Who Should I Draft?
Anthony Santander or Ryan Mountcastle (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Anthony Santander LF,CF,RF - BAL  | Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH,LF - BAL  | |
Expert |
52% Recommended by 26 of 50 experts |
48% Recommended by 24 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 93 | # 97 |
| Best Rank | # 54 | # 62 |
| Worst Rank | # 153 | # 133 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 158 | # 156 |
| Best Rank | # 137 | # 148 |
| Worst Rank | # 172 | # 186 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 74 | 64 |
| Home Runs | 28 | 22 |
| RBI | 86 | 76 |
| Stolen Bases | 4 | 2 |
| Batting Average | .259 | .279 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 94 | # 103 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 101 | # 109 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 67 | # 89 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 98 | # 102 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 97 | # 111 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 98 | # 133 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 105 | ‐ |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 68 | # 102 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 61 | # 78 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 91 | # 93 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 93 | # 98 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 93 | # 117 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 92 | # 108 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 89 | # 90 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 94 | # 110 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 85 | # 114 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 80 | # 95 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 98 | # 121 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 101 | # 108 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 107 | # 109 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 71 | # 106 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 83 | # 133 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 97 | # 104 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 95 | # 113 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 86 | # 102 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 54 | # 113 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 74 | # 69 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 84 | # 82 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 85 | # 83 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 85 | # 83 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 91 | # 79 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 92 | # 91 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 96 | # 80 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 98 | # 78 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 98 | # 95 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 99 | # 96 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 99 | # 62 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 100 | # 66 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 100 | # 98 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 100 | # 97 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 100 | # 86 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 104 | # 93 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 104 | # 97 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 111 | # 99 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 116 | # 107 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 126 | # 122 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 129 | # 85 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 132 | # 89 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 151 | # 128 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 153 | # 90 |
| Anthony Santander LF,CF,RF - BAL | Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH,LF - BAL | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 153 | 126 |
| Runs | 24 | 12 |
| Hits | 41 | 43 |
| Singles | 16 | 33 |
| Doubles | 13 | 5 |
| Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 11 | 5 |
| RBI | 32 | 24 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 1 |
| Walks | 10 | 11 |
| Strikeouts | 25 | 30 |
| Batting Average | .268 | .341 |
| On Base Pct | .321 | .393 |
| Slugging Pct | .582 | .500 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .903 | .893 |
| Anthony Santander LF,CF,RF - BAL | Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH,LF - BAL | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 549 | 510 |
| Runs | 74 | 64 |
| Hits | 141 | 141 |
| Singles | 77 | 92 |
| Doubles | 33 | 26 |
| Triples | 2 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 28 | 22 |
| RBI | 86 | 76 |
| Stolen Bases | 4 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 1 |
| Walks | 35 | 33 |
| Strikeouts | 115 | 128 |
| Batting Average | .259 | .279 |
| On Base Pct | .303 | .322 |
| Slugging Pct | .482 | .461 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .786 | .784 |
| Anthony Santander LF,CF,RF - BAL | Ryan Mountcastle 1B,DH,LF - BAL | |
| News | ||
| Anthony Santander went 1-5 with a solo home run on Saturday. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Sun, Apr 11th | Ryan Mountcastle went 2-3 with one double and one RBI in game one. And 1-3 with one strikeout, one double, and a run scored in game two. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Wed, Apr 14th | |
| Anthony Santander went 1-5 with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, and three strikeouts on Tuesday. He delivered a perfect strike to home plate in the bottom of the eleventh inning to gun down Gio Urshela and end the game. The first place Orioles will play their home opener against Boston on Thursday. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Thu, Apr 8th | Ryan Mountcastle has been dropped to sixth in the Orioles' lineup on Tuesday against the Mariners. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Tue, Apr 13th | |
| Anthony Santander went 1-4 with an RBI single in the eighth inning as the Orioles topped the Red Sox 3-0 on Opening Day. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Fri, Apr 2nd | Ryan Mountcastle went 1-4 with one run scored, two RBIs, and two strikeouts on Thursday. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Fri, Apr 9th | |
| Orioles manager Brandon Hyde says Anthony Santander (oblique) is good to go for Opening Day. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, Mar 31st | Ryan Mountcastle went 1-4 with a double, two RBIs, and a strikeout as the Orioles topped the Red Sox 3-0 on Opening Day. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Fri, Apr 2nd | |
| Orioles OF Anthony Santander (oblique) is out of the lineup for Monday’s game against the Rays. Brad Camara Mon, Mar 29th | ||
| Notes | ||
| Santander has quietly turned into a strong power bat, but few fantasy managers seem to give him credit. A .476 slugging percentage with 20 home runs in 93 games in 2019, followed by a .575 slugging percentage and 11 home runs in 37 games in 2020. There's nothing particularly fluky about his power output - it's just a young hitter coming into his own and making better contact. He did seem to sell out a bit for power last year, upping his launch angle and fly ball rate significantly. And yet he hit .261, the same mark as in 2019, and his xBA was .286. In other words, there's plenty to like about Santander, who is going well behind other hitters who offer similar production. He should be a value in drafts this year. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Mountcastle followed up a successful minor-league career with a strong 35-game stint in the majors last year. Not only did he bat .333 with an .878 OPS and a 139 wRC+, but he also walked 7.9% of the time, far above what he showed in the minors. The batting average is unsustainable - he was a .295 hitter in the minors and last year he relied on a .398 BABIP despite sub-par average exit velocity and a middling line drive rate. But playing in Camden Yards should certainly keep his production high, and batting in the middle of the Orioles lineup should lead to enough RBI chances to make him a rosterable, if not startable, fantasy option. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
