT 0 0 0 0 0 1 116 1
04/08 @TB 0 0 1 0 0 1 125 2
04/07 @TB 2 0 2 0 1 0 135 7
04/06 @TB 0 0 1 0 0 1 094 0
04/05 @CLE 1 1 1 2 0 0 103 6
04/03 @CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 095 -1
04/01 LAA 0 0 0 1 0 0 118 0
03/31 LAA 0 0 0 0 0 1 143 0
03/30 LAA 2 0 0 1 0 1 182 5
03/29 WAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 -1
03/28 WAS 0 0 1 0 0 1 000 3
03/26 WAS 0 0 1 1 0 2 000 5
Totals: 591656571037
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YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 ATL 37 39 3 20 17 3 13 .302 .361 .442 96
2017 ATL 139 112 6 59 51 2 58 .230 .309 .322 269
2018 ATL 133 114 14 51 59 10 44 .238 .302 .395 302
2019 ATL 130 128 17 80 67 10 52 .255 .329 .427 368
2020 ATL 72 77 13 55 44 7 27 .273 .343 .479 231
2021 ATL 175 158 29 84 92 10 54 .246 .306 .441 528
2022 ATL 156 169 21 97 89 19 46 .272 .323 .428 511
2023 CHC 147 138 22 81 80 9 66 .244 .328 .416 473
2024 CHC 148 129 16 82 66 19 54 .242 .312 .390 452
2025 CHC 167 148 24 85 78 20 50 .240 .297 .407 488
2026 CHC 85 59 16 55 57 10 37 .203 .295 .417 297
ON PACE 153 106 28 99 102 18 66 .203 .295 .417 534
3-YEAR AVG 154 138 21 83 75 16 57 .242 .312 .405 471
Career 1389 1271 181 749 700 119 501 .247 .315 .411

Swanson Projection

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AVG HR RBI R SB OBP SLG OPS 1B 2B 3B H AB BB SBN TB FPTS
.279 2.2 7.3 5.2 .8 .327 .654 .982 2.7 1.0 0.2 6.2 23.9 1.6 .8 14.4 30.9
AVG HR RBI R SB OBP SLG OPS 1B 2B 3B H AB BB SBN TB FPTS
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Chicago Cubs

Roster Breakdown
NAME OWN START
Carson Kelly 21% 15%
Moises Ballesteros 5% 1%
NAME OWN START
Alex Bregman 89% 69%
Michael Busch 75% 59%
NAME OWN START
Nico Hoerner 93% 73%
Dansby Swanson 85% 68%
Pedro Ramirez 2% 0%
NAME OWN START
Pete Crow-Armstrong 100% 93%
Seiya Suzuki 97% 84%
Ian Happ 93% 75%
Matt Shaw 9% 2%
Michael Conforto 2% 1%
NAME OWN START
Shota Imanaga 95% 66%
Matthew Boyd 63% 25%
Ben Brown 53% 3%
Edward Cabrera 35% 6%
Javier Assad 25% 19%
Colin Rea 13% 5%
Cade Horton 10% 3%
David Peterson 9% 7%
Justin Steele 8% 0%
Jameson Taillon 7% 1%
Jaxon Wiggins 1% 0%
NAME OWN START
Daniel Palencia 52% 10%
Jacob Webb 7% 6%
Ryan Rolison 4% 4%
Caleb Thielbar 3% 3%
Drew Pomeranz 1% 1%

Team Rankings

AVG
.244
13th
R
455
4th
HR
112
11th
RBI
424
6th
SB
62
15th
OBP
.338
3rd
SLG
.409
13th
OPS
.747
5th
W
50
5th
SV
16
28th
ERA
4.36
21st
WHIP
1.27
12th
QS
23
24th
TeamW-LWin %GBRSRA
BrewersBrewers55-33.625-449322
CubsCubs50-40.5566455409
CardinalsCardinals47-40.5407.5403390
PiratesPirates46-45.50510.5475442
RedsReds41-48.46114.5372432

