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As of Tuesday afternoon, we're still waiting for more information about what the next step for Fernando Tatis is after he suffered a subluxation of his left shoulder in Monday's game. The injury is a partial dislocation, and according to CBS Sports HQ's Jim Bowden, the injury is expected to force Tatis to miss at least a few weeks. What makes it especially tough to know how to move forward with Tatis at this point is that "at least" phrase, of course.

Tatis is having an MRI on the injury and then will determine whether he can try to rehab the injury and play through it, or whether he will have surgery to repair the shoulder. If he does the latter, you're probably looking at a multi-month absence -- potentially most of the rest of the season. So, we're rooting against that one, for sure. However, even if he avoids surgery, he'll be a risk to re-injury the shoulder all season, and who knows how it will impact his play while he's out there?

It's a tough situation to be in if you've got Tatis on your Fantasy team, and figuring out where to slot him as I updated my rankings today was difficult too. Tatis is arguably the best player in Fantasy, and if he only ends up missing a few weeks, it would be hard to move him much further than about sixth in my shortstop rankings -- behind Trea Turner, Trevor Story, Francisco Lindor, Xander Bogaerts and Corey Seager. And then, of course, there's the risk he does undergo surgery and is out for several months at least, in which case you would be in dire circumstances needing to replace your first-round pick for the foreseeable future. 

I ultimately slotted Tatis as SS9 in my rankings update Tuesday, with his trade value dropping from 42 to 16 in H2H points leagues and down to 17 in Roto. That's an attempt to split the difference as we're in this information vacuum, which means trying to make a trade involving Tatis will be next to impossible right now. The bigger question is what should you do if you have Tatis and are facing the potential of losing him for a while? If you want to look on the waiver wire, Scott White talked about some options here

We discuss Tatis scenarios and a lot more on the Fantasy Baseball Today in 5 Podcast. You can follow us to make sure you get the latest episodes when they drop on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

I would try to target someone like Javier Baez (17 in the trade values chart for Roto). His value hasn't been lower in years, and I still like his chances of bouncing back. I'm not sure if he quite qualifies as a buy low at this point, but I'd be looking to see what it would cost to get him on my team.

If you don't want to aim quite as high, check to see what it would cost to get Wander Franco. I've got him with a value of 3, but if he gets called up quickly, he could be a top-12 option at shortstop immediately -- and he'll help replace some of the steals you're losing if Tatis is out. 

And, if you want some targets at other positions to try to make up for the loss of steals, Victor Robles would be at the top of the list for me. He could be a 35-40 steal guy at the top of the Nationals lineup, and the person who drafted him probably didn't reach for him -- very few people did. I would also consider going after Jazz Chisholm, the Marlins young infielder who has the potential to be a solid power-speed threat if he has fixed the contact issues from his minor-league career. 

Or, consider a buy-high offer on Byron Buxton, who has three homers in his first four games and has 30-20 upside, but who most players are scared off because of injuries. Buxton is valued at 10 for me in the chart, but I was also consistently higher on him than most in the draft season, so maybe you could get him for someone like Franmil Reyes or Rhys Hoskins who have easier profiles to replace. 

There's no good answer for how to replace Tatis, but this isn't a season-ender for you, even if it might end up being one for Tatis. We'll find out more soon, but if you're looking to make a trade to help out, the trade charts are a good resource for trying to come up with a framework.

