Who Should I Draft?
Dansby Swanson or Kris Bryant (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Dansby Swanson SS - ATL  | Kris Bryant 3B,LF,RF - CHC  | |
Expert |
56% Recommended by 28 of 50 experts |
44% Recommended by 22 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 65 | # 67 |
| Best Rank | # 37 | # 45 |
| Worst Rank | # 130 | # 102 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 103 | # 114 |
| Best Rank | # 101 | # 95 |
| Worst Rank | # 114 | # 127 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 87 | 89 |
| Home Runs | 21 | 25 |
| RBI | 78 | 75 |
| Stolen Bases | 11 | 3 |
| Batting Average | .258 | .260 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 37 | # 88 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 61 | # 72 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 69 | # 76 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 56 | # 76 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 69 | # 76 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 68 | # 77 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 63 | # 64 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 86 | # 91 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 45 | # 73 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 61 | # 72 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 68 | # 77 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 48 | # 97 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 60 | # 74 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 69 | # 73 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 73 | # 79 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 62 | # 67 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 70 | # 88 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 53 | # 71 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 66 | # 77 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 56 | # 72 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 43 | # 61 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 52 | # 81 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 58 | # 92 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 70 | # 73 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 58 | # 75 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 46 | # 88 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 59 | # 71 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 67 | # 102 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 55 | # 45 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 64 | # 53 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 65 | # 60 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 67 | # 66 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 69 | # 58 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 69 | # 52 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 69 | # 68 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 69 | # 68 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 70 | # 63 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 70 | # 60 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 72 | # 69 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 73 | # 66 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 73 | # 68 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 73 | # 68 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 78 | # 64 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 79 | # 69 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 82 | # 67 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 84 | # 63 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 84 | # 50 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 90 | # 60 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 114 | # 73 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 130 | # 72 |
| Dansby Swanson SS - ATL | Kris Bryant 3B,LF,RF - CHC | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 237 | 131 |
| Runs | 49 | 20 |
| Hits | 65 | 27 |
| Singles | 40 | 17 |
| Doubles | 15 | 5 |
| Triples | 0 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 10 | 4 |
| RBI | 35 | 11 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 22 | 12 |
| Strikeouts | 71 | 40 |
| Batting Average | .274 | .206 |
| On Base Pct | .345 | .293 |
| Slugging Pct | .464 | .351 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .809 | .644 |
| Dansby Swanson SS - ATL | Kris Bryant 3B,LF,RF - CHC | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 562 | 531 |
| Runs | 87 | 89 |
| Hits | 144 | 136 |
| Singles | 89 | 79 |
| Doubles | 31 | 29 |
| Triples | 3 | 3 |
| Home Runs | 21 | 25 |
| RBI | 78 | 75 |
| Stolen Bases | 11 | 3 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 1 |
| Walks | 57 | 67 |
| Strikeouts | 153 | 147 |
| Batting Average | .258 | .260 |
| On Base Pct | .327 | .344 |
| Slugging Pct | .437 | .465 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .763 | .809 |
| Dansby Swanson SS - ATL | Kris Bryant 3B,LF,RF - CHC | |
| News | ||
| Dansby Swanson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's game against the Nats. Steve Painter Tue, Apr 6th | Kris Bryant went 1-for-3 with a walk versus the Pirates Saturday. His double in the first inning briefly gave the Cubs a 1-0 lead. Jamie Mellor Sun, Apr 11th | |
| Dansby Swanson went 1-for-3 Sunday with a single and two strikeouts against the Phillies. Steve Painter Sun, Apr 4th | Kris Bryant started the scoring Thursday versus the Pirates. His solo shot was his second of the season. Jamie Mellor Fri, Apr 9th | |
| Atlanta Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson is back in the lineup on Tuesday after being scratched from Monday's Grapefruit League game with calf tightness. Jon Mathisen Tue, Mar 30th | Kris Bryant went 0-for-4 but was placed at second base to start the home half of the 10th inning. He would come around to score to salvage some value for his owners. Jamie Mellor Thu, Apr 8th | |
| Braves SS Dansby Swanson has been scratched from Monday's Grapefruit League contest due to calf tightness. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Mar 29th | Kris Bryant went 2-for-3 with a walk to end up with a run scored and a run driven in. The run he scored was the eventual winning run. Jamie Mellor Mon, Apr 5th | |
| Dansby Swanson went 2-for-3 with a run scored Saturday against the Orioles in Grapefruit League action. Steve Painter Sun, Mar 28th | Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant says he is fine after banging his knees on the low brick wall down the third base line as he pursued a foul ball Sunday, according to The Athletics Meghan Montemurro. Mike Maher - The Birds Blitz Sun, Apr 4th | |
| Notes | ||
| Swanson's four-year trend in OPS is .636, .699, .748, and finally .809 last season. There's little to dislike about his profile at this stage in his career. He makes consistently good contact, has improved his launch angle enough to where that contact translates into home runs, and his walk and strikeout rates are strong enough so that his batting average should remain a benefit to fantasy managers. He also ranked in the 90th percentile in sprint speed last season, so he should reach double digits in stolen bases this year, as he had done in the two years prior to 2020's shortened season. In short, Swanson's skill level and output should no longer be in doubt, and he makes a strong starting option at the shortstop position. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Bryant had a terrible 2020 season, but it seems like fantasy managers are forgetting how consistent he's been. Over the last four seasons, he has a 162-game pace of a .278 average, 29 home runs, 112 run scored, 80 RBI, and five steals. His quality of contact was awful last season, but hard contact has never really been his calling card anyway, and he battled back and wrist injuries. Bryant doesn't deserve a mulligan entirely for last season, but give it minimal weight in your evaluation. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
