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Fantasy: Week 13 positional rankings


Reid, Michael, and Blayne sit down with special guest & MLS Fantasy Boss contributor Tyler Bartels to review the most important takeaways from Round 12 and preview Round 13. The first segment includes a short discussion period where Reid covers some of the techniques for a defender switcheroo and guys talk about opportunities for providing feedback on the first half of the fantasy season. After that, they cover top player options for Round 13 including the best way to distribute your RBNY and Vancouver players throughout your team.



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Goalkeepers

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Luis Robles | USA Today Sports Images


New York Red Bulls goalkeeper Luis Robles kept Atlanta off the scoresheet in his last outing and is in a good spot to collect another clean sheet this week. Robles has the best schedule of the two DGW goalkeepers, facing the lowest scoring teams in the league in Vancouver and FC Cincinnati.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1 
Luis Robles
RBNY
vs. VAN, at CIN
$6.3
2 
Maxime Crepeau
VAN
at RBNY, vs. DAL
$7.1
3 
Tyler Miller
LAFC
vs. MTL
$7.9
4 
Vito Mannone
MIN
vs. HOU
$7.5
5 
Andre Blake
PHI
vs. POR
$6.4
6
Tim Howard
COL
vs. CLB
$5.0
7
Brian Rowe
ORL
vs. LA
$6.6
8
Quentin Westberg
TOR
vs. SJ
$5.6
9
Sean Johnson
NYC
at CHI
$8.0
10
Bill Hamid
DC
at NE
$8.2

Defenders

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Amro Tarek | USA Today Sports Images


With Tim Parker suspended for one game, and Aaron Long working his way back from an injury, Amro Tarek jumps out as the Red Bulls defender most likely to play both games this week. Heā€™s averaging over six fantasy points per game across his last five outings. Considering Vancouver and Cincinnati rank dead last in goals scored, a double-digit point haul is well within reach.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Amro Tarek
RBNY
vs. VAN, at CIN
$6.8
2
Michael Murillo
RBNY
vs. VAN, at CIN
$7.0
3
Kemar Lawrence
RBNY
vs. VAN, at CIN
$5.7
4
Sean Nealis
RBNY
vs. VAN, at CIN
$4.5
5
Erik Godoy
VAN
at RBNY, vs. DAL
$7.7
6
Ali Adnan
VAN
at RBNY, vs. DAL
$7.1
7
Derek Cornelius
VAN
at RBNY, vs. DAL
$4.4
8
PC
VAN
at RBNY, vs. DAL
$4.4
9
Walker Zimmerman
LAFC
vs. MTL
$9.9
10
Eddie Segura
LAFC
vs. MTL
$8.7
11
Jordan Harvey
LAFC
vs. MTL
$8.4
12
Romain Metanire
MIN
vs. HOU
$8.6
13
Ike Opara
MIN
vs. HOU
$8.6
14
Jake Nerwinski
VAN
at RBNY, vs. DAL
$5.8
15
Scott Sutter
VAN
at RBNY, vs. DAL
$4.6
16
Ronald Matarrita
NYC
at CHI
$7.0
17
Shea Salinas
SJ
at TOR
$6.9
18
Jack Elliott
PHI
vs. POR
$8.6
19
Ruan
ORL
vs. LA
$6.0
20
Joao Moutinho
ORL
vs. LA
$5.9

Midfielders

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Danny Royer | USA Today Sports Images


Daniel Royer has an assist in three of his last four outings, including one against an FC Cincinnati side that was torched for five goals in Week 12. With a team-high two goals and four assists, he comes with arguably the most upside of any Red Bulls midfielder this week.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Daniel Royer
RBNY
vs. VAN, at CIN
$8.4
2
Marc Rzatkowski
RBNY
vs. VAN, at CIN
$9.2
3
Kaku
RBNY
vs. VAN, at CIN
$7.1
4
Sean Davis
RBNY
vs. VAN, at CIN
$6.9
5
Inbeom Hwang
VAN
at RBNY, vs. DAL
$7.1
6
Nani
ORL
vs. LA
$11.2
7
Russell Teibert
VAN
at RBNY, vs. DAL
$5.9
8
Nicolas Lodeiro
SEA
at SKC
$10.9
9
Mark-Anthony Kaye
LAFC
vs. MTL
$10.9
10
Aleksandar Katai
CHI
vs. NYC
$10.0
11
Maxi Moralez
NYC
at CHI
$10.8
12
Carles Gil
NE
vs. DC
$9.8
13
Johnny Russell
SKC
vs. SEA
$9.5
14
Albert Rusnak
RSL
vs. ATL
$10.5
15
Diego Valeri
POR
at PHI
$11.1
16
Jonathan dos Santos
LA
at ORL
$10.2
17
Pity Martinez
ATL
at RSL
$8.6
18
Jonathan Osorio
TOR
vs. SJ
$9.7
19
Jamiro Monteiro
PHI
vs. POR
$8.0
20
Federico Higuain
CLB
at COL
$7.3
21
Sebastian Saucedo
RSL
vs. ATL
$4.8
22
Jefferson Savarino
RSL
vs. ATL
$7.9
23
Julian Gressel
ATL
at RSL
$8.9
24
Sebastian Blanco
POR
at PHI
$10.6
25
Luciano Acosta
DC
at NE
$9.4
26
Memo Rodriguez
HOU
at MIN
$7.4
27
Lucas Venuto
VAN
at RBNY, vs. DAL
$5.1
28
Andy Rose
VAN
at RBNY, vs. DAL
$4.6
29
Alex Muyl
RBNY
vs. VAN, at CIN
$5.2
30
Sebastian Lletget
LA
at ORL
$7.9

Forwards

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Carlos Vela | USA Today Sports Images


Carlos Vela has hit double-digit fantasy points in three straight games. Even with a dusting of double game week forwards to consider, heā€™s the best option in a favorable home game against Montreal.

Rank
Player
Team
Opponent
Price
1
Carlos Vela
LAFC
vs. MTL
$14.9
2
Fredy Montero
VAN
at RBNY, vs. DAL
$8.0
3
Brian White
RBNY
vs. VAN, at CIN
$6.3
4
Tom Barlow
RBNY
vs. VAN, at CIN
$4.8
5
Darwin Quintero
MIN
vs. HOU
$10.6
6
Kei Kamara
COL
vs. CLB
$9.3
7
Josef Martinez
ATL
at RSL
$9.8
8
Jozy Altidore
TOR
vs. SJ
$10.9
9
Diego Rossi
LAFC
vs. MTL
$9.0
10
Wayne Rooney
DC
at NE
$10.7
11
Brian Fernandez
POR
at PHI
$10.0
12
Latif Blessing
LAFC
vs. MTL
$9.1
13
Heber
NYC
at CHI
$8.9
14
Kacper Przybylko
PHI
vs. POR
$6.3
15
Raul Ruidiaz
SEA
at SKC
$9.7
16
Mauro Manotas
HOU
at MIN
$10.7
17
Tesho Akindele
ORL
vs. LA
$6.2
18
Cristian Penilla
NE
vs. DC
$7.1
19
Christian Ramirez
LAFC
vs. MTL
$5.9
20
Ismael Tajouri-Shradi
NYC
at CHI
$8.1