Who Should I Draft?
Jake McCarthy or Willson Contreras (2023)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Willson Contreras C,DH - STL  | Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - ARI  | |
Expert |
51% Recommended by 22 of 43 experts |
49% Recommended by 21 of 43 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 76 | # 68 |
| Best Rank | # 28 | # 41 |
| Worst Rank | # 111 | # 135 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 101 | # 118 |
| Best Rank | # 89 | # 102 |
| Worst Rank | # 130 | # 190 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 67 | 71 |
| Home Runs | 21 | 12 |
| RBI | 64 | 59 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 31 |
| Batting Average | .247 | .262 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 54 | # 68 |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 61 | # 71 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 60 | # 66 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 71 | # 72 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 43 | # 62 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 70 | # 75 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 79 | # 80 |
| Justin Mason FanGraphs | # 56 | # 75 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 72 | # 75 |
| Pierre Camus Fantasy Endgame | # 77 | # 87 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 86 | # 89 |
| Bart Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football | # 62 | # 70 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 28 | # 57 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 75 | # 82 |
| Brad Camara RotoBaller | # 73 | # 76 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 70 | # 98 |
| Ethan Biddle FantasyPros | # 58 | # 95 |
| Scott Bogman FantasyPros | # 73 | # 77 |
| Jesse Garcia FantasyPros | # 74 | # 78 |
| Julian Tarevski FantasyPros | # 90 | # 135 |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 56 | # 77 |
| Joe Orrico SportsEthos | # 78 | # 85 |
| Scott Youngson Pitcher List | # 100 | # 41 |
| Jeff Zimmerman FanGraphs | # 111 | # 45 |
| Brandon 'B_Don' Myers Razzball | # 103 | # 48 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 54 | # 53 |
| Paul Sporer FanGraphs | # 78 | # 55 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 68 | # 58 |
| Fred Zinkie Yahoo! Sports | # 78 | # 58 |
| Taylor Tarter Fastball Fantasy Baseball | # 90 | # 58 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 77 | # 61 |
| Keith Lott Fantasy Six Pack | # 89 | # 63 |
| Christopher Welsh FantasyPros | # 73 | # 64 |
| Greg Smith Superflex.Guide | # 72 | # 64 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 76 | # 67 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 72 | # 69 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 75 | # 70 |
| Blake Meyer Sports Gambling Podcast Network | # 86 | # 73 |
| Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros | # 79 | # 74 |
| Jason Kamlowsky FantasyPros | # 85 | # 74 |
| Jacob W. Dunne Triple Play Fantasy | # 82 | # 80 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 97 | # 83 |
| Travis Argo Fantasy Six Pack | # 111 | # 95 |
| Willson Contreras C,DH - STL | Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - ARI | |
| 2022 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 416 | 321 |
| Runs | 65 | 53 |
| Hits | 101 | 91 |
| Singles | 54 | 64 |
| Doubles | 23 | 16 |
| Triples | 2 | 3 |
| Home Runs | 22 | 8 |
| RBI | 55 | 43 |
| Stolen Bases | 4 | 23 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 3 |
| Walks | 45 | 23 |
| Strikeouts | 103 | 76 |
| Batting Average | .243 | .284 |
| On Base Pct | .349 | .342 |
| Slugging Pct | .466 | .427 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .815 | .769 |
| Willson Contreras C,DH - STL | Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - ARI | |
| 2023 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 435 | 486 |
| Runs | 67 | 71 |
| Hits | 107 | 128 |
| Singles | 63 | 85 |
| Doubles | 22 | 25 |
| Triples | 1 | 6 |
| Home Runs | 21 | 12 |
| RBI | 64 | 59 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 31 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 7 |
| Walks | 49 | 39 |
| Strikeouts | 119 | 123 |
| Batting Average | .247 | .262 |
| On Base Pct | .322 | .317 |
| Slugging Pct | .444 | .405 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .766 | .723 |
| Willson Contreras C,DH - STL | Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - ARI | |
| News | ||
| There are no recent news for these players | ||
| Notes | ||
| Willson Contreras signed a 5-year, $87.5 million deal with the Cardinals and will presumably bat in an advantageous position in their lineup. He shaved seven percentage points off his K-rate, which will probably revert to somewhere in the middle in 2023. The 30-year-old has always had good on-base skills and 20-HR power, and his RBI total should hover in the 60-70 range. While he is a significantly worse pitch framer than the Hall of Famer he is replacing, St. Louis will find a way to keep his bat in the lineup. The only concern is the continued leg and ankle injuries that he experienced last year, but he comes at a discount and remains a C1 in this draft. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros | Jake McCarthy is a vessel for stolen bases in the later rounds of drafts. He is exactly the type of guy you wait for once you've built up your other categories. He could pop double-digit homers, but all fantasy managers need to care about is that he keeps running well (23-for-26 SB in 2022) and with impunity. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros | |
