Who Should I Draft?
Adalberto Mondesi or Nelson Cruz (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC  | Nelson Cruz DH - FA  | |
Expert |
71% Recommended by 37 of 52 experts |
29% Recommended by 15 of 52 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 29 | # 30 |
| Best Rank | # 7 | # 20 |
| Worst Rank | # 118 | # 63 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 44 | # 78 |
| Best Rank | # 36 | # 48 |
| Worst Rank | # 96 | # 90 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 28 | 31 |
| Home Runs | 6 | 14 |
| RBI | 25 | 39 |
| Stolen Bases | 17 | 0 |
| Batting Average | .254 | .279 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | FA |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 33 | # 36 |
| Site Rankings Sports Illustrated | # 12 | # 57 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 35 | # 37 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 35 | # 45 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 7 | # 49 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 18 | # 51 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 24 | # 42 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 32 | # 37 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 24 | # 35 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 23 | # 33 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 34 | # 35 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 25 | # 36 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 24 | # 27 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 31 | # 34 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 31 | # 35 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 27 | # 30 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 51 | # 52 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 30 | # 34 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 16 | # 31 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 32 | # 34 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 30 | # 34 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 39 | # 40 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 23 | # 43 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 14 | # 41 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 31 | # 36 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 25 | # 31 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 21 | # 30 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 23 | # 28 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 36 | # 40 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 31 | # 37 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 26 | # 43 |
| Brendan Tuma BettingPros | # 18 | # 37 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 18 | # 20 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 23 | # 32 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 31 | # 33 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 25 | # 63 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 29 | # 31 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 25 | # 21 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 28 | # 23 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 29 | # 27 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 36 | # 30 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 39 | # 33 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 40 | # 38 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 41 | # 36 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 44 | # 37 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 45 | # 34 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 48 | # 27 |
| M. Starks Powell New Life Fantasy | # 50 | # 48 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 73 | # 35 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 75 | # 28 |
| George Kurtz SportsGrid | # 79 | # 32 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 118 | # 26 |
| Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC | Nelson Cruz DH - FA | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 416 | 454 |
| Runs | 58 | 81 |
| Hits | 110 | 141 |
| Singles | 71 | 74 |
| Doubles | 20 | 26 |
| Triples | 10 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 9 | 41 |
| RBI | 62 | 108 |
| Stolen Bases | 43 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 7 | 1 |
| Walks | 19 | 56 |
| Strikeouts | 132 | 131 |
| Batting Average | .264 | .311 |
| On Base Pct | .293 | .392 |
| Slugging Pct | .426 | .639 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .718 | 1.031 |
| Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC | Nelson Cruz DH - FA | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 198 | 190 |
| Runs | 28 | 31 |
| Hits | 50 | 53 |
| Singles | 31 | 30 |
| Doubles | 10 | 9 |
| Triples | 3 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 6 | 14 |
| RBI | 25 | 39 |
| Stolen Bases | 17 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 4 | 0 |
| Walks | 10 | 22 |
| Strikeouts | 60 | 51 |
| Batting Average | .254 | .279 |
| On Base Pct | .291 | .353 |
| Slugging Pct | .434 | .549 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .725 | .902 |
| Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC | Nelson Cruz DH - FA | |
| News | ||
| Kansas City Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi went 3-for-4 with a double, a homer, and two RBI in a 3-1 win over the Tigers in the regular-season finale on Sunday. Matthew Terelle Mon, Sep 28th | La Velle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune writes that Nelson Cruz is seeking a two-year deal this offseason. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Fri, Oct 23rd | |
| Kansas City Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi went 2-for-3 with a homer, a walk, two runs, and two RBI in a 4-3 loss to Detroit on Saturday. Matthew Terelle Sun, Sep 27th | Twins designated hitter Nelson Cruz went 1-for-3 with a double, an RBI, and a walk in Tuesday's loss to the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the Wild Card Round. Mike Maher Tue, Sep 29th | |
| Kansas City Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi went 3-for-3 with a double, a triple, a run, an RBI, and two steals in a 3-2 win over the Tigers on Friday. Matthew Terelle Sat, Sep 26th | Minnesota Twins DH Nelson Cruz went 0-for-3 with a walk in a 5-3 loss to the Reds in Sunday's regular-season finale. Matthew Terelle Mon, Sep 28th | |
| Kansas City shortstop Adalberto Mondesi went 4-for-4 with two runs, two RBI, and two steals in an 8-7 win over the Tigers. Matthew Terelle Fri, Sep 25th | Nelson Cruz (knee) is once against absent from the Twins' lineup on Tuesday against the Tigers. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Tue, Sep 22nd | |
| Kansas City Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi went 1-for-4 with a steal in a 4-1 win over the Cardinals on Monday. Matthew Terelle Tue, Sep 22nd | Nelson Cruz was removed from the lineup in Saturday’s contest against the Cubs due to right knee soreness. Brad Camara Sat, Sep 19th | |
| Notes | ||
| Bold prediction time: Mondesi won't be a thing in 2021. Mondesi showed last year that he wasn't worth grabbing in the first three to four rounds of your draft, yet here we are again, with Mondesi going off the board 40th overall per FantasyPros' ADP. He's not a complete zero at power, but you're drafting him for speed only, essentially. If you look at his xwOBA (6th percentile), xSLG (16th percentile), and xBA (14th percentile) and pair that with his 29.8 K% and 4.3 BB% (both bottom 6 percent of baseball), what's to like? Oh, that's not to mention that he's recovering from offseason shoulder surgery. Unless you're in a big tournament-style league where you need to look for the splash play, avoid Mondesi this year and find your steals elsewhere where you don't have to make quite the investment. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | Nelson Cruz falls in every draft, in every year, for the past four to five years. It's because he's ancient in baseball years, and only David Ortiz remains undefeated against Father Time. It also hurts that Cruz is DH only, but production is production. If you're looking at Yordan Alvarez in the first few rounds of the draft, you'd be better suited to wait a few rounds and take Cruz for as good - if not better - production. That is, assuming this isn't year where it all falls apart. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| Currently rehabbing major shoulder surgery. Easy fade at current ADP Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | If you removed Cruz's age from the equation, he'd be a top pick in fantasy. Despite missing nearly a quarter of the season to injury last year, he again put up elite numbers, topping 40 home runs and 100 RBI while batting .311. Cruz will be 40 this year, never plays the field and is starting to miss more time to injuries. But he's essentially forgotten in most drafts and has shown very little skills decline. Don't shy away from him on draft day even though he clogs your utility spot. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| Hit .311 with 41 homers last year. Entering age-39 season Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | ||
