Who Should I Draft?
Adalberto Mondesi or Anthony Rendon (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Anthony Rendon 3B - LAA  | Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC  | |
Expert |
74% Recommended by 37 of 50 experts |
26% Recommended by 13 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 17 | # 31 |
| Best Rank | # 14 | # 11 |
| Worst Rank | # 36 | # 138 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 28 | # 29 |
| Best Rank | # 25 | # 24 |
| Worst Rank | # 38 | # 65 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 91 | 76 |
| Home Runs | 28 | 17 |
| RBI | 100 | 64 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 49 |
| Batting Average | .292 | .254 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | IL10 | IL10 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 16 | # 45 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 19 | # 42 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 16 | # 54 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 18 | # 26 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 21 | # 43 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 22 | # 24 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 18 | # 25 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 15 | # 18 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 17 | # 33 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 17 | # 18 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 34 | # 35 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 19 | # 26 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 16 | # 138 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 23 | # 31 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 21 | # 38 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 14 | # 16 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 15 | # 26 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 17 | # 62 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 18 | # 107 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 19 | # 26 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 17 | # 55 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 18 | # 41 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 19 | # 20 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 19 | # 33 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 19 | # 69 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 16 | # 30 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 14 | # 18 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 18 | # 21 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 19 | # 26 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 18 | # 28 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 15 | # 52 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 19 | # 72 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 17 | # 18 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 18 | # 33 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 23 | # 25 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 20 | # 95 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 24 | # 25 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 16 | # 11 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 19 | # 15 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 18 | # 16 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 18 | # 16 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 18 | # 17 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 26 | # 17 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 31 | # 17 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 23 | # 20 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 23 | # 20 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 22 | # 21 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 26 | # 24 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 32 | # 31 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 36 | # 35 |
| Anthony Rendon 3B - LAA | Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 189 | 219 |
| Runs | 29 | 33 |
| Hits | 54 | 56 |
| Singles | 33 | 36 |
| Doubles | 11 | 11 |
| Triples | 1 | 3 |
| Home Runs | 9 | 6 |
| RBI | 31 | 22 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 24 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 8 |
| Walks | 38 | 11 |
| Strikeouts | 31 | 70 |
| Batting Average | .286 | .256 |
| On Base Pct | .418 | .294 |
| Slugging Pct | .497 | .416 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .916 | .710 |
| Anthony Rendon 3B - LAA | Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 542 | 526 |
| Runs | 91 | 76 |
| Hits | 157 | 133 |
| Singles | 89 | 83 |
| Doubles | 36 | 25 |
| Triples | 2 | 8 |
| Home Runs | 28 | 17 |
| RBI | 100 | 64 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 49 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 12 |
| Walks | 80 | 29 |
| Strikeouts | 92 | 162 |
| Batting Average | .292 | .254 |
| On Base Pct | .384 | .293 |
| Slugging Pct | .520 | .428 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .904 | .721 |
| Anthony Rendon 3B - LAA | Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC | |
| News | ||
| The Angels placed 3B Anthony Rendon (groin) on the 10-day injured list Monday. Brad Camara Mon, Apr 12th | Royals SS Adalberto Mondesi (oblique) has yet to resume baseball activities. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Apr 12th | |
| Angels 3B Anthony Rendon is absent from Sunday's lineup with a minor groin injury. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sun, Apr 11th | Royals SS Adalberto Mondesi (oblique) has yet to ramp up his activities. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Apr 5th | |
| Anthony Rendon went 2-4 with two singles and a walk in Friday's 7-1 blowout of the Blue Jays. Jack Mannis Sat, Apr 10th | The Kansas City Royals have placed SS Adalberto Mondesi on the 10-day IL with a right oblique strain. Jack Mannis Wed, Mar 31st | |
| Angels 3B Anthony Rendon is sitting for Tuesday's contest against Zack Greinke and the Astros. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Tue, Apr 6th | Adalberto Mondesi will be making his spring debut, batting second and playing shortstop on Friday against the Dodgers. Brenden Trout Fri, Mar 5th | |
| Angels' 3B Anthony Rendon went 1-4 with a single, a walk, and a run in Sunday's contest against the White Sox. Jack Mannis Mon, Apr 5th | Royals SS Adalberto Mondesi (foot) is running the bases on Thursday. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Thu, Mar 4th | |
| Notes | ||
| Rendon's stock feels like it has dropped dramatically, but there's really nothing in the small sample size of the 2020 season that should alter your outlook much on him. Yes, he didn't hit the ball as hard consistently, but he walked more than ever, maintained his elite strikeout rate, and still put up a roughly 30-homer, 100-RBI pace. Still just 31 years old, there should be plenty left in the tank this season for the veteran, and he should once again be a strong four-category contributor, with a small bit of speed thrown in for good measure. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Mondesi will begin the year on the 10-day IL with a strained oblique. When healthy, however, there's no reason to doubt his performance. Even in a shortened year, it was a tale of two seasons for Mondesi. In 35 games in July and August, he batted just .186 with 11 runs, two RBI, no home runs, and eight steals. In his final 24 games, he batted .356 with six home runs, 22 runs scored, 20 RBI, and 16 steals. In the end, Mondesi delivered exactly the type of season that fantasy managers have come to expect, and his 24 steals were eight more than the next highest total. Mondesi won't help in batting average and offers minimal power, but he's an unmatched source of steals. And given that much of his lackluster first month can probably be written off to offseason shoulder surgery, fantasy managers should be able to expect closer to the second-half version of Mondesi rather than the first this year. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| It's maddening how underrated Rendon continues to be among fantasy analysts. His wOBA and xwOBA both finished in the 92nd percentile or better for the third straight season. Additionally, he'll have a full season of hitting behind Mike Trout in 2021, which will obviously be fantastic for his RBI totals. Rendon is currently going around pick 40 in NFBC drafts, an ADP that makes him an appealing target for fantasy managers who start SP-SP. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | Overall the final three weeks of the 2020 season, Mondesi was the hottest hitter in baseball. After failing to live up to his preseason expectations for most of the year, Mondesi hit .376 with 16 (!!) stolen bases over his final 93 plate appearances. It would be easy to argue that he won fantasy leagues down the stretch if it wasn't for such a brutal showing at the plate leading up to it. Still, this is the type of monstrous stolen base upside that'll keep us invested entering 2021. It goes without saying that Mondesi's value increases in roto leagues. He should be viewed as a wildly volatile player to draft. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | |
