2025 Fantasy Baseball Week 5 Trade Values: Now's the time to buy low on Mike Trout

It's time to get in on Trout again

The problem with a player like Mike Trout in Fantasy is, you're always waiting for bad news. He hasn't played 100 games since 2022 and hasn't played more than 120 since 2019, so you go into the draft process knowing that there's a pretty good chance he's going to have to miss some time. But the bargain is that you're going to get elite production from him for however long he's on the field, at least.

And he's not holding up his end of the bargain right now. Trout is hitting just .172/.275/.483 on the season, with his eight homers not doing nearly enough to make up for the putrid batting average. And, with a career-worst 29.6% strikeout rate, you might be inclined to think that the 33-year-old former MVP just isn't that dude anymore.

You'd be wrong to think that. 

The eight homers are a good sign that he's still got plenty of juice left in his bat, of course. Trout is still absolutely mashing the ball, with a 92 mph average exit velocity that ranks as the third-best of his career and a .564 expected wOBA on contact that is the second-best of his career. No matter what else is going on, Trout remains one of the game's premier power hitters, and even amidst an otherwise slow start, that's still there. 

But the strikeouts are a problem. There's no getting around that. A near-30% strikeout rate is a problem even if you're one of the game's premier power hitters … I just don't think that rate is likely to stay this high forever. His whiff rate is up to 31.4%, which is concerning, though not totally out of character – he was around 28-30% from 2021 through 2023, as well. 

And the good news is that, while the overall whiff rate is high, where the whiffs are coming doesn't suggest a sudden collapse in Trout's hit tool. His contact rate on pitches in the strike zone is still 82%, right in line with the MLB average; that's the first place I'd look if I was looking to see a major dropoff in talent. 

No, the problem is on chase pitches. Trout is both chasing more often than usual and making contact on those swings less often. That's concerning, but it's also such a huge outlier for Trout's career that I'm simply not willing to panic because of 25 games. Trout's swing decisions have almost always been one of the strongest parts of his game, and 25 games just isn't a big enough of a sample size for me to say it's suddenly become a problem, especially when he's still doing everything else so well.

And about that: No player is more due than Trout right now. He has 11 outs on batted balls with an expected batting average of .500 or higher, the highest mark in the league, as you'd expect from someone hitting the ball as hard as Trout is who is nonetheless saddled with a .135 BABIP. Trout's expected batting average for the season is .264, so, again, it just doesn't seem like there's been a sudden collapse in the skill set.

In fact, Trout's underlying numbers suggest he's still an absolute difference maker with the bat. Only six hitters are underperforming their expected wOBA by a larger mark than Trout's .093-point gap right now, and none of the other hitters have anywhere near the track record Trout does – for his career, Trout has underperformed his xwOBA by just .006. 

Which is all to say, I'm still banking on Trout being that difference maker for as long as he's healthy. Maybe that won't be for long, but I'm still willing to bet on the talent, especially when the price is sure to be lower than it's ever been. 

