Who Should I Draft?
Freddie Freeman or Cody Bellinger (2019)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Freddie Freeman 1B - ATL  | Cody Bellinger 1B,CF - LAD  | |
Expert |
97% Recommended by 57 of 59 experts |
3% Recommended by 2 of 59 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 17 | # 30 |
| Best Rank | # 7 | # 16 |
| Worst Rank | # 25 | # 49 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 23 | # 39 |
| Best Rank | # 16 | # 38 |
| Worst Rank | # 25 | # 50 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 93 | 88 |
| Home Runs | 27 | 32 |
| RBI | 95 | 95 |
| Stolen Bases | 8 | 12 |
| Batting Average | .302 | .262 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Brandon Funston The Athletic | # 16 | # 28 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 14 | # 28 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 14 | # 48 |
| Staff Rankings FullTime Fantasy | # 15 | # 25 |
| Brad Richter DailyOverlay | # 13 | # 45 |
| Michael Beller The Athletic | # 17 | # 37 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 14 | # 33 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 11 | # 26 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 14 | # 49 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 17 | # 26 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 15 | # 30 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 17 | # 32 |
| Eno Sarris The Athletic | # 16 | # 32 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 23 | # 34 |
| Al Melchior The Athletic | # 17 | # 33 |
| Scott White CBS Sports | # 18 | # 40 |
| Heath Cummings CBS Sports | # 9 | # 41 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 14 | # 32 |
| Nando Di Fino The Athletic | # 22 | # 46 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 17 | # 26 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 16 | # 32 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 14 | # 31 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 23 | # 45 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 17 | # 30 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 23 | # 33 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 17 | # 27 |
| Chris Meaney The Athletic | # 14 | # 29 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 17 | # 38 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 20 | # 33 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 9 | # 33 |
| Justin Klein The Fake Baseball | # 19 | # 33 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 18 | # 31 |
| Paul Sporer FanGraphs | # 16 | # 32 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 17 | # 32 |
| Bill Dubiel RotoBaller | # 17 | # 32 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 16 | # 28 |
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | # 16 | # 29 |
| Justin Mason FanGraphs | # 18 | # 33 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 15 | # 27 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 9 | # 27 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 18 | # 34 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 15 | # 31 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 7 | # 32 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 19 | # 30 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 11 | # 39 |
| Brandon 'B_Don' Myers Razzball | # 25 | # 27 |
| Kyle Richardson The Fantasy Headliners | # 17 | # 29 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 15 | # 30 |
| Jacob Gibbs SportsLine | # 17 | # 30 |
| Bart Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football | # 16 | # 32 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 17 | # 28 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 13 | # 27 |
| Jason Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 17 | # 24 |
| Joe E Gentile Fake Teams | # 24 | # 31 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 9 | # 24 |
| Austin Bristow II Pitcher List | # 17 | # 29 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 16 | # 36 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 21 | # 19 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 24 | # 16 |
| Freddie Freeman 1B - ATL | Cody Bellinger 1B,CF - LAD | |
| 2018 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 618 | 557 |
| Runs | 94 | 84 |
| Hits | 191 | 145 |
| Singles | 120 | 85 |
| Doubles | 44 | 28 |
| Triples | 4 | 7 |
| Home Runs | 23 | 25 |
| RBI | 98 | 76 |
| Stolen Bases | 10 | 14 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 1 |
| Walks | 76 | 69 |
| Strikeouts | 132 | 151 |
| Batting Average | .309 | .260 |
| On Base Pct | .388 | .343 |
| Slugging Pct | .505 | .470 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .892 | .814 |
| Freddie Freeman 1B - ATL | Cody Bellinger 1B,CF - LAD | |
| 2019 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 568 | 548 |
| Runs | 93 | 88 |
| Hits | 171 | 143 |
| Singles | 101 | 79 |
| Doubles | 39 | 28 |
| Triples | 3 | 5 |
| Home Runs | 27 | 32 |
| RBI | 95 | 95 |
| Stolen Bases | 8 | 12 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 3 |
| Walks | 77 | 69 |
| Strikeouts | 126 | 149 |
| Batting Average | .302 | .262 |
| On Base Pct | .385 | .345 |
| Slugging Pct | .525 | .507 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .910 | .851 |
