Fantasy: Week 6 positional rankings

Schuyler Redpath

Reid, Mike, and Blayne are joined by Ashley Savage from MLSFemale.com to preview all of the upcoming action in Week 6 of the MLS season. They start out with a new format for reviewing Round 5 and touch on their most important takeaways and fantasy surprise moments. They pause for some housekeeping to cover the Friday start date and Bye teams before moving straight into the Round 6 player picks.
No fools in this episode, just solid fantasy tips.

Week 6 of MLS Fantasy features multiple matchups to target for fantasy points, so let’s dive right into my top players at each position to help your team make some moves up the leaderboards.

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Goalkeepers

Stefan Frei leads the league with 18 saves and he’s coming off his second clean sheet in four games to start the season. Up next, he faces a Real Salt Lake attack that has just two goals in three road games, putting him in a favorable spot for another shutout on Saturday at CenturyLink Field.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Price
1	Stefan Frei	SEA	vs. RSL	$7.5
2	Zack Steffen	CLB	vs. NE	$7.7
3	Sean Johnson	NYC	vs. MTL	$6.6
4	Alex Bono	TOR	vs. CHI	$6.0
5	Luis Robles	RBNY	vs. MIN	$5.7
6	Andre Blake	PHI	vs. DAL	$6.7
7	Bill Hamid	DC	vs. LAFC	$7.9
8	Brian Rowe	ORL	vs. COL	$5.6
9	Spencer Richey	CIN	vs. SKC	$6.2
10	Maxime Crepeau	VAN	vs. LA	$5.0

Defenders

Nick DeLeon continues to operate as a midfielder in Toronto FC’s setup, giving us the best of both worlds if he can pick up attacking and defensive points. DeLeon has taken a combined eight shots over his last three games, and the addition of Alejandro Pozuelo only helps his fantasy upside.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Price
1	Nick DeLeon	TOR	vs. CHI	$6.5
2	Gaston Sauro	CLB	vs. NE	$6.5
3	Brad Smith	SEA	vs. RSL	$6.8
4	Kelvin Leerdam	SEA	vs. RSL	$7.0
5	PC	VAN	vs. LA	$4.9
6	Justin Morrow	TOR	vs. CHI	$7.2
7	Ronald Matarrita	NYC	vs. MTL	$5.2
8	Michael Murillo	RBNY	vs. MIN	$7.9
9	Anton Tinnerholm	NYC	vs. MTL	$6.3
10	Alexander Callens	NYC	vs. MTL	$7.1
11	Auro	TOR	vs. CHI	$6.3
12	Chad Marshall	SEA	vs. RSL	$7.4
13	Aaron Long	RBNY	vs. MIN	$6.3
14	Kim Kee-hee	SEA	vs. RSL	$6.5
15	Joao Moutinho	ORL	vs. COL	$5.5
16	Kendall Waston	CIN	vs. SKC	$6.2
17	Jonathan Mensah	CLB	vs. NE	$7.9
18	Leonardo Jara	DC	vs. LAFC	$8.0
19	Ali Adnan	VAN	vs. LA	$5.5
20	Ruan	ORL	vs. COL	$5.2

Midfielders

Alejandro Pozuelo delivered a statement in his MLS debut, registering 20 points by way of two goals and an assist. It’s a one-game sample size, but he was involved in every facet of the Toronto FC attack and this could be the cheapest we’ll get Pozuelo for the rest of the Spring season.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Price
1	Alejandro Pozuelo	TOR	vs. CHI	$10.5
2	Nicolas Lodeiro	SEA	vs. RSL	$11.9
3	Diego Valeri	POR	at SJ	$11.2
4	Marco Fabian	PHI	vs. DAL	$9.0
5	Nani	ORL	vs. COL	$8.8
6	Luciano Acosta	DC	vs. LAFC	$11.0
7	Johnny Russell	SKC	at CIN	$9.8
8	Romain Alessandrini	LA	at VAN	$9.7
9	Kaku	RBNY	vs. MIN	$8.7
10	Sebastian Blanco	POR	at SJ	$9.9
11	Federico Higuain	CLB	vs. NE	$8.6
12	Victor Rodriguez	SEA	vs. RSL	$9.7
13	Carles Gil	NE	at CLB	$10.4
14	Inbeom Hwang	VAN	vs. LA	$8.3
15	Saphir Taider	MTL	at NYC	$11.9
16	Daniel Royer	RBNY	vs. MIN	$8.1
17	Kenny Saief	CIN	vs. SKC	8.4
18	Jonathan Osorio	TOR	vs. CHI	$8.4
19	Albert Rusnak	RSL	at SEA	$10.8
20	Nicolas Gaitan	CHI	at TOR	$9.4
21	Pedro Santos	CLB	vs. NE	$8.0
22	Paxton Pomykal	DAL	at PHI	$7.7
23	Chris Mueller	ORL	vs. COL	$7.6
24	Alex Muyl	RBNY	vs. MIN	$7.3
25	Ilie Sanchez	SKC	at CIN	$9.6
26	Felipe Gutierrez	SKC	at CIN	$8.6
27	Michael Bradley	TOR	vs. CHI	$10.5
28	Alexander Ring	NYC	vs. MTL	$9.5
29	Marc Rzatkowski	RBNY	vs. MIN	$8.3
30	Cristian Roldan	SEA	vs. RSL	$9.0

Forwards

Raul Ruidiaz failed to score for the first time in nine games dating back to 2018 despite firing off a game-high five shots at Vancouver in Week 5. The Peruvian hitman has scored in five straight home games and he’s high on the fantasy radar against a Salt Lake defense that has conceded the second-most goals in MLS to start 2019.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Price
1	Raul Ruidiaz	SEA	vs. RSL	$11.0
2	Carlos Vela	LAFC	at DC	$12.8
3	Wayne Rooney	DC	vs. LAFC	$11.5
4	Alexandru Mitrita	NYC	vs. MTL	$9.8
5	Jozy Altidore	TOR	vs. CHI	$10.1
6	Bradley Wright-Phillips	RBNY	vs. MIN	$9.9
7	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	LA	at VAN	$11.7
8	Darwin Quintero	MIN	at NYRB	$12.4
9	Gyasi Zardes	CLB	vs. NE	$10.1
10	Heber	NYC	vs. MTL	$8.5
11	Dom Dwyer	ORL	vs. COL	$9.9
12	Jordan Morris	SEA	vs. RSL	$9.2
13	Krisztian Nemeth	SKC	at CIN	$7.2
14	David Accam	PHI	vs. DAL	$6.3
15	Cristian Espinoza	SJ	vs. POR	$8.7
16	Diego Rossi	LAFC	at DC	$9.5
17	Kei Kamara	COL	at ORL	$8.7
18	Fredy Montero	VAN	vs. LA	$8.6
19	Darren Mattocks	CIN	vs. SKC	$5.9
20	Jeremy Ebobisse	POR	at SJ	$7.2