Who Should I Draft?
Austin Meadows or Will Smith (2022)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Will Smith C - LAD  | Austin Meadows DH,LF,RF - DET  | |
Expert |
81% Recommended by 35 of 43 experts |
19% Recommended by 8 of 43 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 72 | # 81 |
| Best Rank | # 20 | # 61 |
| Worst Rank | # 314 | # 116 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 64 | # 135 |
| Best Rank | # 49 | # 124 |
| Worst Rank | # 72 | # 145 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 73 | 75 |
| Home Runs | 27 | 26 |
| RBI | 81 | 84 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 6 |
| Batting Average | .260 | .250 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | IL10 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 60 | # 74 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 66 | # 89 |
| Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros | # 63 | # 71 |
| Scott Engel The Game Day | # 57 | # 82 |
| Jody Smith FullTime Fantasy | # 65 | # 76 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 38 | # 109 |
| Greg Smith Superflex.Guide | # 57 | # 106 |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 51 | # 66 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 61 | # 77 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 66 | # 79 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 76 | # 106 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 66 | # 76 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 65 | # 76 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 54 | # 87 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 75 | # 80 |
| Christopher Welsh FantasyPros | # 68 | # 73 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 50 | # 67 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 76 | # 78 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 57 | # 73 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 41 | # 78 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 62 | # 67 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 49 | # 89 |
| Bart Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football | # 56 | # 80 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 61 | # 85 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 34 | # 91 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 41 | # 107 |
| Brad Camara RotoBaller | # 75 | # 82 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 20 | # 81 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 67 | # 69 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 75 | # 78 |
| Scott Youngson Pitcher List | # 60 | # 94 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 63 | # 112 |
| Scott Bogman FantasyPros | # 67 | # 116 |
| Travis Argo Fantasy Six Pack | # 61 | # 99 |
| Fred Zinkie Yahoo! Sports | # 46 | # 100 |
| Nate Miller Fantasy Six Pack | # 74 | # 61 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 70 | # 63 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 73 | # 66 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 77 | # 73 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 216 | # 75 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 314 | # 85 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 243 | # 103 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | ‐ | # 103 |
| Will Smith C - LAD | Austin Meadows DH,LF,RF - DET | |
| 2021 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 412 | 518 |
| Runs | 71 | 79 |
| Hits | 107 | 120 |
| Singles | 61 | 61 |
| Doubles | 19 | 29 |
| Triples | 2 | 3 |
| Home Runs | 25 | 27 |
| RBI | 76 | 106 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 4 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 3 |
| Walks | 58 | 59 |
| Strikeouts | 100 | 122 |
| Batting Average | .260 | .232 |
| On Base Pct | .367 | .313 |
| Slugging Pct | .498 | .456 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .864 | .769 |
| Will Smith C - LAD | Austin Meadows DH,LF,RF - DET | |
| 2022 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 423 | 497 |
| Runs | 73 | 75 |
| Hits | 110 | 124 |
| Singles | 59 | 68 |
| Doubles | 22 | 27 |
| Triples | 2 | 4 |
| Home Runs | 27 | 26 |
| RBI | 81 | 84 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 6 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 3 |
| Walks | 58 | 54 |
| Strikeouts | 103 | 123 |
| Batting Average | .260 | .250 |
| On Base Pct | .350 | .323 |
| Slugging Pct | .505 | .468 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .855 | .791 |
| Will Smith C - LAD | Austin Meadows DH,LF,RF - DET | |
| News | ||
| Los Angeles Dodgers C Will Smith went 2-for-5 at the plate on Thursday, hitting two singles, and walking once in the Dodgers' 14-1 win over the Diamondbacks. Josh Thiessen Fri, May 27th | Austin Meadows (vertigo) does not have a timeline for a return. Tigers manager AJ Hinch said today that "We're very concerned with what's going on with Austin." Vince DiSilvio Sun, May 22nd | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers C Will Smith went 1-for-4 at the plate on Saturday, hitting a solo homer, and striking out twice in the Dodgers' 7-4 win over the Phillies. Josh Thiessen Sun, May 22nd | 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 | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers C Will Smith went 1-for-4 at the plate on Tuesday, hitting a solo home run in the Dodgers' 7-6 win over the Diamondbacks. Josh Thiessen Tue, May 17th | Austin Meadows was removed from Sunday’s game against the Orioles for undisclosed reasons. Dan Harris Sun, May 15th | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers C Will Smith went 3-for-4 at the plate on Thursday, hitting a two-run RBI double, striking out once, and walking once in the Dodgers' 9-7 loss to the Phillies. Josh Thiessen Fri, May 13th | 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 | |
| Will Smith is out of the lineup on Tuesday against the Pirates for the second straight day with a sore right pectoral muscle. Dan Harris Tue, May 10th | Detroit Tigers outfielder Austin Meadows is dealing with an inner ear infection. Matthew Terelle Fri, May 13th | |
| Notes | ||
| If you were targeting J.T. Realmuto and he gets snapped up, take Smith with your next pick. He has the goods to become the best catcher in the game, and with the universal DH now the law of the land, Smith becomes even more valuable. Now that he'll get at-bats as a designated hitter, a 30 HR, 90 RBI season isn't out of the question. Getting that kind of elite production from your catcher spot anchors your offense and allows you all kinds of trade flexibility down the road. 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 | |
