Fantasy Baseball 2015: Week 2’s Buy-Low, Sell-High Trade Advice – Bleacher Report

At the moment, Ian Desmond is making headlines for all the wrong reasons, including a poor start on offense and a downright dreadful one on defense. To wit, the 29-year-old has made a ridiculous six errors in his first 10 games, two more than any other player.

If you think Desmond is frustrated—and he is, telling The Washington Post‘s Barry Svrluga, “It sucks. I don’t know what to do.”—then just imagine how his fantasy owners feel. Defensive miscues don’t count in most leagues, but that doesn’t make it any easier for an owner to keep seeing his starting shortstop’s name pop up with negative pub.

Remember, Desmond still has several things going for him. One, he’s in his prime at 29 years old. Two, he’s the only player in baseball coming off three straight 20-20 campaigns (as a shortstop, no less). Three, the Washington Nationals lineup has been missing Denard Span and Anthony Rendon all year and Jayson Werth until recently. And four, for what it’s worth, Desmond is also a free-agent-to-be playing for a big payday.

A streaky player who is all-around ice cold at present, Desmond will get hot soon enough, and when he does, it’ll be too late to acquire him. Try for it now.