Who Should I Draft?
Jacob deGrom or Shane Bieber (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Jacob deGrom SP - NYM  | Shane Bieber SP - CLE  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 43 of 43 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 43 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 2 | # 8 |
| Best Rank | # 1 | # 4 |
| Worst Rank | # 3 | # 27 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 7 | # 25 |
| Best Rank | # 7 | # 21 |
| Worst Rank | # 10 | # 30 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 89 | 80 |
| Wins | 5 | 5 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 2.98 | 3.61 |
| WHIP | 1.07 | 1.13 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 2 | # 9 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 2 | # 7 |
| Staff Rankings FullTime Fantasy | # 3 | # 12 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 1 | # 9 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 2 | # 9 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 2 | # 8 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 2 | # 5 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 2 | # 6 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 2 | # 8 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 3 | # 7 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 3 | # 8 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 2 | # 7 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 2 | # 4 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 2 | # 7 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 2 | # 6 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 2 | # 8 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 2 | # 6 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 1 | # 10 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 1 | # 27 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 2 | # 8 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 2 | # 5 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 2 | # 6 |
| Bill Dubiel RotoBaller | # 2 | # 12 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 2 | # 7 |
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | # 1 | # 9 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 2 | # 6 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 1 | # 11 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 2 | # 8 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 2 | # 12 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 2 | # 6 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 2 | # 7 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 2 | # 6 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 1 | # 8 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 2 | # 6 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 2 | # 7 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 2 | # 8 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 3 | # 11 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 1 | # 11 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 2 | # 6 |
| George Kurtz FantasyData | # 2 | # 8 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 2 | # 9 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 2 | # 7 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 2 | # 6 |
| Jacob deGrom SP - NYM | Shane Bieber SP - CLE | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 32 | 34 |
| Games Started | 32 | 33 |
| Innings Pitched | 204.0 | 214.1 |
| Wins | 11 | 15 |
| Losses | 8 | 8 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 154 | 185 |
| Earned Runs | 55 | 78 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 19 | 31 |
| Strikeouts | 255 | 259 |
| Walks | 44 | 40 |
| ERA | 2.43 | 3.28 |
| WHIP | 0.97 | 1.05 |
| Jacob deGrom SP - NYM | Shane Bieber SP - CLE | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 12 | 12 |
| Games Started | 12 | 11 |
| Innings Pitched | 74.9 | 72.3 |
| Wins | 5 | 5 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 62 | 67 |
| Earned Runs | 25 | 29 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | 10 |
| Strikeouts | 89 | 80 |
| Walks | 18 | 15 |
| ERA | 2.98 | 3.61 |
| WHIP | 1.07 | 1.13 |
| Jacob deGrom SP - NYM | Shane Bieber SP - CLE | |
| News | ||
| Jacob deGrom says he expects to ramp up to 85 pitches in his final summer camp tune-up. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Jul 6th | Indians pitching coach Carl Willis praised Shane Bieber for his first summer workout this weekend. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Jul 6th | |
| Mets ace Jacob deGrom allowed one earned run on one hit and three strikeouts in Wednesday's win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Mike Maher - The Birds Blitz Wed, Mar 11th | Shane Bieber will remain the Indians' Opening Day starter on July 24th. Brad Camara Fri, Jul 3rd | |
| Mike Puma of the New York Post reports the Mets are in agreement with Luis Rojas to be their new manager. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, Jan 22nd | The Indians announced Shane Bieber will be the team's Opening Day starter in 2020. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Fri, Mar 6th | |
| Notes | ||
| In points leagues, you can make the case for deGrom first overall. In roto leagues, you can still make the case for him or Gerrit Cole earlier than here, but the name of the game this year is volume, and as great as deGrom is, you're looking at 13 starts or so max from him. Still, he's the best pitcher in the game, and if you want a leg-up on the rest of the league, this is a good spot to grab him. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | Bieber may not be the most polarizing player in drafts this year, but it's hard to argue that he isn't the most polarizing pitcher. For every positive (peripherals were in line with his surface stats), that are concerns (he gets hit HARD). If you're a Bieber truther (Belieber, I guess), it's good value for him here as the ace of your staff. But if you have any pause about him at all, you should fade him and go with a safer option. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| After winning his second consecutive Cy Young Award, deGrom has an obvious case to be the top pitcher taken in the game. Back-to-back season with a sub-2.50 ERA and sub-1.00 WHIP with at least 200 strikeouts makes deGrom perhaps the safest pitcher in the game, especially after three straight seasons of at least 200 innings pitched. The bugaboo for deGrom is his lack of wins - just 21 over the last two seasons despite historic numbers. But with the improved Mets bullpen, there's every reason to think deGrom can get back to the 15-win total he put up in 2017. It's him or Gerrit Cole for the top pitcher off the board and you can't go wrong. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Bieber was simply fantastic in 2019 and gave you everything you want from a stud pitcher. He was second in the league innings, had a 3.28 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP, and was top-10 in strikeout and walk rates. He gave up his fair share of home runs but, overall, there are next to no complaint about Bieber. Draft him with confidence as a low-end ace. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