H2H Trade Values Chart

Ranking	Player	Value	Eligible
1	Aaron Judge	48	DH-OF
2	Shohei Ohtani	46	DH-SP
3	Bobby Witt	45	SS
4	Jose Ramirez	41	3B-DH
5	Juan Soto	41	OF
6	Kyle Tucker	40	OF
7	Yordan Alvarez	37	DH-OF
8	Corbin Carroll	37	OF
9	Francisco Lindor	37	SS
10	Gunnar Henderson	35	SS
11	Elly De La Cruz	32	SS
12	Mookie Betts	30	OF-SS
13	Vladimir Guerrero	30	1B-DH
14	Fernando Tatis	28	OF
15	Bryce Harper	26	1B
16	Ketel Marte	26	2B-DH
17	Julio Rodriguez	25	OF
18	Jarren Duran	25	OF
19	Tarik Skubal	25	SP
20	Zack Wheeler	25	SP
21	Jackson Chourio	25	OF
22	Paul Skenes	25	SP
23	Austin Riley	24	3B
24	Matt Olson	24	1B
25	Freddie Freeman	24	1B
26	Manny Machado	23	3B-DH
27	William Contreras	23	C-DH
28	Jackson Merrill	23	OF
29	Trea Turner	22	SS
30	Jose Altuve	21	2B-DH-OF
31	Logan Gilbert	21	SP
32	Ronald Acuna	21	OF
33	Rafael Devers	21	3B-DH
34	Cole Ragans	21	SP
35	Garrett Crochet	21	SP
36	Corbin Burnes	21	SP
37	Chris Sale	20	SP
38	Dylan Cease	20	SP
39	Marcell Ozuna	20	DH
40	Kyle Schwarber	20	DH
41	Brent Rooker	20	DH
42	Michael King	20	SP
43	Ozzie Albies	20	2B
44	Jazz Chisholm	19	2B-3B-OF
45	Pete Alonso	19	1B
46	Corey Seager	19	SS
47	Wyatt Langford	18	DH-OF
48	James Wood	18	OF
49	Teoscar Hernandez	17	OF
50	Framber Valdez	17	SP
51	Hunter Greene	17	SP
52	Max Fried	17	SP
53	Spencer Schwellenbach	17	SP
54	Logan Webb	17	SP
55	Adley Rutschman	16	C-DH
56	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	16	SP
57	Jacob deGrom	16	SP
58	Emmanuel Clase	16	RP
59	Shota Imanaga	16	SP
60	Seiya Suzuki	16	DH-OF
61	Alex Bregman	16	3B
62	Lawrence Butler	16	OF
63	Edwin Diaz	16	RP
64	Aaron Nola	16	SP
65	Devin Williams	16	RP
66	Freddy Peralta	16	SP
67	Hunter Brown	16	SP
68	Joe Ryan	16	SP
69	Luis Castillo	16	SP
70	Blake Snell	15	SP
71	Spencer Strider	15	SP
72	Pablo Lopez	15	SP
73	Josh Hader	15	RP
74	Kris Bubic	15	RP-SP
75	Zac Gallen	15	SP
76	Michael Harris	15	OF
77	Christian Yelich	15	DH-OF
78	Mason Miller	15	RP
79	Willy Adames	15	SS
80	Josh Naylor	15	1B-DH
81	Christian Walker	15	1B
82	Riley Greene	15	DH-OF
83	Marcus Semien	15	2B
84	Jordan Westburg	15	2B-3B-DH
85	Anthony Santander	15	DH-OF
86	George Kirby	15	SP
87	Junior Caminero	15	3B
88	Tyler Glasnow	15	SP
89	Triston Casas	15	1B
90	Oneil Cruz	15	OF-SS
91	Bryan Reynolds	15	DH-OF
92	Cristopher Sanchez	15	SP
93	Bailey Ober	15	SP
94	Salvador Perez	15	1B-C-DH
95	Andres Munoz	15	RP
96	Raisel Iglesias	15	RP
97	Bryce Miller	15	SP
98	Jesus Luzardo	15	SP
99	Vinnie Pasquantino	15	1B-DH
100	Sandy Alcantara	15	SP
101	Ryan Helsley	15	RP
102	Mike Trout	15	DH-OF
103	Carlos Rodon	15	SP
104	Jack Flaherty	15	SP
105	Will Smith	15	C
106	Ian Happ	15	OF
107	Brandon Nimmo	15	OF
108	Bryan Woo	15	SP
109	Tanner Bibee	15	SP
110	Steven Kwan	15	OF
