Who Should I Draft?
Austin Meadows or Yoan Moncada (2022)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Austin Meadows DH,LF,RF - DET  | Yoan Moncada 3B - CWS  | |
Expert |
70% Recommended by 30 of 43 experts |
30% Recommended by 13 of 43 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 81 | # 86 |
| Best Rank | # 61 | # 53 |
| Worst Rank | # 116 | # 155 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 135 | # 148 |
| Best Rank | # 124 | # 136 |
| Worst Rank | # 145 | # 189 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 75 | 80 |
| Home Runs | 26 | 19 |
| RBI | 84 | 73 |
| Stolen Bases | 6 | 5 |
| Batting Average | .250 | .263 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | IL10 | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros | # 71 | # 83 |
| Scott Engel The Game Day | # 82 | # 84 |
| Jody Smith FullTime Fantasy | # 76 | # 85 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 85 | # 93 |
| Greg Smith Superflex.Guide | # 106 | # 118 |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 66 | # 108 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 75 | # 83 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 63 | # 72 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 77 | # 97 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 79 | # 93 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 76 | # 86 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 76 | # 79 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 80 | # 86 |
| Christopher Welsh FantasyPros | # 73 | # 89 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 67 | # 82 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 78 | # 85 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 73 | # 86 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 67 | # 98 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 89 | # 93 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 85 | # 86 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 91 | # 102 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 103 | # 118 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 66 | # 76 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 107 | # 131 |
| Nate Miller Fantasy Six Pack | # 61 | # 102 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 81 | # 155 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 69 | # 108 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 78 | # 92 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 112 | # 151 |
| Fred Zinkie Yahoo! Sports | # 100 | # 101 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 73 | # 53 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 74 | # 69 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 78 | # 61 |
| Bart Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football | # 80 | # 61 |
| Brad Camara RotoBaller | # 82 | # 81 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 87 | # 83 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 89 | # 77 |
| Scott Youngson Pitcher List | # 94 | # 84 |
| Travis Argo Fantasy Six Pack | # 99 | # 81 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 103 | # 59 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 106 | # 95 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 109 | # 94 |
| Scott Bogman FantasyPros | # 116 | # 82 |
| Austin Meadows DH,LF,RF - DET | Yoan Moncada 3B - CWS | |
| 2021 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 518 | 520 |
| Runs | 79 | 74 |
| Hits | 120 | 136 |
| Singles | 61 | 88 |
| Doubles | 29 | 33 |
| Triples | 3 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 27 | 14 |
| RBI | 106 | 61 |
| Stolen Bases | 4 | 3 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 2 |
| Walks | 59 | 84 |
| Strikeouts | 122 | 157 |
| Batting Average | .232 | .262 |
| On Base Pct | .313 | .373 |
| Slugging Pct | .456 | .410 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .769 | .783 |
| Austin Meadows DH,LF,RF - DET | Yoan Moncada 3B - CWS | |
| 2022 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 497 | 534 |
| Runs | 75 | 80 |
| Hits | 124 | 141 |
| Singles | 68 | 87 |
| Doubles | 27 | 31 |
| Triples | 4 | 3 |
| Home Runs | 26 | 19 |
| RBI | 84 | 73 |
| Stolen Bases | 6 | 5 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 2 |
| Walks | 54 | 72 |
| Strikeouts | 123 | 162 |
| Batting Average | .250 | .263 |
| On Base Pct | .323 | .351 |
| Slugging Pct | .468 | .434 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .791 | .785 |
| Austin Meadows DH,LF,RF - DET | Yoan Moncada 3B - CWS | |
| News | ||
| 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 | Yoan Moncada was scratched from Saturday's lineup against the Yankees with right leg soreness. Dan Harris Sat, May 21st | |
| 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 | Yoan Moncada is not in the lineup for Game 1 of the White Sox doubleheader Tuesday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Tue, May 17th | |
| Austin Meadows was removed from Sunday’s game against the Orioles for undisclosed reasons. Dan Harris Sun, May 15th | White Sox 3B Yoan Moncada is not in the lineup Sunday. Vince DiSilvio Sun, May 15th | |
| 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 | Yoan Moncada batted 2-for-4 with a single, a home run, a walk, and a strikeout for one RBI in the win over the New York Yankees. Nate Lowenthal Sat, May 14th | |
| Detroit Tigers outfielder Austin Meadows is dealing with an inner ear infection. Matthew Terelle Fri, May 13th | Yoan Moncada batted 1-for-5 with a home run, a strike out, for three RBIs in the loss to the New York Yankees. Nate Lowenthal Fri, May 13th | |
| Notes | ||
| 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 | We've got a "best shape of his life" alert with Moncada, who has been vocal about his offseason training habits. Talk of 30 stolen bases have leaked out and considering the weakness of the third base position, Moncada's ADP has slowly begun to rise. But he's never stolen more than 12 bases in a season and is in the 67th percentile for sprint speed. Stolen bases are the least of Moncada's problems anyway, as he's hit just 20 homers and batted .253 combined over the last two seasons (196 games). His walk rate is still elite and there should be a ton of run and RBI opportunities again in the Chicago lineup. But until we actually see Moncada get back to the 2019 version of himself, don't bother reaching for him. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
