Who Should I Draft?
Gio Urshela or Brandon Belt (2022)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Brandon Belt 1B - SF  | Gio Urshela 3B,SS - MIN  | |
Expert |
91% Recommended by 39 of 43 experts |
9% Recommended by 4 of 43 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 119 | # 166 |
| Best Rank | # 83 | # 132 |
| Worst Rank | # 161 | # 251 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 242 | # 322 |
| Best Rank | # 189 | # 289 |
| Worst Rank | # 283 | # 348 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 74 | 50 |
| Home Runs | 26 | 14 |
| RBI | 70 | 54 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 1 |
| Batting Average | .258 | .270 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 122 | # 165 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 118 | # 153 |
| Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros | # 122 | # 148 |
| Scott Engel The Game Day | # 103 | # 153 |
| Jody Smith FullTime Fantasy | # 116 | # 162 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 132 | ‐ |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 115 | # 136 |
| Greg Smith Superflex.Guide | # 101 | ‐ |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 98 | # 152 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 117 | # 155 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 128 | # 139 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 111 | # 149 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 151 | # 189 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 116 | # 160 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 113 | # 180 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 120 | # 182 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 98 | # 159 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 118 | # 165 |
| Christopher Welsh FantasyPros | # 147 | # 165 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 125 | # 166 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 118 | # 163 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 120 | # 166 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 95 | # 162 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 108 | # 160 |
| Bart Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football | # 130 | # 182 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 130 | # 171 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 120 | # 225 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 119 | # 246 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 124 | # 132 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 116 | # 137 |
| Nate Miller Fantasy Six Pack | # 87 | ‐ |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 117 | # 251 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 142 | # 174 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 131 | ‐ |
| Scott Youngson Pitcher List | # 118 | # 163 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 83 | ‐ |
| Scott Bogman FantasyPros | # 148 | ‐ |
| Travis Argo Fantasy Six Pack | # 137 | # 141 |
| Fred Zinkie Yahoo! Sports | # 112 | # 168 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 143 | # 133 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 161 | # 147 |
| Brad Camara RotoBaller | # 154 | # 151 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 158 | # 152 |
| Brandon Belt 1B - SF | Gio Urshela 3B,SS - MIN | |
| 2021 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 325 | 420 |
| Runs | 65 | 42 |
| Hits | 89 | 112 |
| Singles | 44 | 78 |
| Doubles | 14 | 18 |
| Triples | 2 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 29 | 14 |
| RBI | 59 | 49 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 0 |
| Walks | 48 | 20 |
| Strikeouts | 103 | 109 |
| Batting Average | .274 | .267 |
| On Base Pct | .378 | .301 |
| Slugging Pct | .597 | .419 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .975 | .720 |
| Brandon Belt 1B - SF | Gio Urshela 3B,SS - MIN | |
| 2022 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 443 | 401 |
| Runs | 74 | 50 |
| Hits | 114 | 108 |
| Singles | 62 | 71 |
| Doubles | 23 | 23 |
| Triples | 2 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 26 | 14 |
| RBI | 70 | 54 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 0 |
| Walks | 67 | 25 |
| Strikeouts | 127 | 93 |
| Batting Average | .258 | .270 |
| On Base Pct | .356 | .313 |
| Slugging Pct | .491 | .430 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .847 | .743 |
| Brandon Belt 1B - SF | Gio Urshela 3B,SS - MIN | |
| News | ||
| Brandon Belt went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts in Monday's 7-6 win over the Rockies. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 17th | Gio Urshela went 3-for-4 with three singles, an RBI and a run scored in Thursday's 7-1 win over the Tigers. Diego Sandoval Thu, Apr 28th | |
| Brandon Belt went 2-for-3 with two singles, a walk and an RBI in Wednesday's 7-1 win over the Rockies. Diego Sandoval Wed, May 11th | Gio Urshela went 2-for-3 with two singles, a walk, and two runs scored in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Tigers. Diego Sandoval Wed, Apr 27th | |
| Brandon Belt went 1-for-5 with an RBI double in Tuesday's 9-2 win over the Rockies. Diego Sandoval Wed, May 11th | Twins third baseman Gio Urshela went 2-for-3 with a pair of singles against the White Sox on Sunday. He also recorded a walk and RBI in the contest. Minnesota ultimately defeated Chicago by a score of 6-4 in extra innings. Andersen Pickard Sun, Apr 24th | |
| Brandon Belt went 0-for-1 with three walks and two runs scored in Saturday's 13-7 win over the Cardinals. Diego Sandoval Sun, May 8th | Twins third baseman Gio Urshela went 3-for-5 with a trio of singles against the Red Sox on Monday. He also stranded three runners on base in the contest. Minnesota ultimately defeated Boston by a score of 8-3. Andersen Pickard Mon, Apr 18th | |
| San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt is the next member of the team to test positive for COVID-19, according to East Bay Times writer Evan Webeck. Kendall Capps Fri, Apr 29th | Twins third baseman Gio Urshela went 0-for-3 against the Dodgers on Wednesday afternoon. Minnesota was held to just one hit as they ultimately fell to Los Angeles by a score of 7-0. Andersen Pickard Thu, Apr 14th | |
| Notes | ||
| As he has often in his career, Belt missed time with various injuries last year, including a fractured thumb. But he crushed his career-high in home runs with 29, and in just 97 games. He's back with the Giants after accepting a qualifying offer and even with last year's numbers and the change in park factors in recent years, San Francisco was hardly the best place for Belt to end up. You can't deny the production last year and there really wasn't much different about what Belt did to make you think it's unsustainable. But at 34 years old, expecting an improvement in health is likely a bad idea. Draft him with 25 homers in mind, and anything else is gravy. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Urshela was moved to Minnesota this offseason where he'll man third base and likely bat in the bottom third of the order. When healthy, he's a high-average, 20-homer bat who will chip in everywhere but steals. But his margin for error is fairly thin given how mediocre his quality of contact is and with his poor walk rate. Given that his surrounding llineup and home park took a pretty drastic step down, he's really just an AL-only option at this point. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
