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Fantasy: Week 26 positional rankings

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Reid and Mike get together with New York Derby expert Tim Shaw to talk about all of the exciting rivalry action in Round 26. They start the show with a short review of the important fantasy takeaways form Round 25 including the latest injury news before the big El Trafico match. Things get a little silly during the Round 26 previews but top fantasy match ups and players are identified and options are given in case lineups don't go as expected. It's a great preview and a must listen before Round 26 starts on Wednesday.




The New York Red Bulls are the only team that play twice in Week 26, and thus feature prominently here, but there are several enticing fantasy options to consider from other teams as well. Letā€™s take a closer look at this weekā€™s positional rankings.


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Goalkeepers


Luis Robles is the only goalkeeper with two games this week, including one against a D.C. United side on Sunday (7 pm ET | FS1 ā€” Full TV & streaming info) that he shut out on the road in Week 22.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1 
Luis Robles
RBNY
at NYC, vs. DC
$7.5
2 
Tim Melia
SKC
vs. MIN
$7.5
3
Alex Bono
TOR
vs. MTL
$6.1
4 
Andre Blake
PHI
vs. NE
$5.7
5 
Sean Johnson
NYC
vs. RBNY
$6.5
6
Tim Howard
COL
vs. RSL
$6.1
7
Andrew Tarbell
SJ
vs. VAN
$6.4
8
Joe Willis
HOU
vs. DAL
$6.0
9 
Brad Guzan
ATL
at ORL
$5.4
10
Zack Steffen
CLB
at CHI
$6.9

Defenders


Kemar Lawrence is the priciest of the Red Bulls defensive options, but he also comes with a slightly higher ceiling given his penchant for joining in the attack.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Kemar Lawrence
RBNY
at NYC, vs. DC
$8.3
2
Aaron Long
RBNY
at NYC, vs. DC
$7.9
3
Tim Parker
RBNY
at NYC, vs. DC
$7.5
4
Graham Zusi
SKC
vs. MIN
$9.0
5
Matt Besler
SKC
vs. MIN
$8.5
6
Ike Opara
SKC
vs. MIN
$8.5
7
Edgar Castillo
COL
vs. RSL
$7.5
8
Laurent Ciman
LAFC
at LA
$7.3
9
Anton Tinnerholm
NYC
vs. RBNY
$8.5
10
Keegan Rosenberry
PHI
vs. NE
$6.6
11
Seth Sinovic
SKC
vs. MIN
$6.5
12
Connor Lade
RBNY
at NYC, vs. DC
$4.1
13
Philippe Senderos
HOU
vs. DAL
$6.5
14
Leandro Gonzalez Pirez
ATL
at ORL
$6.2
15
Harrison Afful
CLB
at CHI
$7.5
16
Justin Morrow
TOR
vs. MTL
$6.0
17
Steven Beitashour
LAFC
at LA
$7.3
18
Gregory van der Wiel
TOR
vs. MTL
$6.4
19
Jack Elliott
PHI
vs. NE
$5.3
20
Matt Hedges
DAL
at HOU
$8.0

Midfielders


Daniel Royer has been on fire with six goals across his last five starts. With two games on the docket in Week 26, itā€™s time to ride the hot hand.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Daniel Royer
RBNY
at NYC, vs. DC
$9.5
2
Kaku
RBNY
at NYC, vs. DC
$9.8
3
Marc Rzatkowski
RBNY
at NYC, vs. DC
$8.0
4
Tyler Adams
RBNY
at NYC, vs. DC
$8.2
5
Sean Davis
RBNY
at NYC, vs. DC
$6.8
6
Miguel Almiron
ATL
at ORL
$11.2
7
Nicolas Lodeiro
SEA
at POR
$13.0
8
Diego Valeri
POR
vs. SEA
$12.5
9
Johnny Russell
SKC
vs. MIN
$9.1
10
Daniel Salloi
SKC
vs. MIN
$6.7
11
Maxi Moralez
NYC
vs. RBNY
$11.6
12
Borek Dockal
PHI
vs. NE
$10.4
13
Ignacio Piatti
MTL
at TOR
$10.4
14
Jonathan Osorio
TOR
vs. MTL
$11.4
15
Vako
SJ
vs. VAN
$9.5
16
Ismael Tajouri-Shradi
NYC
vs. RBNY
$9.1
17
Victor Vazquez
TOR
vs. MTL
$9.6
18
Kellyn Acosta
COL
vs. RSL
$9.8
19
Albert Rusnak
RSL
at COL
$9.8
20
Ilie
SKC
vs. MIN
$10.0
21
Diego Fagundez
NE
at PHI
$10.4
22
Lee Nguyen
LAFC
at LA
$8.4
23
Roger Espinoza
SKC
vs. MIN
$9.0
24
Federico Higuain
CLB
at CHI
$9.0
25
Joao Plata
RSL
at COL
$11.0
26
Sebastian Lletget
LA
vs. LAFC
$7.0
27
Julian Gressel
ATL
at ORL
$8.9
28
Pablo Aranguiz
DAL
at HOU
$7.5
29
Bastian Schweinsteiger
CHI
vs. CLB
$9.4
30
Michael Barrios
DAL
at HOU
$8.5

Forwards


Bradley Wright-Phillips leads all Red Bulls players with 158 Fantasy points this season. Heā€™s made his mark on the scoresheet with at least a goal or an assist in each of his last six starts, and with two games this week we can click that ā€œAdd Playerā€ button with confidence.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Bradley Wright-Phillips
RBNY
at NYC, vs. DC
$10.4
2
Josef Martinez
ATL
at ORL
$12.5
3
Sebastian Giovinco
TOR
vs. MTL
$12.0
4
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
LA
vs. LAFC
$12.0
5
Carlos Vela
LAFC
at LA
$9.8
6
David Villa
NYC
vs. RBNY
$9.8
7
Jozy Altidore
TOR
vs. MTL
$9.9
8
Diego Rubio
SKC
vs. MIN
$8.2
9
Gerso Fernandes
SKC
vs. MIN
$6.7
10
Wayne Rooney
DC
at RBNY
$10.3
11
Diego Rossi
LAFC
at LA
$8.8
12
Hector Villalba
ATL
at ORL
$9.5
13
Nemanja Nikolic
CHI
vs. CLB
$8.9
14
Romell Quioto
HOU
vs. DAL
$8.0
15
Gyasi Zardes
CLB
at CHIC
$9.2
16
Mauro Manotas
HOU
vs. DAL
$7.9
17
Cory Burke
PHI
vs. NE
$7.8
18
Cristian Penilla
NE
at PHI
$9.3
19
Raul Ruidiaz
SEA
at POR
$9.3
20
Dom Dwyer
ORL
vs. ATL
$9.6

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