Who Should I Draft?
Aaron Judge or Yordan Alvarez (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU  | Aaron Judge RF - NYY  | |
Expert |
71% Recommended by 32 of 45 experts |
29% Recommended by 13 of 45 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 23 | # 35 |
| Best Rank | # 16 | # 16 |
| Worst Rank | # 39 | # 118 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 38 | # 50 |
| Best Rank | # 33 | # 40 |
| Worst Rank | # 51 | # 78 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 33 | 33 |
| Home Runs | 14 | 13 |
| RBI | 39 | 29 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 2 |
| Batting Average | .292 | .273 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 29 | # 40 |
| Staff Rankings FullTime Fantasy | # 20 | # 89 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 27 | # 58 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 23 | # 28 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 35 | # 53 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 28 | # 30 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 19 | # 60 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 17 | # 18 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 27 | # 51 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 23 | # 44 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 23 | # 53 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 24 | # 29 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 24 | # 40 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 29 | # 30 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 21 | # 31 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 22 | # 44 |
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | # 17 | # 40 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 28 | # 67 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 29 | # 46 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 33 | # 68 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 16 | # 29 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 24 | # 66 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 19 | # 59 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 26 | # 32 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 19 | # 24 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 30 | # 31 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 18 | # 76 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 36 | # 118 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 25 | # 56 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 25 | # 42 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 23 | # 35 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 24 | # 35 |
| Bill Dubiel RotoBaller | # 33 | # 16 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 26 | # 17 |
| George Kurtz FantasyData | # 23 | # 17 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 24 | # 18 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 19 | # 18 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 28 | # 18 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 22 | # 19 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 22 | # 19 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 21 | # 19 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 22 | # 19 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 39 | # 19 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 30 | # 28 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 39 | # 33 |
| Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU | Aaron Judge RF - NYY | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 313 | 378 |
| Runs | 58 | 75 |
| Hits | 98 | 103 |
| Singles | 45 | 57 |
| Doubles | 26 | 18 |
| Triples | 0 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 27 | 27 |
| RBI | 78 | 55 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 3 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 2 |
| Walks | 52 | 64 |
| Strikeouts | 94 | 141 |
| Batting Average | .313 | .273 |
| On Base Pct | .412 | .381 |
| Slugging Pct | .655 | .540 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | 1.067 | .921 |
| Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU | Aaron Judge RF - NYY | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 183 | 167 |
| Runs | 33 | 33 |
| Hits | 53 | 46 |
| Singles | 28 | 25 |
| Doubles | 12 | 8 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 14 | 13 |
| RBI | 39 | 29 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Walks | 27 | 31 |
| Strikeouts | 53 | 64 |
| Batting Average | .292 | .273 |
| On Base Pct | .381 | .388 |
| Slugging Pct | .574 | .538 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .955 | .925 |
| Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU | Aaron Judge RF - NYY | |
| News | ||
| Yordan Alvarez (personal) hasn’t arrived in Houston for spring training 2.0 due to personal reasons. Brad Camara Fri, Jul 3rd | Aaron Judge (rib) said "I'm game ready." "Like I told you guys in Spring Training, I was going to be ready for Opening Day." Brad Camara Mon, Jul 6th | |
| The Astros are planning to have Yordan Alvarez play the field more often in 2020. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sat, Mar 21st | Aaron Judge is starting in right field for the Bomber squad in Monday night's intrasquad game. Carmen Maiorano - Carm's Clubhouse Mon, Jul 6th | |
| Astros manager Dusty Baker says Yordan Alvarez (knee) will not play on Wednesday as previously scheduled. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Tue, Mar 10th | Aaron Judge (rib) is swinging without pain, Brendan Kuty of The Newark Star-Ledger reports. John Aubin Sat, Jul 4th | |
| Astros manager Dusty Baker says Yordan Alvarez (knee) could return to Grapefruit League action on Wednesday. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Mar 9th | Aaron Judge faces Gerrit Cole on Thursday in a simulated game at Yankee Stadium. Joe Buttgereit - Fantasy Sports Nerdz Thu, Jul 2nd | |
| Astros manager Dusty Baker says Yordan Alvarez (knee) is improving. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Fri, Mar 6th | Aaron Judge is expected to be ready for Opening Day, as GM Brian Cashman expressed optimism on his Opening Day prospects during a call with reporters. Carmen Maiorano - Carm's Clubhouse Tue, Jun 30th | |
| Notes | ||
| Ignore the eligibility concerns. Ignore the cheating scandal. Don't totally ignore the knees, but do pay attention to the results. Alvarez put on a historic performance last year across the majors and minors, and there's really nothing to his profile that suggests it wasn't all legit. Before last season, he was really good in the minors, but not quite this good. Fortunately, we can chalk that up to another year of development. Alvarez won't give you steals, but the rest of the numbers are up there with the elite options in fantasy. Yeah, we're talking about a top-five pick if he does it again. He has the pedigree, and he's had the success early in his career. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | Staying healthy is a skill, and it's one that Aaron Judge hasn't possessed over the past couple of seasons. Could his size contribute to that? He's missed significant portions of the past two seasons, and he was dealing with an injury that caused his stock to drop during draft season. There's no denying the power and overall contributions that he brings, but he, like teammate Giancarlo Stanton, gives owners pause about taking them thanks to durability concerns. The tried and true rule is to not take injured players in the draft as there is enough risk baked into players already. Pass on Judge unless he has a clean bill of health. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| It was just an 87 game sample size but in that time, Yordan was clearly one of the top five hitters in baseball. He won't steal any bags, but 50 homers, 140 RBIs and a .320 batting average is within the realm of realistic possibilities. He comes with some risk, however, since we haven't seen it for an extended time. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | Judge has a stress fracture in his rib, which showed "slight improvement" based on a CT scan in mid-April. But he is also dealing with a collapsed lung, and there is still no timetable for when he may be ready for baseball activity. Even with the postponement of the season, there's no guarantee that Judge will be ready to play at any point this season. Draft him with a heavy dose of pessimism and you should be fine. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| Yordan is getting the sophomore discount, meaning you don't have to pay up to get top five player potential. If all goes well, Alvarez will be a monster in all areas except SBs. Perfect third round pick if looking for upside and power. Hits the ball ridiculously hard. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | Judge again missed 50+ games in 2019. While he is healthy, we are still looking at a 40+ homer pace with tons of runs and a batting average that won't kill fantasy owners, but with a second round ADP, the risk may be a little bit too much. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | |
| Has played over 112 games once in four year. Very good player, but not taking on that injury risk in the second or third round. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | ||
