Fantasy Baseball Hitters Struggling of Late: Corey Seager and Teoscar Hernandez Make the List

After looking at some fantasy baseball hitters trending up over the past week, let's now go over some hitters trending down.

These stats cover June 3-9. We will stick with notable fantasy hitters.

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Least Amount of Hits

Among qualified hitters, only three had no hits last week, but they are all bigger fantasy assets. Texas' Corey Seager, San Francisco's Willy Adames and Colorado's Brenton Doyle all ended last week with no hits.

Seager walked four times, but also struck out seven times and grounded into a double play. He was a high draft pick this season, but between injuries and poor hitting, Seager has been a big-time bust. He's been dropped in about 4% of leagues already, and he's likely to get dropped in more leagues unless his bat heats up. Look to trade him before dropping him outright.

Adames is down to 70% rostered because of extended struggles at the plate. Over the past week, he had two walks, a run scored and RBI and seven punchouts. Adames is looking like a deep-league fantasy option right now, and not startable in those leagues. I think his trade value has disappeared in standard leagues, but you could still try to trade him instead of just dropping him.

Doyle is rostered in 49% of leagues after his season-long struggles. He had an RBI last week, but also struck out three times and grounded into a double play. Doyle is just a deep-league option right now for fantasy, and he's not playable in those leagues.

LA Dodgers' Teoscar Hernandez and Texas' Josh Jung both finished with one hit over the timeframe we are using.

Hernandez had a double for his lone hit, along with two RBIs and runs scored. He walked twice and struck out four times. Hernandez is still rostered in all leagues, and he's a buy-low candidate after his rough stretch at the plate.

Jung is down to 55% rostered after being over 70% in late May. He singled for his lone hit last week, while also having a run scored and two walks - he struck out five times and grounded into a double play. Jung is back to being a deep-league keeper only right now, but will probably have more stretches where he's worth owning in standard leagues, so don't write him off for good.

Least Amount of Runs Scored

Along with a couple of the guys we already mentioned, Minnesota's Byron Buxton, Chicago Cubs' Dansby Swanson, San Diego's Gavin Sheets, Washington's James Wood and Kansas City's Jac Caglianone all failed to score over the past week.

Buxton had two singles for his only hits last week, along with three RBIs and six walks - he struck out four times. He's rostered in 85% of leagues and trending down after his slow week. Buxton has solid all-around numbers, but strikeout totals, inconsistencies at the plate and an injury-riddled past are holding him back from being rostered in more leagues.

Swanson had five hits, including two doubles, last week. He also had two RBIs, failed to walk and struck out 10 times. Swanson is trending down and is also at 85% owned now. He might be owned in too many leagues looking at his season average and on-base percentage, so he's potentially a player to sell high on (selling high because of his bigger name, not because of great results on the field).

Sheets is owned in 40% of leagues right now. He had four hits, including a triple, last week, along with four RBIs, two walks and six punchouts. Sheets' own percentage has stabilized after quickly rising in late May, then dropping in early June. Add and drop him in standard leagues as he goes in and out of hot and cold streaks.

Wood had two hits (including a double), an RBI and walk and six punchouts last week. He's been one of the top fantasy hitters this season, so I wouldn't worry too much about one slower week of action.

Caglianone had six hits, including two doubles, during his first week in the big leagues. He had an RBI, no walks and four strikeouts. Caglianone is at 77% rostered right now and will need more success at the plate to get closer to 100%.

Least Amount of RBIs

We've mentioned several hitters who finished with no RBIs already, but are adding San Diego's Xander Bogaerts, Detroit's Zach McKinstry, Washington's Nathaniel Lowe, San Diego's Fernando Tatis Jr., LA Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, Toronto's Ernie Clement, St. Louis' Lars Nootbaar, Milwaukee's Brice Turang, Cincinnati's Elly De La Cruz and New York Yankees' Ben Rice to that group.

Bogaerts had three singles for his only hits in the past week. He also had two runs scored, three walks, two stolen bases and four strikeouts. Bogaerts is owned in 81% of leagues still, but has struggled most of the season. Like Swanson, Bogaerts' big name is keeping him afloat in fantasy leagues - maybe that means you could still trade Bogaerts for a decent return.

McKinstry is down to 42% rostered. He had six singles and a triple for his hits last week, along with two runs scored, a walk and two stolen bases and strikeouts. McKinstry remains a solid deep-league fantasy asset, but has fallen from the standard league ranks.

Lowe is at 43% owned right now. He had four singles and a double for his five hits, and he also posted a run scored, no walks and five strikeouts. Lowe is a better fantasy asset than he appears, but needs to produce more in order to get more fantasy traction.

Tatis had four singles and a double for his five knocks over the past week. He also had four runs scored, five walks, three stolen bases and five strikeouts. Tatis has been in a funk at the plate over the past several weeks, so now would be the time to buy low on him, even though you'll still have to pay up.

Ohtani had six singles and two doubles for his eight hits, while also having three runs scored, four walks and six strikeouts last week. It's weird to see Ohtani's name on this list, but he still did enough otherwise to provide fantasy value. He'd need to continue to struggle for weeks before his value would truly drop off.

Clement is at 27% rostered. He had two doubles among his five hits over the past week, along with four runs scored, a walk and no strikeouts. Clement was a big waiver pickup in late May/early June, but he's starting to trend back down now.

Nootbaar is at 79% rostered right now. He had four singles last week, along with three runs scored, four walks and nine punchouts. Nootbaar has been a good fantasy hitter for stretches this season, but in time he might be a better deep-league asset.

Turang had two doubles among his four hits, along with three runs scored, five walks, a stolen base and three strikeouts. Turang isn't usually a big RBI guy anyway, and he did enough otherwise to provide some fantasy value. He's at about 93% rostered.

De La Cruz had three doubles among his four hits last week - he also had three runs scored, six walks, two stolen bases and six strikeouts. Being on the Reds doesn't do De La Cruz many favors, but he still does enough else outside RBIs to provide fantasy value. 

Rice is at 54% rostered and continues to trend downward. He singled for all three of his hits last week, and he also posted two runs scored, a walk and three strikeouts. He's a better deep-league option now, but is worth tracking in case he heats up again.

Other Notable Hitters Struggling

Washington's CJ Abrams got on base at just a .143 clip across 21 plate appearances last week. He's rostered in 95% of leagues now and is trending down.

Chicago Cubs' Nico Hoerner got on base at a .148 clip over 27 plate appearances. He's owned in just about every league, and now would be a time to buy low on the high average and OBP hitter.

Arizona's Eugenio Suarez struck out 14 times last week. He also posted six hits, including two homers, and had four RBIs, three runs scored and a walk. Suarez is at 96% rostered. 

Philadelphia's Kyle Schwarber struck out 13 times and had a .115 average. He strikes out a lot, but usually makes up for it with his other numbers. Schwarber could turn into a buy-low trade candidate with another week or so of struggles at the plate.

San Diego's Jackson Merrill had a .172 average and 11 strikeouts. He did enough else to still provide fantasy value, but could be in a buy-low state right now.