111	Robbie Ray	15	SP
112	Mark Vientos	15	3B
113	Randy Arozarena	15	OF
114	Cody Bellinger	15	1B-DH-OF
115	Shane Baz	15	SP
116	Nick Pivetta	15	SP
117	Max Meyer	15	SP
118	Seth Lugo	15	SP
119	Matt McLain	15	2B-SS
120	Bo Bichette	15	SS
121	C.J. Abrams	15	SS
122	Cal Raleigh	14	C-DH
123	Willson Contreras	14	1B-C-DH
124	J.T. Realmuto	14	C
125	Adolis Garcia	14	DH-OF
126	Yusei Kikuchi	14	SP
127	Yainer Diaz	14	C-DH
128	Jung Hoo Lee	14	OF
129	Pete Crow-Armstrong	14	OF
130	Isaac Paredes	14	3B
131	Eugenio Suarez	14	3B
132	Matt Chapman	14	3B
133	Jasson Dominguez	14	OF
134	Dylan Crews	14	OF
135	Tommy Edman	13	2B-OF
136	Zach Eflin	13	SP
137	Tyler O'Neill	12	OF
138	Nathan Eovaldi	12	SP
139	Jeff Hoffman	11	RP
140	Tyler Soderstrom	11	1B
141	Paul Goldschmidt	10	1B
142	Royce Lewis	9	3B-DH
143	Jack Leiter	9	SP
144	Alec Bohm	8	3B
145	Ryan Pepiot	8	SP
146	Nick Castellanos	8	OF
147	Brenton Doyle	8	OF
148	Dansby Swanson	8	SS
149	Lars Nootbaar	8	OF
150	Taylor Ward	8	OF
151	Sonny Gray	8	SP
152	Kristian Campbell	8	2B
153	Nick Lodolo	8	SP
154	Grant Holmes	8	RP-SP
155	Tanner Houck	8	SP
156	Jhoan Duran	8	RP
157	Robert Suarez	8	RP
158	Xavier Edwards	7	SS
159	Carlos Correa	7	SS
160	Nico Hoerner	7	2B
161	Xander Bogaerts	7	2B-SS
162	Anthony Volpe	7	SS
163	Ezequiel Tovar	6	SS
164	Zachary Neto	6	SS
165	Gavin Williams	6	SP
166	Spencer Torkelson	6	1B
167	Luis Arraez	5	1B-2B-DH
168	Felix Bautista	5	RP
169	Kodai Senga	5	SP
170	Clay Holmes	5	RP-SP
171	Ryan Walker	5	RP
172	Shea Langeliers	5	C
173	Brandon Lowe	5	2B-DH
174	Jose Alvarado	5	RP
175	Trevor Megill	5	RP
176	Luis Robert	5	OF
177	Jackson Holliday	5	2B-SS
178	Nolan Arenado	5	3B
179	Luis Rengifo	5	2B-3B
180	Grayson Rodriguez	5	SP
181	Nick Kurtz	5	1B
182	Jake Burger	5	1B-3B-DH
183	Andres Gimenez	5	2B
184	Dennis Santana	5	RP
185	MacKenzie Gore	5	SP
186	Kyle Manzardo	4	DH
187	Kevin Gausman	4	SP
188	Cedric Mullins	4	OF
189	Bryson Stott	4	2B
190	Cam Smith	4	3B-OF
191	Taj Bradley	4	SP
192	Tyler Stephenson	4	C
193	Jeffrey Springs	3	SP
194	Logan O'Hoppe	3	C
195	Trevor Story	3	SS
196	Masyn Winn	3	SS
197	Roki Sasaki	3	SP
198	Justin Verlander	3	SP
199	Jacob Wilson	3	SS
200	Jeremy Pena	3	SS
201	Bowden Francis	3	RP-SP
202	Heliot Ramos	3	OF
203	Jose Berrios	3	SP
204	Brandon Pfaadt	3	SP
205	Brice Turang	3	2B
206	Luis Garcia	3	2B
207	Ben Rice	3	1B-DH
208	Yandy Diaz	3	1B-DH
209	Josh Jung	3	3B
210	Max Muncy	3	3B
211	Mitch Keller	3	SP
212	J.J. Bleday	3	OF
213	Victor Robles	3	OF
214	Ronel Blanco	3	SP
215	Michael Busch	3	1B
216	George Springer	3	DH-OF
217	Austin Hays	3	OF
218	Byron Buxton	3	OF
219	Clarke Schmidt	3	SP
220	Pete Fairbanks	3	RP
221	Jackson Jobe	3	RP
222	Nate Lowe	3	1B
223	Reese Olson	3	SP
224	Spencer Steer	3	1B-DH-OF
225	Kenley Jansen	3	RP

