Tuesday, November 28, 2017

2018 Fantasy Nascar Profile: JMac

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Driver Name: Jamie Mac

Car #: 1

Make: Chevy

Season Debut: 2003 (First-Full Season)

Number of Championships: 0

# of Career Starts: 546

# of Career Poles: 11

# of Career Wins: 7

# of Career Top 5s:  61

# of Career Top 10s: 160

# of Career DNFs: 55

# of Career laps led: 1,888

Career Average Finish: 18.2 

Career Average Start: 18.1

# of 2017 Wins: 0

# of 2017 Top 5s: 3

# of 2017 Top 10s: 17

# of 2017 Poles: 0

# of 2017 DNFs: 5

# of 2017 laps led: 21

2017 Average Finish: 14.6

2017 Average Start: 10.1

2017 Fantasy Recap - Jamie Mac had incredible 2017 season. He posted a career high-17 Top 10 finishes and career-best 14.6 average finish. While posting his best mark of 3 top 5 finishes in the last three seasons and his career second-best average starting position of 10.1. Just by looking at those numbers, it is safe to say that he had a pretty productive season. He wasn't contending for top 5 runs often, but he was very consistent. Over the last few seasons, that has been Jamie's trademark. It is what has given him solid fantasy value. if you take away his consistent, I don't think he would offer much because of his lackluster upside. Overall, he had heck of a season in 2017!

Strong Tracks -  Bristol, Martinsville, Dover, Richmond and Michigan

Weak Tracks - Kansas and Pocono 

Yahoo Grouping Tier: B-list grouping tier

2018 Fantasy Outlook -Jamie's 2018 season will most likely look very similar to 2017's numbers. He will have to remind consistent throughout the season to contuine to offer up solid fantasy value. If he isn't consistent, then he probably won't be a realistic option in most formats. Even if he is consistent, I am not sure if there are many games out there where he will be considered on a weekly basis. His lackluster upside will always be his biggest disavdantage. That doesn't mean, he is a bad option though. I love what he brings to a table. He is that ''safe and reablible option who can pretty much be counted on a weekly basis to deliver a top 12. He won't have many bad races, either. His best days will be on the shorter flats and intermediate tracks. I think he will be a wildcard on the plate tracks and road courses.

*All stats are from DriverAverages.com

Twitter - @JeffNathans18