Who Should I Draft?
Alex Bregman or Rafael Devers (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Rafael Devers 3B - BOS  | Alex Bregman 3B,SS - HOU  | |
Expert |
62% Recommended by 31 of 50 experts |
38% Recommended by 19 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 19 | # 25 |
| Best Rank | # 13 | # 13 |
| Worst Rank | # 58 | # 46 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 40 | # 34 |
| Best Rank | # 35 | # 27 |
| Worst Rank | # 45 | # 45 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 95 | 96 |
| Home Runs | 31 | 29 |
| RBI | 101 | 95 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 5 |
| Batting Average | .282 | .281 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 20 | # 26 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 17 | # 46 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 26 | # 29 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 19 | # 30 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 19 | # 46 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 17 | # 36 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 15 | # 22 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 21 | # 30 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 19 | # 27 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 13 | # 24 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 18 | # 32 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 21 | # 30 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 17 | # 30 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 17 | # 25 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 24 | # 30 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 17 | # 26 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 27 | # 37 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 17 | # 19 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 20 | # 27 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 23 | # 28 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 21 | # 26 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 18 | # 39 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 33 | # 43 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 22 | # 24 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 16 | # 20 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 24 | # 25 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 22 | # 26 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 27 | # 44 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 17 | # 24 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 15 | # 16 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 19 | # 45 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 24 | # 13 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 23 | # 14 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 22 | # 17 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 24 | # 17 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 29 | # 18 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 22 | # 18 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 24 | # 18 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 25 | # 18 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 23 | # 19 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 23 | # 19 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 34 | # 20 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 21 | # 20 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 27 | # 20 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 22 | # 20 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 24 | # 21 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 28 | # 22 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 27 | # 25 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 30 | # 26 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 58 | # 37 |
| Rafael Devers 3B - BOS | Alex Bregman 3B,SS - HOU | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 232 | 153 |
| Runs | 32 | 19 |
| Hits | 61 | 37 |
| Singles | 33 | 18 |
| Doubles | 16 | 12 |
| Triples | 1 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 11 | 6 |
| RBI | 43 | 22 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 13 | 24 |
| Strikeouts | 67 | 26 |
| Batting Average | .263 | .242 |
| On Base Pct | .311 | .350 |
| Slugging Pct | .483 | .451 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .793 | .801 |
| Rafael Devers 3B - BOS | Alex Bregman 3B,SS - HOU | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 589 | 538 |
| Runs | 95 | 96 |
| Hits | 165 | 149 |
| Singles | 91 | 80 |
| Doubles | 40 | 36 |
| Triples | 3 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 31 | 29 |
| RBI | 101 | 95 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 5 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 2 |
| Walks | 45 | 91 |
| Strikeouts | 138 | 86 |
| Batting Average | .282 | .281 |
| On Base Pct | .334 | .386 |
| Slugging Pct | .518 | .517 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .852 | .903 |
| Rafael Devers 3B - BOS | Alex Bregman 3B,SS - HOU | |
| News | ||
| Rafael Devers went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI as the Red Sox lost to the Blue Jays 4-2 on Wednesday night. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Thu, Apr 22nd | The Astros activated 3B Alex Bregman from the COVID-19 IL. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Tue, Apr 20th | |
| Rafael Devers went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI as the Red Sox beat the White Sox 7-4 on Saturday afternoon. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sun, Apr 18th | Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman, who was placed on the injured list six days ago for undisclosed reasons, is expected to rejoin the team on Tuesday in Colorado, per Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle. Jon Mathisen Tue, Apr 20th | |
| Rafael Devers totaled two more homers on Sunday as the Red Sox beat the Orioles for their sixth straight victory. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sun, Apr 11th | Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle is reporting that Alex Bregman, Yordan Alvarez, among others are tentatively expected to rejoin the Astros on Tuesday. Brad Camara Mon, Apr 19th | |
| Rafael Devers hit his first homer of the season in Boston's 7-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Thu, Apr 8th | The Astros placed INF Alex Bregman on the injured list Wednesday. Brad Camara Wed, Apr 14th | |
| Rafael Devers went 2-for-5 with an RBI as the Red Sox beat the Rays in extra innings on Tuesday night. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, Apr 7th | Alex Bregman is playing third base and hitting third on Monday against the Tigers. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Apr 12th | |
| Notes | ||
| Devers' 2020 season was . . . fine. That's about the best you can say about it. He still hit the ball hard, ranking in the 96th percentile in average exit velocity, and he increased his barrel rate significantly. His counting stat paces from his breakout 2019 season went down, but not dramatically so (other than his batting average), and fantasy managers never felt like Devers was a drain on their teams. But, at the same time, his already poor walk rate declined, his strikeout rate jumped to a career worst, and he didn't even attempt a single stolen base. Devers is just 24 years old, so there is plenty of upside for him. The safest course of action is to build in some natural regression from Devers' strong 2019 season, and pencil him in for roughly 30 home runs and 200 combined runs and RBI. That still makes him an asset to any fantasy team. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | 2020 was just a bad season for Bregman, plain and simple. He missed time with a hamstring injury, and generally regressed in every major statistical category. Considering that Bregman will be just 27 years old on Opening Day and had batted .291 with 72 home runs combined over the previous two seasons, fantasy managers can probably just throw out most of what they saw from him in 2020. He'll continue to be an upper echelon option at third base and considering his strong walk and strikeout rates, an even better one in points leagues. He's been battling a hamstring issue for most of camp, but as of now, he doesn't look like he'll miss much, if any, time, so draft him accordingly. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| Just like in 2019, Devers got off to a slow start last season. He posted a weak .543 OPS over his first 14 games before coming to life with an .868 mark over his final 43 contests. Devers' O-swing has increased every year that he has been in the league, up to 42.3% in 2020. His breakout 2019 saw him make contact on an unsustainable number of pitchers outside the zone. The young third baseman is able to do damage on anything he makes contact with, but he needs to decrease the amount of strikeout to become a consistently elite hitter. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | 60 game season and people forget how good Bregman is. Such an easy pick at ADP. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | |
| Devers would be more appealing if he stole bases more often, but batting in the middle of the mediocre Red Sox lineup does not scream huge season. He is a fine pick, but not someone primed to break out. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | ||