Roto Trade Values Chart

Ranking	Player	Value	Eligible
1	Aaron Judge	49	DH-OF
2	Shohei Ohtani	48	DH-SP
3	Bobby Witt	47	SS
4	Jose Ramirez	40	3B-DH
5	Kyle Tucker	38	OF
6	Elly De La Cruz	37	SS
7	Fernando Tatis	34	OF
8	Corbin Carroll	34	OF
9	Juan Soto	33	OF
10	Julio Rodriguez	33	OF
11	Gunnar Henderson	33	SS
12	Francisco Lindor	33	SS
13	Yordan Alvarez	33	DH-OF
14	Vladimir Guerrero	30	1B-DH
15	Mookie Betts	30	OF-SS
16	Jarren Duran	29	OF
17	Jackson Chourio	29	OF
18	Bryce Harper	27	1B
19	Trea Turner	26	SS
20	Tarik Skubal	26	SP
21	Zack Wheeler	26	SP
22	Paul Skenes	26	SP
23	Jackson Merrill	26	OF
24	Austin Riley	25	3B
25	Ronald Acuna	25	OF
26	Matt Olson	24	1B
27	Freddie Freeman	23	1B
28	William Contreras	23	C-DH
29	Manny Machado	23	3B-DH
30	Jazz Chisholm	23	2B-3B-OF
31	Jose Altuve	23	2B-DH-OF
32	Rafael Devers	23	3B-DH
33	Logan Gilbert	23	SP
34	Ozzie Albies	21	2B
35	Ketel Marte	21	2B-DH
36	Cole Ragans	21	SP
37	Marcell Ozuna	21	DH
38	Pete Alonso	19	1B
39	Michael Harris	19	OF
40	Oneil Cruz	18	OF-SS
41	James Wood	18	OF
42	Wyatt Langford	18	DH-OF
43	C.J. Abrams	18	SS
44	Brent Rooker	18	DH
45	Kyle Schwarber	17	DH
46	Emmanuel Clase	15	RP
47	Chris Sale	15	SP
48	Garrett Crochet	15	SP
49	Corbin Burnes	15	SP
50	Dylan Cease	15	SP
51	Adley Rutschman	15	C-DH
52	Framber Valdez	15	SP
53	Michael King	15	SP
54	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	15	SP
55	Devin Williams	15	RP
56	Josh Hader	15	RP
57	Edwin Diaz	15	RP
58	Mason Miller	15	RP
59	Andres Munoz	15	RP
60	Raisel Iglesias	15	RP
61	Ryan Helsley	15	RP
62	Teoscar Hernandez	15	OF
63	Jacob deGrom	15	SP
64	Max Fried	15	SP
65	Jordan Westburg	15	2B-3B-DH
66	Marcus Semien	15	2B
67	Lawrence Butler	15	OF
68	Anthony Santander	15	DH-OF
69	Corey Seager	15	SS
70	Hunter Greene	15	SP
71	Spencer Schwellenbach	15	SP
72	Logan Webb	15	SP
73	Salvador Perez	15	1B-C-DH
74	Willy Adames	15	SS
75	Bo Bichette	15	SS
76	Seiya Suzuki	15	DH-OF
77	Brenton Doyle	15	OF
78	Shota Imanaga	15	SP
79	Freddy Peralta	15	SP
80	Hunter Brown	15	SP
81	Spencer Strider	15	SP
82	Joe Ryan	15	SP
83	Pablo Lopez	15	SP
84	Yainer Diaz	15	C-DH
85	Jeff Hoffman	15	RP
86	Jhoan Duran	15	RP
87	Riley Greene	15	DH-OF
88	Josh Naylor	15	1B-DH
89	Junior Caminero	15	3B
90	Alex Bregman	15	3B
91	Bryan Reynolds	15	DH-OF
92	Christian Walker	15	1B
93	Triston Casas	15	1B
94	Tyler Glasnow	15	SP
95	Luis Castillo	15	SP
96	George Kirby	15	SP
97	Cristopher Sanchez	15	SP
98	Zac Gallen	15	SP
99	Bryce Miller	15	SP
100	Jack Flaherty	15	SP
101	Vinnie Pasquantino	15	1B-DH
102	Tanner Bibee	15	SP
103	Aaron Nola	15	SP
104	Cal Raleigh	15	C-DH
105	Willson Contreras	15	1B-C-DH
106	Bailey Ober	15	SP
107	Will Smith	15	C
108	Mike Trout	15	DH-OF
109	Mark Vientos	15	3B
110	Christian Yelich	15	DH-OF
111	Randy Arozarena	15	OF
112	Sonny Gray	15	SP
113	Pete Crow-Armstrong	15	OF
114	Ian Happ	15	OF
115	Bryan Woo	15	SP
116	Blake Snell	15	SP
117	Shane Baz	15	SP
118	J.T. Realmuto	15	C
119	Robert Suarez	14	RP
120	Matt McLain	14	2B-SS
121	Felix Bautista	14	RP
122	Sandy Alcantara	14	SP
