Rising Fantasy Baseball Values: Time to Buy, Sell, or Hold?

After just going over some fantasy baseball players with falling fantasy values, let's look at some players on the rise.

Here is the last story we did in this series. The players we are discussing today are all inside the top-100 players on the FantasySP Trade Value Chart.

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Yordan Alvarez - Houston Astros

Alvarez is the top fantasy hitter (not including Shohei Ohtani, who is earning fantasy points for his pitching).

Alvarez has a .333 average and .488 on-base percentage over 19 games and 84 plate appearances. He has 13 extra-base hits among his 21 total knocks, plus 17 RBIs, 15 runs scored, a stolen base, 17 walks and just nine strikeouts.

Alvarez is showing just how great he can be when healthy. If you are worried about him in the long run, selling him high is an option now. You could have said the same thing most of the season, so I also get it if you just want to enjoy top tier fantasy play for as long as you can.

Trading Alvarez could net you an elite return, so if you need help at a certain spot, or depth, then moving Alvarez makes sense to me.

Brice Turang - Milwaukee Brewers

Turang continued his strong start to the season over the past week. He importantly got past a nagging injury.

He has a .304 average and .435 OBP over 15 games and 70 plate appearances. Turang has eight extra-base hits over his 17 total knocks, along with 11 RBIs, 16 runs scored, six stolen bases, 13 walks and 15 strikeouts.

Turang appears to be in the midst of another career season, after just having one in 2025. He is on the field every day, and doesn't have any notable injury concerns, so I'm more a fan of holding Turang than I would be selling him high.

Especially because Turang is a second baseman (a position that's tough to find talent at), I like rostering and utilizing the Brewers' infielder.

Mike Trout - Los Angeles Angels

Trout has four homers over the past three games, which adds to a stellar start to his 2026 season.

He has just a .239 average, but a .393 OBP and six homers (and nine total extra-base hits) over 16 total knocks. Trout also has 15 RBIs, 18 runs scored, two stolen bases, 15 walks and 18 strikeouts.

Trout is another oft-injured player showing what he can do when healthy. I never like rostering injury-prone players, so I'm always in favor of selling them high when they are excelling at the plate.

Look to trade Trout away while he's still healthy and producing big. The return might not have as high of an upside, but it's a safer long-term asset than Trout.

CJ Abrams - Washington Nationals

Abrams is up to a .367 average and .458 OBP over his first 17 games and 72 plate appearances. He could be at the start of a career, and breakout, season.

He has nine extra-base hits among his 22 total knocks, plus 19 RBIs and 12 runs scored. Abrams has four stolen bases, seven walks and 10 strikeouts.

He is thriving early on, and is another guy who I'd rather hold on to than sell high now. Of course, his numbers won't stay this high, but I'm not sure the return would match what Abrams could do over the course of this season.

I'd really have to be blown away to trade Abrams away.

Andy Pages - Los Angeles Dodgers

Pages is the talk of the league with his .409 average and .451 OBP.

Over 18 games and 71 plate appearances, Pages has nine extra-base hits, 27 total knocks, 20 RBIs, 10 runs scored, three stolen bases, four walks and 18 strikeouts. He's made a name for himself inside a stacked lineup in LA.

He had some success in 2025, but not to his degree. Pages will regress in time, but he could be in store for a career-best season.

I'm torn on whether or not to sell high on him, which probably means you should keep rostering him. Only move Pages if you're blown away with a trade offer for him, and can afford to lose a high-end fantasy outfielder and hitter.

Oneil Cruz - Pittsburgh Pirates

Cruz has caught fire and now sits with a .310 average and .380 OBP. He could finally be on his way to that breakout season we've been waiting on for a while.

He has eight extra-base hits among his 22 total knocks. Cruz also has 16 RBIs, 14 runs scored, seven stolen bases and walks and 25 strikeouts.

Cruz is a career .236 hitter with a .313 OBP, and is coming off a 2025 season in which he had a .200 average and .298 OBP. I'd understand selling high on Cruz now as a result.

He's also just 27 years old, and could be in the midst of that career season finally, so I also get wanting to hold him. It really comes down to how you view Cruz (or anyone else), so assess your team and do what you believe is best for your squad in the long run.