2025 Player Outlook
After his stolen bases dipped to the single digits in his first year in the Windy City, Swanson posted a career high with 19 stolen bases last season! He also hit 16 home runs, scored 82 runs, and slashed .242/.312/.390. Swanson remains an excellent defender, but one interesting thing from last year is that his 49.9 percent ground ball rate last season was the highest of his career. The hope for Swanson heading into 2025 is that he’s more of the guy he was in the second half (.281 AVG, 124 wRC+) than the first half (.212, 79 wRC+). All things considered, Swanson is a pretty safe projection for 17-22 home runs, 14-19 stolen bases, and a .240-.250 average.
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Dansby Swanson went 2-for-4 with a solo homer in a win over the Pirates on Wednesday.
Dansby Swanson went 3-for-4 with a run scored on Wednesday against the Pirates.
Swanson has really struggled out of the gate this season, so it was nice to see him finally hit the ball well. This was his first three-hit game on the campaign and it raised his batting average by nearly 20 points to finally climb back above the Mendoza Line. He still has plenty of work to do though as one of the more disappointing players in the league to this point.
Dansby Swanson went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in Wednesday’s loss to the Padres.
Since hitting his fourth homer of the year on Apr. 8, Swanson is 2-for-30 with a 13/0 K/BB, dropping his OPS from .809 to .571. He’s been batting fifth for the Cubs, but they might want to drop him a little lower until this works itself out.
Dansby Swanson went 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBI, leading the Cubs to a 10-6 victory over the Rangers on Tuesday evening at Wrigley Field.
Swanson got the scoring started for the Cubs with a 395-foot (107.7 mph EV) solo shot off of Patrick Corbin to open the home half of the second inning. He put the Cubs ahead 4-3 with a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning and then did so again with a two-run single in the eighth that proved to be the difference in the game. The 31-year-old shortstop is hitting just .226/.300/.509 on the season, though that has come with four homers, 11 RBI and a pair of stolen bases. Fantasy managers will surely take the drain on the batting average for the rest of the stellar production across the board.
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May 4th | @Brewers | 3 |
May 3rd | @Brewers | 14 |
May 3rd | @Brewers | 5 |
May 1st | @Pirates | 19 |
Apr 30th | @Pirates | 11 |