Team Stats

PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Moisés Ballesteros5915616366231.231  
Carson Kelly6520231574300.282  
Miguel Amaya4912121273130.223  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Michael Busch89325377611472.234  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Nico Hoerner88352368543812.241  
Pedro Ramírez2556814172.250  
Scott Kingery8421001.250  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Alex Bregman8834542837322.241  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Dansby Swanson862905660165710.207  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Pete Crow-Armstrong903365798194923.292  
Ian Happ86320597017414.219  
Seiya Suzuki74277437313420.264  
Michael Conforto5812819327211.250  
Matt Shaw5613020324204.246  
Dylan Carlson3410000.000  
Kevin Alcántara161533010.200  
Justin Dean8532030.400  
PlayerGPWLSVIPSOERAWHIPO/S
Shota Imanaga18570103.01004.281.10  
David Peterson1847177.1686.751.67  
Colin Rea1865189.1684.741.43  
Edward Cabrera1454072.1655.101.40  
Ben Brown2042168.0651.850.94  
Jameson Taillon1325067.2595.191.30  
Matthew Boyd731033.2375.081.40  
Javier Assad1461056.1334.151.10  
Jordan Wicks402210.1810.451.94  
Cade Horton21007.142.460.82  
Ty Blach10003.020.000.33  
Vince Velasquez20003.110.000.30  
PlayerGPWLSVIPSOERAWHIPO/S
Jacob Webb3832338.1463.291.33  
Daniel Palencia1921316.2192.701.38  
Caleb Thielbar2822224.2304.011.22  
Hoby Milner3910135.2183.531.21  
Trent Thornton2132126.1122.731.03  
Corbin Martin70015.0410.802.00  
Ryan Rolison2951133.1332.431.17  
Riley Martin80008.1102.160.84  
Luke Little10001.019.002.00  
Gavin Hollowell60006.254.051.65  
Tyler Ferguson80008.1116.481.20  
Ethan Roberts2302025.2174.211.40  
Drew Pomeranz2713025.1174.971.50  
Phil Maton3001026.2316.081.76  
Bryse Wilson30009.286.521.55  
Yacksel Ríos10001.220.000.00  
Hunter Harvey40104.046.751.50  
Jayden Murray1000016.1149.372.08  

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Schedule

DATE OPP SCORE MATCHUP
07-07 @BAL06:35 EDTMatthew Boyd
Shane Baz
07-08 @BAL06:35 EDTColin Rea
Dean Kremer
07-09 @BAL06:35 EDTDavid Peterson
Trevor Rogers
07-10 @CIN07:10 EDTShota Imanaga
Hunter Greene
07-11 @CIN07:10 EDTJavier Assad
Nick Lodolo
07-12 @CIN01:40 EDTMatthew Boyd
Andrew Abbott

Player Timeline

Jul 2nd

Dansby Swanson’s Hot Streak Nearly Matches Yankees’ Power Output ...

Jul 1st

Dansby Swanson Is on a Tear for the Cubs, Posting .326 with 6 HR and ...

Jun 29th

MLB Weekly Stat Leaders: Junior Caminero Leads HRs and RBIs, Luis Garcia ...

Jun 28th

Dansby Swanson Pulls Off Perfect Deke to Throw Out Jackson Chourio at ...

Jun 27th

Dansby Swanson Pulls Off Perfect Deke to Throw Out Jackson Chourio at ...

Jun 24th

Dansby Swanson Powers Cubs Ahead With 3-Run Homer

Jun 17th

Dansby Swanson’s Home Run Fuels 5-Run Cubs Inning

May 22nd

Dansby Swanson Makes Spectacular Defensive Play

May 14th

Dansby Swanson’s Slick Defense Shines in Cubs Highlight

May 6th

Dansby Swanson Shines in Smooth Highlight Clip

May 2nd

Dansby Swanson Makes a Smooth Spin-and-Throw Play

Apr 27th

Seiya Suzuki Pokes Fun by Impersonating Dansby Swanson in Cubs Video

Apr 25th

Dansby Swanson Makes a Spectacular Defensive Play with Ron Swanson in ...

Apr 23rd

Dansby Swanson’s Walk-Off Lifts Cubs to Ninth Straight Win

Apr 20th

Dansby Swanson Crushes 3-Run Homer to Extend Cubs’ Lead

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