How I determined Mike Trout's new ranking

Mike Trout's absence for the next six to eight weeks due to a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb is a seemingly crushing blow to his fantasy owners' squads, but just how much should his owners panic?

Approaching Trout's absence from a pure rankings perspective, he was previously my No. 1-ranked player overall for the remainder of 2017, but more than that, he was No. 1 by a significant margin -- he'd have been projected to earn at least 15 percent more in terms of Rotisserie dollars the rest of the way than any other individual player.

With an estimated absence of nearly two months, however, Trout plummeted to 96th overall and 30th among outfielders, projecting his trade value to…