Who Should I Draft?
Austin Riley or Salvador Perez (2022)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Salvador Perez C,DH - KC  | Austin Riley 1B,3B - ATL  | |
Expert |
63% Recommended by 27 of 43 experts |
37% Recommended by 16 of 43 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 32 | # 36 |
| Best Rank | # 9 | # 16 |
| Worst Rank | # 81 | # 66 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 29 | # 43 |
| Best Rank | # 26 | # 30 |
| Worst Rank | # 49 | # 69 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 74 | 86 |
| Home Runs | 36 | 32 |
| RBI | 98 | 99 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 1 |
| Batting Average | .267 | .278 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros | # 30 | # 32 |
| Scott Engel The Game Day | # 28 | # 44 |
| Jody Smith FullTime Fantasy | # 28 | # 45 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 22 | # 41 |
| Greg Smith Superflex.Guide | # 54 | # 66 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 27 | # 33 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 31 | # 34 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 31 | # 38 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 32 | # 35 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 25 | # 37 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 30 | # 41 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 28 | # 36 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 26 | # 34 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 31 | # 36 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 28 | # 31 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 26 | # 44 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 28 | # 39 |
| Bart Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football | # 34 | # 37 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 29 | # 35 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 24 | # 47 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 10 | # 43 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 24 | # 31 |
| Brad Camara RotoBaller | # 33 | # 54 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 9 | # 51 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 27 | # 43 |
| Travis Argo Fantasy Six Pack | # 26 | # 27 |
| Fred Zinkie Yahoo! Sports | # 23 | # 52 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 38 | # 16 |
| Scott Bogman FantasyPros | # 28 | # 21 |
| Christopher Welsh FantasyPros | # 29 | # 22 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 30 | # 28 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 29 | # 28 |
| Nate Miller Fantasy Six Pack | # 33 | # 30 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 45 | # 30 |
| Scott Youngson Pitcher List | # 35 | # 30 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 34 | # 31 |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 39 | # 33 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 61 | # 35 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | ‐ | # 35 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 38 | # 37 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 45 | # 37 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 51 | # 38 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 81 | # 47 |
| Salvador Perez C,DH - KC | Austin Riley 1B,3B - ATL | |
| 2021 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 620 | 590 |
| Runs | 88 | 91 |
| Hits | 169 | 179 |
| Singles | 97 | 112 |
| Doubles | 24 | 33 |
| Triples | 0 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 48 | 33 |
| RBI | 121 | 107 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Walks | 28 | 52 |
| Strikeouts | 170 | 168 |
| Batting Average | .273 | .303 |
| On Base Pct | .316 | .367 |
| Slugging Pct | .544 | .531 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .859 | .898 |
| Salvador Perez C,DH - KC | Austin Riley 1B,3B - ATL | |
| 2022 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 541 | 568 |
| Runs | 74 | 86 |
| Hits | 145 | 158 |
| Singles | 83 | 93 |
| Doubles | 25 | 30 |
| Triples | 1 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 36 | 32 |
| RBI | 98 | 99 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Walks | 25 | 50 |
| Strikeouts | 142 | 161 |
| Batting Average | .267 | .278 |
| On Base Pct | .300 | .337 |
| Slugging Pct | .513 | .505 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .813 | .841 |
| Salvador Perez C,DH - KC | Austin Riley 1B,3B - ATL | |
| News | ||
| Royals catcher Salvador Perez went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer against the Rockies on Saturday. He also struck out once in the contest. Kansas City ultimately fell to Colorado by a score of 10-4. Andersen Pickard Sun, May 15th | Austin Riley went 3-for-4 with an RBI in Saturday's win against San Diego. Chris Clegg Sat, May 14th | |
| Salvador Perez with 2-for-6 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in a 14-10 Royals win in Colorado on Friday. Luke Monaldo Sat, May 14th | Austin Riley went 1-for-3 with a double on Wednesday against the Red Sox, but is now slashing just .171/.310/.286 in the month of May. Dan Harris Thu, May 12th | |
| Kansas City Royals DH Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 at the plate on Thursday, hitting an RBI single in the Royals' 3-1 loss to the Rangers. Josh Thiessen Fri, May 13th | Austin Riley went 2-for-4 with a home run in Monday's win against the Mets. Chris Clegg Mon, May 2nd | |
| Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 with a walk and a run scored in Kansas City' 8-2 win against he Rangers on Wednesday. Luke Monaldo Thu, May 12th | Austin Riley went 2-for-5 with a double and a two-run home run in Friday's win against the Rangers. Chris Clegg Sat, Apr 30th | |
| Salvador Perez went 0-for-4 with a strikeout in a 6-4 Royals loss to Texas on Tuesday. Luke Monaldo Wed, May 11th | Atlanta Braves 3B Austin Riley went 3-for-5 at the plate on Sunday, hitting a two run homer along with two doubles in the Braves' 5-4 loss to the Marlins. Josh Thiessen Mon, Apr 25th | |
| Notes | ||
| Perez tied for the MLB lead with 48 home runs in 2021 and had a league-leading 121 RBI. After missing the entire 2019 season due to Tommy John surgery and playing 37 of 60 games in 2020, Perez played 161 games last year (40 as a DH) and went to the plate 665 times. He's bound to get fewer PAs this season, and some HR pullback is probably inevitable, but the Statcast numbers show that Perez crushes the ball when he makes contact. His career batting averages have been all over the map, and he doesn't run, but the power and run production are legit. Perez deserves to be the first catcher off the board, but he might be drafted too early after last season's homer-fest. Pat Fitzmaurice - FantasyPros | Riley's value swings wildly depending on whether you play in an OBP league or a BA league. In the former, he's a four category stud. In the latter, he's a slightly overvalued three category asset. The young slugger should continue to get better, but reaching last year's ceiling may not be realistic. Kim Kardashian has a better chance of winning an Oscar for Best Actress than Riley does of equaling his 2021 second-half .397 BABIP. That said, while you don't want to reach for him based on his RBI numbers last year, the 3B position isn't as deep as usual, so Riley isn't a bad pick in the fifth or sixth round. Pat Fitzmaurice - FantasyPros | |