H2H Points Trade Values

PlayerValueChange From Last Week
Jacob deGrom, SP, NYM48
Shane Bieber, SP, CLE47
Gerrit Cole, SP, NYY47
Juan Soto, LF, WAS46
Mike Trout, CF, LAA46
Mookie Betts, RF, LAD46
Ronald Acuna, CF, ATL43
Jose Ramirez, 3B, CLE42
Freddie Freeman, 1B, ATL41
Christian Yelich, LF, MIL39
Trevor Bauer, SP, LAD38
Trea Turner, SS, WAS38
Trevor Story, SS, COL37
Yu Darvish, SP, SD37
Bryce Harper, RF, PHI36
Cody Bellinger, CF, LAD36
Aaron Nola, SP, PHI36
Lucas Giolito, SP, CHW351
Max Scherzer, SP, WAS35
Manny Machado, 3B, SD35
Francisco Lindor, SS, NYM34
Luis Castillo, SP, CIN34
Clayton Kershaw, SP, LAD32
Anthony Rendon, 3B, LAA32
Corey Seager, SS, LAD31
Jack Flaherty, SP, STL31
Alex Bregman, 3B, HOU31
Brandon Woodruff, SP, MIL31
Walker Buehler, SP, LAD30
DJ LeMahieu, 2B, NYY30
Xander Bogaerts, SS, BOS30
Fernando Tatis, SS, SD30-12
Rafael Devers, 3B, BOS28
Lance Lynn, SP, CHW27
Marcell Ozuna, LF, ATL27
Kenta Maeda, SP, MIN27
Nolan Arenado, 3B, STL25
Ozzie Albies, 2B, ATL25
Blake Snell, SP, SD25
Bo Bichette, SS, TOR25
Tyler Glasnow, SP, TB254
Corbin Burnes, SP, MIL254
Aaron Judge, RF, NYY24
Jose Abreu, 1B, CHW23
Whit Merrifield, RF, KC23
Kyle Tucker, LF, HOU23
Jose Berrios, SP, MIN221
Hyun-Jin Ryu, SP, TOR22
George Springer, CF, TOR22
Tim Anderson, SS, CHW21
J.T. Realmuto, C, PHI21
Zack Greinke, SP, HOU21
Kyle Hendricks, SP, CHC21
Zack Wheeler, SP, PHI211
Stephen Strasburg, SP, WAS20-1
Ketel Marte, 2B, ARI20
Pete Alonso, 1B, NYM18
Max Fried, SP, ATL18
Sandy Alcantara, SP, MIA185
Charlie Morton, SP, ATL18
Nick Castellanos, RF, CIN17
Eugenio Suarez, 3B, CIN17
Yordan Alvarez, DH, HOU17
Ian Anderson, SP, ATL17
Gleyber Torres, SS, NYY17
Vladimir Guerrero, 1B, TOR17
Austin Meadows, LF, TB17
Michael Conforto, RF, NYM16
Charlie Blackmon, RF, COL16
Nelson Cruz, DH, MIN16
Luis Robert, CF, CHW16
Cavan Biggio, 2B, TOR16
Paul Goldschmidt, 1B, STL16
Starling Marte, CF, MIA16
Chris Paddack, SP, SD16
Josh Hader, RP, MIL16
Anthony Rizzo, 1B, CHC16
Jose Altuve, 2B, HOU15
Zach Plesac, SP, CLE15-1
J.D. Martinez, DH, BOS15
Matt Olson, 1B, OAK15
Giancarlo Stanton, DH, NYY14
Dylan Bundy, SP, LAA14
Jesus Luzardo, SP, OAK14
Zac Gallen, SP, ARI14
Randy Arozarena, LF, TB14
Liam Hendriks, RP, CHW14
Max Muncy, 1B, LAD14
Sonny Gray, SP, CIN14
Carlos Correa, SS, HOU14
Dansby Swanson, SS, ATL14
Joe Musgrove, SP, SD13
Dinelson Lamet, SP, SD13
Lance McCullers, SP, HOU13
Javier Baez, SS, CHC13
Brandon Lowe, 2B, TB13
Trent Grisham, CF, SD13
Pablo Lopez, SP, MIA12
Aroldis Chapman, RP, NYY12-1
Jeff McNeil, LF, NYM12
Lourdes Gurriel, LF, TOR11
Keston Hiura, 2B, MIL11-3
Edwin Diaz, RP, NYM11
Luke Voit, 1B, NYY11
Kevin Gausman, SP, SF11
Frankie Montas, SP, OAK10
Julio Urias, SP, LAD10
Eddie Rosario, LF, CLE10
