Who Should I Draft?
Jacob deGrom or Gerrit Cole (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Jacob deGrom SP - NYM  | Gerrit Cole SP - NYY  | |
Expert |
96% Recommended by 48 of 50 experts |
4% Recommended by 2 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 1 | # 2 |
| Best Rank | # 1 | # 1 |
| Worst Rank | # 3 | # 5 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 6 | # 7 |
| Best Rank | # 5 | # 5 |
| Worst Rank | # 7 | # 8 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 251 | 262 |
| Wins | 14 | 16 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 2.77 | 3.18 |
| WHIP | 1.00 | 1.03 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 1 | # 2 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 1 | # 2 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 1 | # 2 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 1 | # 2 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 1 | # 2 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 1 | # 2 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 1 | # 2 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 1 | # 2 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 1 | # 2 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 1 | # 2 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 1 | # 2 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 1 | # 2 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 1 | # 2 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 1 | # 3 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 1 | # 3 |
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| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 1 | # 2 |
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| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 1 | # 2 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 1 | # 2 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 1 | # 2 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 1 | # 2 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 1 | # 3 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 1 | # 2 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 1 | # 2 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 1 | # 2 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 1 | # 3 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 1 | # 2 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 1 | # 4 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 1 | # 3 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 1 | # 2 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 1 | # 3 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 1 | # 2 |
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| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 1 | # 2 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 1 | # 3 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 1 | # 2 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 1 | # 3 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 1 | # 3 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 1 | # 3 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 1 | # 2 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 1 | # 2 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 3 | # 5 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 1 | # 2 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 1 | # 2 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 1 | # 2 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 1 | # 2 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 1 | # 2 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 2 | # 1 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 3 | # 2 |
| Jacob deGrom SP - NYM | Gerrit Cole SP - NYY | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 12 | 12 |
| Games Started | 12 | 12 |
| Innings Pitched | 68.2 | 73.1 |
| Wins | 4 | 7 |
| Losses | 2 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 47 | 53 |
| Earned Runs | 18 | 23 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 7 | 14 |
| Strikeouts | 104 | 94 |
| Walks | 18 | 17 |
| ERA | 2.38 | 2.84 |
| WHIP | 0.96 | 0.96 |
| Jacob deGrom SP - NYM | Gerrit Cole SP - NYY | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 31 | 32 |
| Games Started | 31 | 32 |
| Innings Pitched | 193.1 | 197.9 |
| Wins | 14 | 16 |
| Losses | 7 | 7 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 147 | 153 |
| Earned Runs | 59 | 70 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 21 | 30 |
| Strikeouts | 251 | 262 |
| Walks | 46 | 52 |
| ERA | 2.77 | 3.18 |
| WHIP | 1.00 | 1.03 |
| Jacob deGrom SP - NYM | Gerrit Cole SP - NYY | |
| News | ||
| Jacob deGrom's MRI revealed inflammation in his right lat, per the Mets. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Tue, May 4th | Gerrit Cole allowed four hits and no walks while striking out 12 in six scoreless innings to earn the win against the Tigers on Friday. John Aubin Sat, May 1st | |
| Jon Heyman of the MLB Network is reporting that Mets ace Jacob deGrom was scratched from Tuesday’s start against the Cardinals due to side tightness. Brad Camara Tue, May 4th | Gerrit Cole picked up the win in Saturday's 2-1 victory over Cleveland, allowing one run on three hits over seven innings. He struck out 11 without walking a batter. John Aubin Sun, Apr 25th | |
| Jacob deGrom allowed one run on three hits and one walk with nine strikeouts in six innings. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Wed, Apr 28th | Gerrit Cole gave up three runs (two earned) on five hits with 10 strikeouts and no walks over 6 1/3 innings on Sunday in a loss to the Rays. John Aubin Sun, Apr 18th | |
| Jacob deGrom needed 109 pitches to rack up 15 strikeouts. He allowed only two hits and didn't walk a batter. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Sat, Apr 24th | Gerrit Cole picked up the win in Monday's 3-1 victory over the Blue Jays, allowing one run on three hits and a walk over six innings. He struck out eight. John Aubin Tue, Apr 13th | |
| Jacob deGrom allowed three unearned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out fourteen batters in six innings. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Sun, Apr 18th | Gerrit Cole earned the win by pitching seven scoreless innings with 13 strikeouts against the Orioles on Tuesday, allowing four hits and no walks. John Aubin Wed, Apr 7th | |
| Notes | ||
| deGrom barely missed out on winning his third straight Cy Young Award last year, but it was yet another dominant season. For the third straight year, he came in with a WHIP under 1.00, an ERA under 2.50, and a strikeout percentage above 31%. deGrom is getting up there in age, but it's worth remembering that he has fewer miles on his arm than most pitcher entering their age-33 season, given that he didn't transition to pitching until late in his college career and missed significant time with injuries during his time in the minors. deGrom has shown no decline in his game, and should hopefully (finally) begin to pile on more wins this year pitching for a better team in front of an improved bullpen. He should be the first or second starting pitcher taken and is an obvious first-round pick. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Cole was pretty much as advertised in his first season with the Yankees. His ERA rose a tad, as did his home run rate as expected, and his strikeout rate fell a bit, though it remained at an absurdly high level. And, for the most part, all of his expected metrics fell off a tad from his 2019 season. But Cole's numbers from that season were so dominating that he could withstand plenty of regression and still be one of the best pitchers in fantasy. As such, he'll head into 2021 close to the way he came into the 2020 season: a dominant, high-strikeout, low-walk starter who will throw plenty of innings and who is more likely to finish as the top overall fantasy pitcher than he is to finish outside the top-10. It's a matter of personal preference between Cole and Jacob deGrom as the first pitcher off the board, but neither should fall outside the top-10 overall picks on draft day. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
