Who Should I Draft?
Eugenio Suarez or Andrew Benintendi (2022)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Andrew Benintendi LF - KC  | Eugenio Suarez 3B,DH,SS - SEA  | |
Expert |
72% Recommended by 31 of 43 experts |
28% Recommended by 12 of 43 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 107 | # 130 |
| Best Rank | # 60 | # 83 |
| Worst Rank | # 163 | # 187 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 193 | # 206 |
| Best Rank | # 171 | # 179 |
| Worst Rank | # 244 | # 265 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 67 | 66 |
| Home Runs | 17 | 28 |
| RBI | 70 | 77 |
| Stolen Bases | 10 | 1 |
| Batting Average | .270 | .220 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 111 | # 141 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 96 | # 128 |
| Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros | # 112 | # 113 |
| Scott Engel The Game Day | # 129 | # 162 |
| Jody Smith FullTime Fantasy | # 107 | # 126 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 117 | # 131 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 147 | # 187 |
| Greg Smith Superflex.Guide | # 76 | # 122 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 109 | # 118 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 118 | # 131 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 139 | # 182 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 103 | # 148 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 99 | # 155 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 94 | # 149 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 111 | # 132 |
| Christopher Welsh FantasyPros | # 110 | # 137 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 106 | # 128 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 111 | # 116 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 92 | # 156 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 109 | # 128 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 96 | # 183 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 75 | # 177 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 119 | # 131 |
| Nate Miller Fantasy Six Pack | # 120 | # 141 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 60 | # 105 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 88 | # 115 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 112 | # 148 |
| Scott Youngson Pitcher List | # 100 | # 140 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 90 | # 164 |
| Scott Bogman FantasyPros | # 115 | # 119 |
| Fred Zinkie Yahoo! Sports | # 84 | # 144 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 116 | # 83 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 119 | # 95 |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 100 | # 97 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 116 | # 108 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 115 | # 109 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 118 | # 112 |
| Travis Argo Fantasy Six Pack | # 132 | # 114 |
| Brad Camara RotoBaller | # 126 | # 116 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 128 | # 118 |
| Bart Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football | # 129 | # 125 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 146 | # 130 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 163 | # 136 |
| Andrew Benintendi LF - KC | Eugenio Suarez 3B,DH,SS - SEA | |
| 2021 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 493 | 505 |
| Runs | 63 | 71 |
| Hits | 136 | 100 |
| Singles | 90 | 46 |
| Doubles | 27 | 23 |
| Triples | 2 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 17 | 31 |
| RBI | 73 | 79 |
| Stolen Bases | 8 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 9 | 1 |
| Walks | 36 | 56 |
| Strikeouts | 97 | 171 |
| Batting Average | .276 | .198 |
| On Base Pct | .324 | .286 |
| Slugging Pct | .442 | .428 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .766 | .713 |
| Andrew Benintendi LF - KC | Eugenio Suarez 3B,DH,SS - SEA | |
| 2022 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 496 | 475 |
| Runs | 67 | 66 |
| Hits | 134 | 104 |
| Singles | 86 | 56 |
| Doubles | 28 | 19 |
| Triples | 3 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 17 | 28 |
| RBI | 70 | 77 |
| Stolen Bases | 10 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 6 | 1 |
| Walks | 48 | 56 |
| Strikeouts | 109 | 156 |
| Batting Average | .270 | .220 |
| On Base Pct | .334 | .302 |
| Slugging Pct | .440 | .432 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .775 | .734 |
| Andrew Benintendi LF - KC | Eugenio Suarez 3B,DH,SS - SEA | |
| News | ||
| Andrew Benintendi went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in Kansas City's 7-6 loss the Twins on Sunday. Luke Monaldo Mon, May 23rd | Eugenio Suarez went 1-for-3 with two RBIs, one run, one walk and two strikeouts on Monday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Tue, May 24th | |
| Andrew Benintendi went 3-for-3 with a double, a walk and an RBI in Kansas City's 9-2 loss to Minnesota on Saturday. Luke Monaldo Sun, May 22nd | Eugenio Suarez went 1-for-4 with one RBI, one run and three strikeouts on Sunday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Mon, May 23rd | |
| Andrew Benintendi went 2-for-5 with a double in Kansas City's 7-4 loss to the White Sox on Thursday. Luke Monaldo Fri, May 20th | Eugenio Suarez went 2-for-4 with one RBI, one run and one strikeout on Saturday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, May 22nd | |
| Andrew Benintendi is not in the Royals' lineup for their game on Sunday against the Rockies. Dan Harris Sun, May 15th | Eugenio Suarez went 2-for-5 with two runs and one strikeout on Thursday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, May 20th | |
| Andrew Benintendi went 3-for-6 with a home run, a triple, three RBIs and two runs scored in a 14-10 Royals win in Colorado on Friday. Luke Monaldo Sat, May 14th | Eugenio Suarez went 1-for-3 with one RBI, two runs and one walk on Monday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Tue, May 17th | |
| Notes | ||
| Benintendi was the classic "needs a change of scenery" player and got relatively back on track with the Royals. He looked almost identical to the disappointing but absolutely usable version of himself that he showed in 2019, and his underlying rates were nearly identical. He did walk at a career-worst rate but he also got his strikeout rate down under control, and had he avoided injury, he surely would have put up a 20-10 season. There's every reason to expct him to be able to do that again, but expect his other counting stats to remain mediocre with Kansas City's lineup. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Suarez has continued to hit for power but his batting average has fallen off a cliff the last two seasons to just .199. Other than the fact that he had shoulder surgery just before the 2020 season, there's nothing really to explain. Almost all of his underlying metrics and quality of contact data look nearly identical to how they have his whole career, and he's just entering his age-30 season. But whatever the reason, Suarez is now a batting average drain, and he'll likely hit fewer home runs after being traded to Seattle. There's still plenty of value there, as he should still be a plus contributor in homers and RBI. But hope for a .230 batting avaerage as his ceiling at this point. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