Corey Kluber, SP, NYY10
Mike Yastrzemski, RF, SF10
Josh Bell, 1B, WAS10
Salvador Perez, C, KC9
Willson Contreras, C, CHC9
Teoscar Hernandez, RF, TOR9
Patrick Corbin, SP, WAS9
Yoan Moncada, 3B, CHW9
Matt Chapman, 3B, OAK9
Kris Bryant, 3B, CHC9
Shohei Ohtani, DH, LAA92
Mike Soroka, SP, ATL9
Tyler Mahle, SP, CIN9
Wil Myers, RF, SD9
Raisel Iglesias, RP, LAA9
Mike Moustakas, 2B, CIN9
Rhys Hoskins, 1B, PHI8
Michael Brantley, DH, HOU8
Aaron Civale, SP, CLE8
Joey Gallo, RF, TEX8
Dustin May, SP, LAD84
Marco Gonzales, SP, SEA8
Eric Hosmer, 1B, SD8
James Paxton, SP, SEA7
Carlos Carrasco, SP, NYM7
German Marquez, SP, COL7
Gio Urshela, 3B, NYY7
Will Smith, C, LAD7
Tommy Pham, LF, SD7
Adalberto Mondesi, SS, KC7
Dominic Smith, 1B, NYM7-2
Josh Donaldson, 3B, MIN7
Alec Bohm, 3B, PHI7
Jorge Soler, DH, KC7
Alex Verdugo, RF, BOS7
Yasmani Grandal, C, CHW7
Kenley Jansen, RP, LAD7
Carlos Santana, 1B, KC7
Marcus Stroman, SP, NYM7
Jameson Taillon, SP, NYY6
Dallas Keuchel, SP, CHW6
Max Kepler, RF, MIN6
Jose Urquidy, SP, HOU6
Yusei Kikuchi, SP, SEA64
Matt Barnes, RP, BOS64
Ryan Pressly, RP, HOU6
Gary Sanchez, C, NYY5
Travis d'Arnaud, C, ATL5
Framber Valdez, SP, HOU5
Clint Frazier, RF, NYY5
Michael Pineda, SP, MIN5
Mark Melancon, RP, SD55
Diego Castillo, RP, TB5N/R
Trey Mancini, RF, BAL5
Franmil Reyes, DH, CLE5
Anthony Santander, RF, BAL5
Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B, PIT5-1
John Means, SP, BAL4
Triston McKenzie, SP, CLE4
Sixto Sanchez, SP, MIA4-7
Andrew Vaughn, 1B, CHW4-1
Carlos Rodon, SP, CHW4N/R
Eduardo Rodriguez, SP, BOS4
Sean Manaea, SP, OAK4
Dylan Carlson, RF, STL4
Ian Happ, CF, CHC4
Dylan Moore, LF, SEA3
Zach Eflin, SP, PHI3
Trevor Rosenthal, RP, OAK3-3
Brad Hand, RP, WAS3-2
Domingo German, SP, NYY3
Griffin Canning, SP, LAA3
Tony Gonsolin, SP, LAD3
Andrew Heaney, SP, LAA3
Didi Gregorius, SS, PHI3
Marcus Semien, SS, TOR3
Ryan Mountcastle, LF, BAL3
Miguel Sano, 1B, MIN3
Ramon Laureano, CF, OAK3
Tommy Edman, 3B, STL3
Jorge Polanco, SS, MIN3
Kyle Schwarber, LF, WAS3
Hector Neris, RP, PHI32
Emmanuel Clase, RP, CLE3N/R
Nick Madrigal, 2B, CHW3
Jordan Romano, RP, TOR3
Jordan Montgomery, SP, NYY3
Kyle Lewis, CF, SEA3
Aaron Hicks, CF, NYY3
Christian Walker, 1B, ARI3
Andrew McCutchen, LF, PHI3
Byron Buxton, CF, MIN3
Will Smith, RP, ATL2
Tarik Skubal, SP, DET2
Brady Singer, SP, KC2
Chris Bassitt, SP, OAK2
A.J. Pollock, LF, LAD2
Sean Murphy, C, OAK2
Freddy Peralta, RP, MIL2
Justin Turner, 3B, LAD2
David Price, SP, LAD2
Craig Kimbrel, RP, CHC2
Mark Canha, RF, OAK2
Austin Riley, 3B, ATL2
Zach Davies, SP, CHC2
Joey Votto, 1B, CIN2
David Fletcher, SS, LAA2
Mitch Garver, C, MIN2
James McCann, C, NYM2
J.D. Davis, 3B, NYM2
Christian Vazquez, C, BOS2
Victor Robles, CF, WAS2
Kole Calhoun, RF, ARI2

