Who Should I Draft?
Christian Yelich or Trea Turner (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Trea Turner SS - WSH  | Christian Yelich LF,RF - MIL  | |
Expert |
78% Recommended by 39 of 50 experts |
22% Recommended by 11 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 6 | # 7 |
| Best Rank | # 3 | # 4 |
| Worst Rank | # 19 | # 12 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 8 | # 12 |
| Best Rank | # 7 | # 9 |
| Worst Rank | # 9 | # 13 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 103 | 103 |
| Home Runs | 24 | 36 |
| RBI | 80 | 93 |
| Stolen Bases | 33 | 18 |
| Batting Average | .294 | .283 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 5 | # 8 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 6 | # 7 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 7 | # 11 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 6 | # 10 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 5 | # 7 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 9 | # 10 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 4 | # 11 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 5 | # 8 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 6 | # 9 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 6 | # 9 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 8 | # 12 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 6 | # 7 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 6 | # 9 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 6 | # 7 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 6 | # 8 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 6 | # 7 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 3 | # 8 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 6 | # 8 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 6 | # 7 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 6 | # 7 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 6 | # 8 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 6 | # 7 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 6 | # 8 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 6 | # 11 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 5 | # 6 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 6 | # 11 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 6 | # 8 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 6 | # 7 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 6 | # 9 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 3 | # 9 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 6 | # 10 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 6 | # 10 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 3 | # 10 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 6 | # 7 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 6 | # 7 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 6 | # 8 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 6 | # 10 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 6 | # 11 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 5 | # 10 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 7 | # 4 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 12 | # 5 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 7 | # 5 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 6 | # 5 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 7 | # 6 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 8 | # 6 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 7 | # 6 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 7 | # 6 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 8 | # 6 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 9 | # 8 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 19 | # 12 |
| Trea Turner SS - WSH | Christian Yelich LF,RF - MIL | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 233 | 200 |
| Runs | 46 | 39 |
| Hits | 78 | 41 |
| Singles | 47 | 21 |
| Doubles | 15 | 7 |
| Triples | 4 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 12 | 12 |
| RBI | 41 | 22 |
| Stolen Bases | 12 | 4 |
| Caught Stealing | 4 | 2 |
| Walks | 22 | 46 |
| Strikeouts | 36 | 76 |
| Batting Average | .335 | .205 |
| On Base Pct | .394 | .356 |
| Slugging Pct | .588 | .430 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .982 | .786 |
| Trea Turner SS - WSH | Christian Yelich LF,RF - MIL | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 597 | 549 |
| Runs | 103 | 103 |
| Hits | 174 | 153 |
| Singles | 110 | 85 |
| Doubles | 34 | 29 |
| Triples | 7 | 3 |
| Home Runs | 24 | 36 |
| RBI | 80 | 93 |
| Stolen Bases | 33 | 18 |
| Caught Stealing | 8 | 4 |
| Walks | 53 | 90 |
| Strikeouts | 118 | 154 |
| Batting Average | .294 | .283 |
| On Base Pct | .353 | .385 |
| Slugging Pct | .493 | .538 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .846 | .922 |
| Trea Turner SS - WSH | Christian Yelich LF,RF - MIL | |
| News | ||
| In Thursday's loss to the Diamondbacks, Trea Turner finished with two hits out of the leadoff spot. Turner went 2-for-5 with one strikeout. Corbin Young Thu, Apr 15th | Brewers' star OF Christian Yelich remains out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cubs. Jack Mannis Wed, Apr 14th | |
| Trea Turner led the Nationals with three hits and stole his first bag of 2021. He went 3-for-4 with one strikeout and one steal. Corbin Young Sun, Apr 11th | Brewers star OF Christian Yelich (back) remains out of the lineup in Tuesday’s game against the Cubs. Brad Camara Tue, Apr 13th | |
| In the first game of the doubleheader, Trea Turner homered in back-to-back games to begin the 2021 season. Turner went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and a double. Corbin Young Wed, Apr 7th | Brewers star OF Christian Yelich (back) isn't starting in Monday’s contest against the Cubs. Brad Camara Mon, Apr 12th | |
| In the Nationals Opening Day game, Trea Turner hit a two-run home run off of Drew Smyly in the third inning. Turner went 1-for-4 with one home run, one run, and two RBI. Corbin Young Tue, Apr 6th | Brewers LF Christian Yelich was removed from Sunday's game against the Cardinals due to back soreness. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sun, Apr 11th | |
| Trea Turner and the Nationals avoid arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $13 million deal. Brad Camara Fri, Jan 15th | Christian Yelich went 2-for-3 with three runs, two walks, and a stolen base in Saturday's win over the Cardinals. Connor Rooney Sat, Apr 10th | |
| Notes | ||
| Turner was the best version of himself in 2020, slashing his strikeout rate to below 14% and setting career bests in batting average, OBP, slugging percentage, wOBA, and wRC+. Above all, Turner locks down two incredibly scarce categories for fantasy managers, stolen bases and batting average, while offering production in the other three hitting categories. Still just entering his age-28 season, Turner is in the prime of his career, and should continue to put up stellar numbers. He's a top-eight pick in rotisserie leagues. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Yelich's 2020 season was, in a word, bizarre. After batting .327 combined from 2018-2019, his batting average dropped to a meager .205 last year. Although he hit the ball as hard as ever, setting career highs in average exit velocity and hard hit percentage, his strikeout rate ballooned more than 10 points to 30.8%. At the same time, Yelich's walk rate jumped up to 18.6%. Unsurprisingly, the reason for the jump in both Yelich's strikeouts and walks was that he simply swung less - just 34.6% of the time after his mark hovered above 44% the previous two seasons. If Yelich takes the same passive approach in 2021, then it's likely that his batting average will remain below what fantasy managers had come to expect. But considering that his season was so out of line with what he'd produced since coming to Milwaukee, fantasy managers should expect far more this season, and feel confident drafting him late in the first round. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| 2020 was the culmination of everything we've ever wanted out of Turner. Both the barrel rate and the line-drive rate jumped en route to a .335 batting average. Turner famously went without a stolen base for several weeks before finishing tied for fourth in the majors with 12 for the season. Perhaps 2020 was a two-month hot streak with the bat, but Turner's stolen base upside combined with even 80% of last year's gains make him an essential part of any roto strategy come draft day. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | Yelich was a bust for those who used a top-three selection on him in 2020 fantasy drafts. Don't let that scare you off, however. One of the biggest factors we need to consider for draft prep this year is how much should we weigh 2020? Yelich actually had a higher average exit velocity, a higher hard-hit rate, and a better walk rate than he did in 2019. He was just striking out way more often than usual. That, to me, looks like a profile in which Yelich would've eventually rebounded over the course of a full year. Perhaps he was pressing due to the depletion of Milwaukee's lineup, but Yelich's batted ball data is fine. I'm taking the discount and drafting him in the late-first with confidence. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | |
