Who Should I Draft?
Austin Meadows or Mitch Haniger (2022)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Mitch Haniger RF,DH - SEA  | Austin Meadows DH,LF,RF - DET  | |
Expert |
98% Recommended by 42 of 43 experts |
2% Recommended by 1 of 43 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 61 | # 81 |
| Best Rank | # 49 | # 61 |
| Worst Rank | # 102 | # 116 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 100 | # 135 |
| Best Rank | # 88 | # 124 |
| Worst Rank | # 104 | # 145 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 90 | 75 |
| Home Runs | 31 | 26 |
| RBI | 86 | 84 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 6 |
| Batting Average | .251 | .250 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | IL10 | IL10 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 61 | # 74 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 60 | # 89 |
| Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros | # 62 | # 71 |
| Scott Engel The Game Day | # 67 | # 82 |
| Jody Smith FullTime Fantasy | # 63 | # 76 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 63 | # 109 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 80 | # 85 |
| Greg Smith Superflex.Guide | # 60 | # 106 |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 59 | # 66 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 60 | # 75 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 57 | # 63 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 63 | # 77 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 70 | # 79 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 102 | # 106 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 67 | # 76 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 62 | # 76 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 66 | # 87 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 58 | # 103 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 69 | # 80 |
| Christopher Welsh FantasyPros | # 70 | # 73 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 58 | # 67 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 60 | # 78 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 61 | # 73 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 68 | # 78 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 70 | # 89 |
| Bart Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football | # 63 | # 80 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 62 | # 85 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 68 | # 91 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 60 | # 103 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 61 | # 66 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 66 | # 73 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 78 | # 107 |
| Nate Miller Fantasy Six Pack | # 53 | # 61 |
| Brad Camara RotoBaller | # 72 | # 82 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 61 | # 81 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 55 | # 69 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 49 | # 78 |
| Scott Youngson Pitcher List | # 79 | # 94 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 51 | # 112 |
| Scott Bogman FantasyPros | # 57 | # 116 |
| Travis Argo Fantasy Six Pack | # 68 | # 99 |
| Fred Zinkie Yahoo! Sports | # 59 | # 100 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 78 | # 67 |
| Mitch Haniger RF,DH - SEA | Austin Meadows DH,LF,RF - DET | |
| 2021 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 618 | 518 |
| Runs | 110 | 79 |
| Hits | 155 | 120 |
| Singles | 91 | 61 |
| Doubles | 23 | 29 |
| Triples | 2 | 3 |
| Home Runs | 39 | 27 |
| RBI | 98 | 106 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 4 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 3 |
| Walks | 54 | 59 |
| Strikeouts | 168 | 122 |
| Batting Average | .251 | .232 |
| On Base Pct | .316 | .313 |
| Slugging Pct | .484 | .456 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .800 | .769 |
| Mitch Haniger RF,DH - SEA | Austin Meadows DH,LF,RF - DET | |
| 2022 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 548 | 497 |
| Runs | 90 | 75 |
| Hits | 138 | 124 |
| Singles | 79 | 68 |
| Doubles | 25 | 27 |
| Triples | 2 | 4 |
| Home Runs | 31 | 26 |
| RBI | 86 | 84 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 6 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 3 |
| Walks | 54 | 54 |
| Strikeouts | 152 | 123 |
| Batting Average | .251 | .250 |
| On Base Pct | .319 | .323 |
| Slugging Pct | .471 | .468 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .790 | .791 |
| Mitch Haniger RF,DH - SEA | Austin Meadows DH,LF,RF - DET | |
| News | ||
| On Saturday, the Seattle Mariners placed Mitch Haniger on the 10-day IL with a high ankle sprain. Kelly Kirby Sat, Apr 30th | The Tigers will be placing Austin Meadows on the 10-day IL with an inner ear infection, according to A.J. Hinch. Dan Harris Sun, May 15th | |
| Mitch Haniger left Friday's game against the Marlins with a high ankle sprain. Scott Youngson - FantasyPros Fri, Apr 29th | Austin Meadows was removed from Sunday’s game against the Orioles for undisclosed reasons. Dan Harris Sun, May 15th | |
| OF Mitch Haniger has been reinstated from the injured list. RP Matt Koch was DFA'd. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 29th | Tigers OF Austin Meadows (inner ear infection) is not in the lineup for Detroit’s afternoon matchup against the Baltimore Orioles. Chris Schommer Sat, May 14th | |
| The Seattle Mariners placed Mitch Haniger on the COVID IL on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 16th | Detroit Tigers outfielder Austin Meadows is dealing with an inner ear infection. Matthew Terelle Fri, May 13th | |
| Mitch Haniger went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and a walk in Thursday's 5-1 win over the White Sox. Diego Sandoval Thu, Apr 14th | Detroit Tigers outfielder Austin Meadows went 0-for-4 in a 5-3 loss to the A's on Thursday. Matthew Terelle Thu, May 12th | |
| Notes | ||
| Sports hernia surgery caused him to miss the 2020 season, but Haniger returned in a big way last year, posting career highs in home runs (39), RBI (100) and runs (110). There are some warning signs here, however. Haniger's strikeout rate has gone through the roof, and his on-base percentage has plummeted. His exit velocities suggest that he won't match last year's HR total. The good news is that Haniger's banner 2021 season hasn't driven his price sky-high. Still, some caution is warranted. Pat Fitzmaurice - FantasyPros | On the one hand, Meadows largely bounced back from the horror story that was the abbreviated 2020 season. His strikeout rate normalized, his power returned, and his playing time stabilized. The glaring exception was that he could not correct his sudden struggles against lefties. In 2019, Meadows slashed .275/.316/.521 against southpaws. Last year, he slashed just .198/.270/.293 against them. Even if Meadows's overall numbers are passable, it seems unlikely that a team like the Rays are going to let a player who is merely an average defender continue to keep an everyday job when he's virtually useless against left-handed throwers. That would still leave Meadows on the strong side of a platoon, but if he does begin to sit more regularly, his counting stats will take a hit, and fantasy managers should be aware of that before they select him in their drafts. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