Roto Trade Values 

PlayerValueChange From Last Week
Ronald Acuna, CF, ATL42
Mookie Betts, RF, LAD42
Juan Soto, LF, WAS41
Jacob deGrom, SP, NYM40
Mike Trout, CF, LAA40
Trea Turner, SS, WAS39
Jose Ramirez, 3B, CLE38
Shane Bieber, SP, CLE37
Gerrit Cole, SP, NYY37
Christian Yelich, LF, MIL36
Trevor Story, SS, COL36
Freddie Freeman, 1B, ATL34
Francisco Lindor, SS, NYM32
Bryce Harper, RF, PHI31
Cody Bellinger, CF, LAD31
Manny Machado, 3B, SD30
Trevor Bauer, SP, LAD30
Yu Darvish, SP, SD30
Lucas Giolito, SP, CHW29
Adalberto Mondesi, SS, KC29
Aaron Nola, SP, PHI28
Luis Castillo, SP, CIN28
Max Scherzer, SP, WAS28
Corey Seager, SS, LAD28
Clayton Kershaw, SP, LAD27
DJ LeMahieu, 2B, NYY27
Anthony Rendon, 3B, LAA27
Xander Bogaerts, SS, BOS26
Fernando Tatis, SS, SD26-16
Kyle Tucker, LF, HOU26
Alex Bregman, 3B, HOU25
Jack Flaherty, SP, STL25
Walker Buehler, SP, LAD25
Bo Bichette, SS, TOR25
Brandon Woodruff, SP, MIL25
Tyler Glasnow, SP, TB245
Whit Merrifield, RF, KC24
Tim Anderson, SS, CHW24
Corbin Burnes, SP, MIL247
Ozzie Albies, 2B, ATL24
Marcell Ozuna, LF, ATL24
Rafael Devers, 3B, BOS24
Luis Robert, CF, CHW23
Starling Marte, CF, MIA22
Kenta Maeda, SP, MIN21
Jose Abreu, 1B, CHW21
George Springer, CF, TOR21
Nolan Arenado, 3B, STL21
Blake Snell, SP, SD20
Aaron Judge, RF, NYY20
Lance Lynn, SP, CHW20
J.T. Realmuto, C, PHI20
Pete Alonso, 1B, NYM20
Ketel Marte, 2B, ARI19
Vladimir Guerrero, 1B, TOR18
Hyun-Jin Ryu, SP, TOR17
Nick Castellanos, RF, CIN17
Austin Meadows, LF, TB17
Gleyber Torres, SS, NYY17
Stephen Strasburg, SP, WAS17-1
Yordan Alvarez, DH, HOU17
Randy Arozarena, LF, TB17
Nelson Cruz, DH, MIN17
Javier Baez, SS, CHC17
Eugenio Suarez, 3B, CIN16
Josh Hader, RP, MIL16
Liam Hendriks, RP, CHW16
Michael Conforto, RF, NYM16
Matt Olson, 1B, OAK16
Kyle Hendricks, SP, CHC16
J.D. Martinez, DH, BOS16
Zack Greinke, SP, HOU16
Jose Altuve, 2B, HOU16
Charlie Blackmon, RF, COL16
Jose Berrios, SP, MIN161
Zack Wheeler, SP, PHI161
Brandon Lowe, 2B, TB15
Cavan Biggio, 2B, TOR15
Trent Grisham, CF, SD15
Lourdes Gurriel, LF, TOR15
Max Fried, SP, ATL15
Giancarlo Stanton, DH, NYY15
Aroldis Chapman, RP, NYY14-1
Sandy Alcantara, SP, MIA144
Paul Goldschmidt, 1B, STL14
Teoscar Hernandez, RF, TOR14
Yoan Moncada, 3B, CHW14
Zach Plesac, SP, CLE14-1
Chris Paddack, SP, SD14
Eddie Rosario, LF, CLE14
Edwin Diaz, RP, NYM14
Keston Hiura, 2B, MIL14-3
Carlos Correa, SS, HOU13
Charlie Morton, SP, ATL13
Dansby Swanson, SS, ATL13
Max Muncy, 1B, LAD13
Jeff McNeil, LF, NYM13
Anthony Rizzo, 1B, CHC13
Ian Anderson, SP, ATL13
Matt Chapman, 3B, OAK12
Mike Moustakas, 2B, CIN12
Jesus Luzardo, SP, OAK12
Joey Gallo, RF, TEX12
Kris Bryant, 3B, CHC11
Dylan Bundy, SP, LAA11
Salvador Perez, C, KC11
Willson Contreras, C, CHC11
Lance McCullers, SP, HOU11
Zac Gallen, SP, ARI11
Raisel Iglesias, RP, LAA11
Sonny Gray, SP, CIN11
Luke Voit, 1B, NYY11
Wil Myers, RF, SD10
Byron Buxton, CF, MIN10
Brad Hand, RP, WAS10-2
Dominic Smith, 1B, NYM10-1
Dinelson Lamet, SP, SD10
Jorge Soler, DH, KC10
Kenley Jansen, RP, LAD10
Shohei Ohtani, DH, LAA103
Alec Bohm, 3B, PHI10
Alex Verdugo, RF, BOS10