| Freddie Freeman 1B - ATL | Cody Bellinger 1B,CF - LAD | |
| News | ||
| Freddie Freeman (elbow) is starting at first base and batting third against the Nationals. Brad Camara Sat, Sep 14th | Cody Bellinger went 2-for-4 with an RBI, two runs scored, and a stolen base in the Dodgers' 4-2 win over the Orioles on Thursday. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Fri, Sep 13th | |
| Freddie Freeman was removed from Friday's game against the Nationals due to right elbow soreness. Brad Camara Fri, Sep 13th | Cody Bellinger went 1-for-4 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored in the Dodgers' win over the Orioles on Tuesday night. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, Sep 11th | |
| Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman went 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored in Monday's win over the Phillies. Mike Maher Tue, Sep 10th | Cody Bellinger hit his 43rd homer of the season in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Diamondbacks. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Sep 2nd | |
| Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in Friday's win over the Nationals. Mike Maher Sat, Sep 7th | Cody Bellinger is absent from Saturday's lineup versus the Diamondbacks. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sat, Aug 31st | |
| Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman went 3-for-4 with two homers and five RBI in Sunday's win over the White Sox. The homers were his 37th and 38th of the season. Mike Maher Mon, Sep 2nd | Cody Bellinger went 1-for-3 with a double and two walks in the Dodgers' 11-5 loss to the Diamondbacks on Thursday night. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Fri, Aug 30th | |
| Notes | ||
| First basemen isn't as deep as it once was so commodities like Freeman are well worth investing in toward the middle of the third round. He is a lock for 90 runs, 90 RBIs and a .300 batting average each year and that type of player doesn't grow on trees Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | Last year was a major disappointment for Bellinger owners after he hit 39 homers in just 132 rookie games in 2017. He still managed to hit 25 bombs with 14 steals, however, so the floor is plenty high. At just 23 years old, we clearly haven't seen the best of Bellinger so don't be surprised if he breaks out for 50 bombs this year or next Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | |
| Freeman bounced back from an injury-shortened 2017 season to finish as the number one fantasy first baseman in 2018, despite a precipitous drop in his power output. Freeman may struggle to return to the 30-HR plateau if he continues to hit as few fly balls as he did last year, but he's now produced a .300 batting average in three straight seasons, is good for 5-10 steals, and should continue to see healthy run and RBI totals as the Braves' lineup comes into its own. Consider him a decent bet to again finish as the number one 1B in fantasy. Andrew Seifter - FantasyPros | Bellinger was always due for some negative regression after he belted 39 home runs in just 480 at-bats during his rookie 2017 season, but he should now be due for a bit of positive regression after managing just 25 home runs last year. His hard hit rate tailed off a bit, but his exit velocity and launch angle remained unchanged, so he's a good bet to return to the 30-35 HR range this year. Bellinger promisingly trimmed his strikeout rate, indicating that he should be able to keep his batting average in the .260 range even if his BABIP drops a little, and the 10-15 steals he provides give him a leg up on most other 1B-eligible players. The fact he's unlikely to hit .280-.300 keeps him a notch below Freeman, Goldschmidt, and Rizzo, but he's already the next best thing and is still just 23 years old. Andrew Seifter - FantasyPros | |
| Replacing Joey Votto as the line-drive king, Freeman has batted above .300 with a slugging percentage over .500 in each of the last three seasons. He played all 162 games and even poached a career-high 10 bases in 2018. He'd be fantasy's undisputed top first baseman if not for a late power outage limiting him to 23 homers. Now he's simply competing with Paul Goldschmidt for top billing as second-round mainstays. Now that he has slowly repealed the injury-prone label, Freeman is a relatively safe pick with MVP upside. Andrew Gould - FantasyPros | In 162 games and 84 more plate appearances than in his spectacular arrival, Bellinger hit 14 fewer home runs (25) while his ISO dropped from .315 to .210. On the bright side, he avoided significant batting-average regression by hitting .260 with a diminished strikeout rate (23.9%). The 23-year-old maintains more than enough raw power to jump back to 30 long balls, but don't overlook his 14 steals in 15 tries. This isn't a mere case of catching opponents off guard, as the 6'4" stud recorded a higher Statcast speed score (28.9) than Jose Peraza, Tim Anderson, and Ozzie Albies. He's a 30-15 candidate with upside for more, so don't let him fall too far beyond the fourth round. Andrew Gould - FantasyPros | |
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