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Fantasy baseball stock watch - Week 5

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Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Mark Melancon (35) plays in the baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday, April 19, 2014, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Mark Melancon, stock up – Dating back to last season, he owns a 1.41 ERA with a 79:9 K:BB ratio over 83.0 innings. Now with Jason Grilli shelved with an oblique injury, Melancon will take over as Pittsburgh’s closer. He has the skills to never give it back.

San Francisco Giants' Pablo Sandoval blows bubble gum during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres on Monday, April 28, 2014, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Pablo Sandoval, stock down – The first month of the season before entering his walk year couldn’t be off to a much worse start, as Sandoval is batting .172/.252/.301 with just two homers over 93 at bats. He doesn’t have an RBI since April 16. He’ll no doubt improve moving forward, but Sandoval entered the week without a hit on a two-strike count this season.

Maintaining your fantasy baseball roster can be a daunting task with all of the variables to keep track. Thank goodness for this weekly Yahoo Sports cheat sheet of players to keep and players to drop. Find out whose stock is going up and whose stock is plummeting this week.