123	Nick Pivetta	14	SP
124	Robbie Ray	14	SP
125	Tyler Soderstrom	14	1B
126	Cody Bellinger	14	1B-DH-OF
127	Steven Kwan	14	OF
128	Yusei Kikuchi	14	SP
129	Eugenio Suarez	14	3B
130	Matt Chapman	13	3B
131	Isaac Paredes	13	3B
132	Luis Robert	13	OF
133	Tommy Edman	12	2B-OF
134	Shea Langeliers	11	C
135	Dylan Crews	11	OF
136	Jasson Dominguez	10	OF
137	Tanner Scott	10	RP
138	Ryan Walker	9	RP
139	Kristian Campbell	9	2B
140	Brice Turang	9	2B
141	Xavier Edwards	8	SS
142	Jesus Luzardo	8	SP
143	Carlos Rodon	7	SP
144	Kris Bubic	7	RP-SP
145	Seth Lugo	7	SP
146	Xander Bogaerts	7	2B-SS
147	Nick Castellanos	7	OF
148	Adolis Garcia	7	DH-OF
149	Dansby Swanson	7	SS
150	Nico Hoerner	7	2B
151	Luis Garcia	7	2B
152	Alec Bohm	7	3B
153	Logan O'Hoppe	7	C
154	Justin Martinez	7	RP
155	Kenley Jansen	7	RP
156	Trevor Megill	7	RP
157	Max Meyer	7	SP
158	Kodai Senga	7	SP
159	Jose Alvarado	7	RP
160	Pete Fairbanks	7	RP
161	Tyler O'Neill	7	OF
162	Jung Hoo Lee	7	OF
163	Brandon Nimmo	7	OF
164	Zachary Neto	7	SS
165	Anthony Volpe	7	SS
166	Carlos Correa	6	SS
167	Ezequiel Tovar	6	SS
168	Kevin Gausman	6	SP
169	Jackson Holliday	6	2B-SS
170	Royce Lewis	6	3B-DH
171	Nathan Eovaldi	6	SP
172	Andres Gimenez	6	2B
173	Bryson Stott	6	2B
174	Brandon Lowe	6	2B-DH
175	Spencer Torkelson	5	1B
176	Paul Goldschmidt	5	1B
177	Ben Rice	5	1B-DH
178	Nick Kurtz	5	1B
179	Jake Burger	5	1B-3B-DH
180	Luis Rengifo	5	2B-3B
181	Luis Arraez	5	1B-2B-DH
182	Spencer Steer	5	1B-DH-OF
183	Nick Lodolo	5	SP
184	Ryan Pepiot	5	SP
185	Cedric Mullins	5	OF
186	Chris Bassitt	5	SP
187	Taj Bradley	5	SP
188	Sean Murphy	5	C
189	Agustin Ramirez	5	C
190	Ivan Herrera	5	C
191	Luke Keaschall	5	2B
192	Yandy Diaz	4	1B-DH
193	Heliot Ramos	4	OF
194	Austin Wells	4	C
195	David Bednar	4	RP
196	Jeremy Pena	4	SS
197	Byron Buxton	4	OF
198	Ceddanne Rafaela	4	OF-SS
199	Austin Hays	4	OF
200	Jorge Soler	4	DH-OF
201	Taylor Ward	4	OF
202	Jacob Wilson	4	SS
203	Masyn Winn	4	SS
204	MacKenzie Gore	4	SP
205	Victor Scott II	4	OF
206	Lars Nootbaar	4	OF
207	Kerry Carpenter	3	DH-OF
208	Clay Holmes	3	RP-SP
209	Grant Holmes	3	RP-SP
210	Ryan Pressly	3	RP
211	Aroldis Chapman	3	RP
212	Luke Jackson	3	RP
213	Shane McClanahan	3	SP
214	Grayson Rodriguez	3	SP
215	Roki Sasaki	3	SP
216	Gavin Williams	3	SP
217	Spencer Arrighetti	3	SP
218	Zach Eflin	3	SP
219	Dustin May	3	SP
220	Jackson Jobe	3	RP
221	Tyler Fitzgerald	3	2B-SS
222	Trevor Story	3	SS
223	Nolan Arenado	3	3B
224	Cam Smith	3	3B-OF
225	Jordan Walker	3	OF
226	Colton Cowser	3	OF
227	Josh Jung	3	3B
228	Carlos Estevez	3	RP
229	Kyle Finnegan	3	RP
230	Jeffrey Springs	2	SP
231	Brandon Pfaadt	2	SP
232	Kyle Manzardo	2	DH
233	Jack Leiter	2	SP
234	Tyler Mahle	2	SP
235	Casey Mize	2	SP
236	Mitch Keller	2	SP
237	Bowden Francis	2	RP-SP
238	Tanner Houck	2	SP
239	J.J. Bleday	2	OF
240	Tyler Stephenson	2	C
241	TJ Friedl	2	OF
242	Ronel Blanco	2	SP
243	Maikel Garcia	2	2B-3B-OF
244	Dennis Santana	2	RP
245	A.J. Puk	2	RP
246	Lucas Erceg	2	RP
247	Gabriel Moreno	2	C
248	Michael Busch	2	1B
249	Joshua Lowe	2	OF
250	George Springer	2	DH-OF