Who Should I Draft?
Eloy Jimenez or Paul Goldschmidt (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Eloy Jimenez LF - CWS  | Paul Goldschmidt 1B - STL  | |
Expert |
60% Recommended by 31 of 52 experts |
40% Recommended by 21 of 52 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 38 | # 39 |
| Best Rank | # 28 | # 28 |
| Worst Rank | # 84 | # 72 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 59 | # 65 |
| Best Rank | # 49 | # 46 |
| Worst Rank | # 80 | # 72 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 29 | 33 |
| Home Runs | 12 | 11 |
| RBI | 34 | 34 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 2 |
| Batting Average | .280 | .275 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 29 | # 33 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 33 | # 55 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 32 | # 48 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 41 | # 45 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 36 | # 38 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 34 | # 39 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 39 | # 49 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 38 | # 64 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 30 | # 49 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 36 | # 41 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 33 | # 34 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 37 | # 71 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 29 | # 42 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 46 | # 49 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 36 | # 42 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 38 | # 41 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 44 | # 47 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 40 | # 48 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 37 | # 44 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 29 | # 40 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 28 | # 48 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 43 | # 45 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 37 | # 48 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 35 | # 52 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 33 | # 36 |
| Brendan Tuma BettingPros | # 30 | # 59 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 32 | # 34 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 32 | # 42 |
| George Kurtz SportsGrid | # 38 | # 46 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 41 | # 61 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 33 | # 72 |
| M. Starks Powell New Life Fantasy | # 32 | # 30 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 36 | # 28 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 38 | # 35 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 39 | # 38 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 42 | # 37 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 44 | # 42 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 44 | # 39 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 44 | # 38 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 45 | # 34 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 45 | # 30 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 46 | # 35 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 47 | # 28 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 49 | # 44 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 49 | # 33 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 53 | # 35 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 55 | # 53 |
| Site Rankings Sports Illustrated | # 58 | # 36 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 62 | # 34 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 63 | # 58 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 64 | # 49 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 84 | # 34 |
| Eloy Jimenez LF - CWS | Paul Goldschmidt 1B - STL | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 468 | 597 |
| Runs | 69 | 97 |
| Hits | 125 | 155 |
| Singles | 74 | 95 |
| Doubles | 18 | 25 |
| Triples | 2 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 31 | 34 |
| RBI | 79 | 97 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 3 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Walks | 30 | 78 |
| Strikeouts | 134 | 166 |
| Batting Average | .267 | .260 |
| On Base Pct | .316 | .346 |
| Slugging Pct | .513 | .476 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .828 | .821 |
| Eloy Jimenez LF - CWS | Paul Goldschmidt 1B - STL | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 197 | 203 |
| Runs | 29 | 33 |
| Hits | 55 | 56 |
| Singles | 32 | 33 |
| Doubles | 10 | 10 |
| Triples | 1 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 12 | 11 |
| RBI | 34 | 34 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Walks | 14 | 30 |
| Strikeouts | 51 | 58 |
| Batting Average | .280 | .275 |
| On Base Pct | .327 | .368 |
| Slugging Pct | .524 | .497 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .851 | .865 |
| Eloy Jimenez LF - CWS | Paul Goldschmidt 1B - STL | |
| News | ||
| Eloy Jimenez was removed from Game 3 of the Wild Card Round in the third inning. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Thu, Oct 1st | Cardinals 1B Paul Goldschmidt underwent surgery to remove a bone spur from his elbow. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, Oct 28th | |
| OF Eloy Jimenez (foot) will bat cleanup as the designated hitter for Thursday's Game 3 of the Wild Card Series against the Athletics. Brad Camara Thu, Oct 1st | Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-5 with a double, a home run, and one RBI as the Cardinals fell 11-9 to the Padres in Game 2 on Thursday. Jon Mathisen Fri, Oct 2nd | |
| Eloy Jimenez (foot) is once again absent from Wednesday's Game 2 lineup. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, Sep 30th | Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-5 with a two-run dinger as the Cardinals beat the Padres 7-4 in Game 1 of their Wild Card series on Wednesday. Jon Mathisen Thu, Oct 1st | |
| Eloy Jimenez (foot) is absent from the White Sox lineup in Game 1 of their Wild Card series against the A's. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Tue, Sep 29th | Paul Goldschmidt got the scoring going in Thursday's win over the Brewers, putting the Cardinals up 1-0 in the third inning with an RBI single to center. Jarod Rupp Fri, Sep 25th | |
| Eloy Jimenez (foot) ran on the field on Monday and feels "much better." Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Sep 28th | Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-2 with a walk and two RBI in Tuesday's loss to the Brewers. Jarod Rupp Wed, Sep 16th | |
| Notes | ||
| If you checked out early for fantasy football, you may have missed how Eloy Jimenez finished the season. He hit .325 with 12 home runs and a near 1.000 OPS in his final 40 games of the year. It gives renewed optimism for those invested in Jimenez after he had a solid - not great - rookie campaign, though injuries cut short a mid-season hot streak. It's smart to bet on a pedigree with prospects like Jimenez and Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. When you see a long stretch of success, it gives you a reason to push them up and remain optimistic in their present and future value. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | What set Paul Goldschmidt apart from the other first basemen for years were his steals. Over the past four years, his stolen base totals have dropped from 32 to 18, to 7, to 3 last year. He had 34 home runs, which were nice, but he also had his lowest triple-slash line since his rookie year in 2011. He'll still give you production at a shallow position, but this isn't going to be a gradual decline with Goldschmidt. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| Hit .308 with a .917 OPS over the final two months of rookie season Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | His production has been on a steady decline over the past three years as he has gotten older, and that is not something I plan on buying into in the 5th round. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | |
| better in points Frank Stampfl - CBS Sports | ||
| Took a step back last year. Similar to Manny Machado I want to buy back in due to the major ADP discount from a season ago. Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | ||