Mike Yastrzemski, RF, SF9
Joe Musgrove, SP, SD9
Pablo Lopez, SP, MIA9
Eric Hosmer, 1B, SD9
Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B, PIT9-1
Gio Urshela, 3B, NYY9
Ryan Pressly, RP, HOU9
Josh Bell, 1B, WAS9
Tommy Pham, LF, SD9
Michael Brantley, DH, HOU9
Julio Urias, SP, LAD9
Victor Robles, CF, WAS9
Trevor Rosenthal, RP, OAK8-3
Franmil Reyes, DH, CLE8
Rhys Hoskins, 1B, PHI8
Patrick Corbin, SP, WAS8
Dylan Moore, LF, SEA8
Will Smith, C, LAD8
Ian Happ, CF, CHC8
Aaron Civale, SP, CLE8
Dustin May, SP, LAD83
Gary Sanchez, C, NYY7
Kevin Gausman, SP, SF7
Frankie Montas, SP, OAK7
Ramon Laureano, CF, OAK7
Josh Donaldson, 3B, MIN7
Didi Gregorius, SS, PHI7
Trey Mancini, RF, BAL7
Clint Frazier, RF, NYY7
Tyler Mahle, SP, CIN7
Carlos Carrasco, SP, NYM7
Marcus Semien, SS, TOR7
Miguel Sano, 1B, MIN7
Dylan Carlson, RF, STL7
Travis d'Arnaud, C, ATL7
Yasmani Grandal, C, CHW7
German Marquez, SP, COL7
Marco Gonzales, SP, SEA7
Tommy Edman, 3B, STL6
Andrew Vaughn, 1B, CHW6-2
Mike Soroka, SP, ATL6
Ryan Mountcastle, LF, BAL6
Framber Valdez, SP, HOU6
Jose Urquidy, SP, HOU6
Craig Kimbrel, RP, CHC6
Matt Barnes, RP, BOS64
Mark Melancon, RP, SD65
Diego Castillo, RP, TB6N/R
Nick Madrigal, 2B, CHW6
James Paxton, SP, SEA6
Max Kepler, RF, MIN6
Kyle Lewis, CF, SEA6
Anthony Santander, RF, BAL6
Corey Kluber, SP, NYY5
Will Smith, RP, ATL5
Marcus Stroman, SP, NYM5
Triston McKenzie, SP, CLE5
Alex Reyes, RP, STL55
Jameson Taillon, SP, NYY5
C.J. Cron, 1B, COL5
John Means, SP, BAL4
Michael Pineda, SP, MIN4
Jordan Romano, RP, TOR4-1
Andres Gimenez, SS, CLE4
Nick Senzel, CF, CIN4
Justin Turner, 3B, LAD4
A.J. Pollock, LF, LAD4
Alex Colome, RP, MIN4
Kyle Schwarber, LF, WAS4
Yusei Kikuchi, SP, SEA43
Carlos Rodon, SP, CHW4N/R
Jarred Kelenic, CF, SEA4
Christian Vazquez, C, BOS4
Dallas Keuchel, SP, CHW4
Domingo German, SP, NYY4
Tony Gonsolin, SP, LAD4
Andrew Heaney, SP, LAA4
Rafael Montero, RP, SEA4-1
Aaron Hicks, CF, NYY3
James McCann, C, NYM3
Austin Riley, 3B, ATL3
Jorge Polanco, SS, MIN3
Christian Walker, 1B, ARI3
Andrew McCutchen, LF, PHI3
Mitch Garver, C, MIN3
J.D. Davis, 3B, NYM3
Sean Murphy, C, OAK3
Jean Segura, 2B, PHI3
David Price, SP, LAD3
Leody Taveras, CF, TEX3
Kolten Wong, 2B, MIL31
Jurickson Profar, LF, SD31
Emmanuel Clase, RP, CLE3N/R
Wander Franco, SS, TB3
Mark Canha, RF, OAK3
Jake Cronenworth, 2B, SD3
Nick Solak, LF, TEX3
Andrew Benintendi, LF, KC3
Gavin Lux, 2B, LAD3
Mitch Haniger, RF, SEA2
Carlos Santana, 1B, KC2
Eduardo Rodriguez, SP, BOS2
Brady Singer, SP, KC2
Jordan Montgomery, SP, NYY2
Zach Eflin, SP, PHI2
Elieser Hernandez, SP, MIA2
Eduardo Escobar, 3B, ARI2
Jonathan Villar, 2B, NYM2
Jesse Winker, LF, CIN2
James Karinchak, RP, CLE2-7
Devin Williams, RP, MIL2-3
Sixto Sanchez, SP, MIA2-7
Alex Kirilloff, RF, MIN2
Paul DeJong, SS, STL2
Raimel Tapia, LF, COL2
Brian Anderson, 3B, MIA2
Amir Garrett, RP, CIN21
Jazz Chisholm, 2B, MIA22
Hector Neris, RP, PHI22
Jared Walsh, 1B, LAA2
Griffin Canning, SP, LAA2
Austin Nola, C, SD2
Joakim Soria, RP, ARI2
Ha-seong Kim, SS, SD2
Hunter Dozier, 1B, KC2
Kole Calhoun, RF, ARI2
Jo Adell, RF, LAA2
Victor Reyes, CF, DET2