Fantasy Baseball Drop Candidates: Time to Cut These Struggling Players

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Spencer Jones - New York Yankees

Jones is down to 17% rostered right now, and that should drop even lower after he was sent back down to the minor leagues.

There were high hopes for Jones after he got called up to the big leagues on May 8. Between poor hitting and not playing every day, Jones never turned into a very good fantasy asset.

In 10 games and just 27 plate appearances, Jones had four hits, all of which were singles. He drove in two runs, failed to score a run, stole a base, walked three times and was a strikeout victim on 12 occasions.

Jones has no redraft value if he's not in the big leagues, although he could still be stashed in really deep setups. His dynasty value is still high, and hopefully he will get another crack at the big leagues later in the year.

Jackson Holliday - Baltimore Orioles

Holliday is still trending down, even after finally taking the field after a prolonged absence to start the season. He's sitting at 52% rostered at the moment.

He has appeared in two games so far, and didn't play all nine innings in either contest. Holliday started the first game and got two plate appearances before being pulled. He came off the bench and got two plate appearances in his second game.

So far, Holliday is 0-for-4 with three strikeouts. That's not a good start, but the lack of playing time is what is most concerning.

In time, Holliday could play and produce more, but for now, he looks like a better deep-league asset. Keep tabs on Holliday, but he's not worth holding in standard redraft leagues.

Dansby Swanson and Edward Cabrera - Chicago Cubs

Swanson sits near 68% rostered right now - he was close to 80% back on May 11. Cabrera is at 76% owned at the moment, which is his lowest mark over the past month.

Swanson went hitless in his last game, but had a four-game hitting streak before that. Over his past five games overall, he has the four hits, but also six strikeouts.

On the season over 191 plate appearances, Swanson has a .191 average and .295 on-base percentage. He has seven homers, four doubles and one triple among his 31 total hits. Swanson also has 27 RBIs, 30 runs scored, three stolen bases, 24 walks and 42 strikeouts.

He's at a loaded fantasy shortstop spot, and simply isn't doing enough at the plate to roster in a ton of leagues. I don't think you should be rostering Swanson in standard leagues, and I'd say he's not even holdable in all deeper leagues. Keep tabs on him for when he heats up, but he's just not faring well enough right now to warrant an own percentage as high as he has.

Cabrera left his last start with a finger blister, but he's also pitched poorly of late, so he's trending down for a couple reasons. There's a chance he misses some starts, or even hits the injured list, at which point his own percentage would really fall off.

Cabrera has made 10 starts this season and is 3-2, but he doesn't have a win over four May starts. He has a 4.00 earned run average, allowing 29 runs (24 earned) on 53 hits and 20 walks, while striking out 47 batters over 54 frames.

He's been more of a so-so fantasy asset of late, and now with an injury issue, fantasy owners are bailing on him. I'd treat Cabrera as a standard league streaming option for now, while holding out hope for him in deeper leagues.

Luis Castillo - Seattle Mariners

Castillo is only owned in 60% of fantasy leagues right now. He was at 100% to kick off the season, so he's been a big fantasy disappointment so far.

He started in his first nine appearances of the season, but came out of the bullpen for his last outing. He worked 2 1/3 innings, earning a hold, but also allowing two runs.

Castillo is 1-5 with the hold over his now 10 appearances on the season. In 46 1/3 innings, he sports a 6.41 ERA, allowing 37 runs (33 earned) on 54 hits and 18 walks, while striking out 47 batters.

He's struggled this season, and now working out of the pen, Castillo is not worth holding in standard redraft leagues. You could hold out hope for him in deeper redraft leagues, but the longer he's in the pen, the more he'll be dropped. We'll see if he can turn his season around, but he's looking like a major fantasy draft bust so far.