One of the best ways to take advantage of your foes in fantasy baseball is to trick them into making a costly trade for an overachieving player early in the year. You can probably get quite the return and watch your trade partner become frustrated as his or her new acquisition sputters.

Someone that may be a good candidate to trade away? Miami Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton.

There is no doubt that Stanton is one of the league's most dangerous power hitters and that he will likely surpass the 25- home run plateau again. However, his high batting average this season (.345) has made him seem like even more of a star than normal. In fact, he also has two stolen bases; a fairly useless statistic at this point in the season in terms of predictability but definitely another factor you can use to fool your opponents.

Stanton's high average will likely come down to about the .260 range or lower, but your unsuspecting opponent who wants him may believe that this could be the year that the career .267 hitter becomes a legitimate triple crown threat.

Also, this small sample size of games can definitely work in your favor. Stanton went six-for-sixteen with a home run, seven RBI and six runs scored in his first four games of the season (four-for-thirteen since) against the Colorado Rockies. Colorado has one of the worst pitching staffs in baseball, so Stanton clearly did not face some of the better pitchers around baseball. Favorable matchups in these first four games (he has now played eight) could have possibly skewed his numbers in his favor.

Stanton hit fairly well in three games against the San Diego Padres and went one-for-four against Washington Nationals star Gio Gonzalez on Tuesday night, but the future may be a little dicey for him as he may very well regress back to his .249-hitting self from last season.

In addition to the fact that his numbers will probably decrease as he faces better pitching, Stanton has been slightly injury-prone the past two seasons. He missed a combined 85 games over the past two years and while it may have absolutely nothing to do with whether or not he will get injured again this season, it still raises concerns about his durability.

If you own Giancarlo Stanton, consider trading him. It may tear a piece of your soul out after you have probably praised him for doing so well this season, but you will thank yourself in the end. He will yield a great return and you will probably be able to win the trade in the end.