Who Should I Draft?
Javier Baez or Adalberto Mondesi (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Javier Baez SS - CHC  | Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC  | |
Expert |
76% Recommended by 34 of 45 experts |
24% Recommended by 11 of 45 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 20 | # 30 |
| Best Rank | # 12 | # 7 |
| Worst Rank | # 53 | # 118 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 31 | # 43 |
| Best Rank | # 26 | # 36 |
| Worst Rank | # 66 | # 93 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 34 | 27 |
| Home Runs | 12 | 6 |
| RBI | 37 | 26 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 17 |
| Batting Average | .280 | .256 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 17 | # 41 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 18 | # 34 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 22 | # 35 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 22 | # 35 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 23 | # 73 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 24 | # 32 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 12 | # 27 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 23 | # 46 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 23 | # 26 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 20 | # 31 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 24 | # 41 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 35 | # 44 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 25 | # 33 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 27 | # 51 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 53 | # 118 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 22 | # 32 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 26 | # 30 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 30 | # 34 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 21 | # 29 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 36 | # 39 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 15 | # 34 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 18 | # 25 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 18 | # 27 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 17 | # 40 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 16 | # 36 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 21 | # 50 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 20 | # 26 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 30 | # 75 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 13 | # 19 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 18 | # 23 |
| George Kurtz FantasyData | # 25 | # 79 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 17 | # 31 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 22 | # 26 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 27 | # 45 |
| Staff Rankings FullTime Fantasy | # 14 | # 12 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 17 | # 15 |
| Bill Dubiel RotoBaller | # 22 | # 21 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 23 | # 21 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 25 | # 19 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 25 | # 14 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 25 | # 24 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 26 | # 7 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 27 | # 26 |
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | # 30 | # 24 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 30 | # 23 |
| Javier Baez SS - CHC | Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 531 | 416 |
| Runs | 89 | 58 |
| Hits | 149 | 110 |
| Singles | 78 | 71 |
| Doubles | 38 | 20 |
| Triples | 4 | 10 |
| Home Runs | 29 | 9 |
| RBI | 85 | 62 |
| Stolen Bases | 11 | 43 |
| Caught Stealing | 7 | 7 |
| Walks | 28 | 19 |
| Strikeouts | 156 | 132 |
| Batting Average | .281 | .264 |
| On Base Pct | .316 | .293 |
| Slugging Pct | .531 | .426 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .847 | .718 |
| Javier Baez SS - CHC | Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 216 | 197 |
| Runs | 34 | 27 |
| Hits | 60 | 50 |
| Singles | 33 | 31 |
| Doubles | 14 | 10 |
| Triples | 2 | 3 |
| Home Runs | 12 | 6 |
| RBI | 37 | 26 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 17 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 4 |
| Walks | 12 | 10 |
| Strikeouts | 62 | 60 |
| Batting Average | .280 | .256 |
| On Base Pct | .316 | .291 |
| Slugging Pct | .521 | .434 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .837 | .725 |
| Javier Baez SS - CHC | Adalberto Mondesi SS - KC | |
| News | ||
| Javier Baez told Marly Rivera of ESPN that contract talks with the Cubs have been put on hold for now. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, May 6th | Royals manager Mike Matheny says Adalberto Mondesi (shoulder) "looks good" in the workout videos he has seen of him. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sat, Jun 27th | |
| Javier Baez went 2-for-2 with a walk and a solo home run in Sunday's Cactus League game against the Mariners. Brad Camara Sun, Mar 1st | Adalberto Mondesi told reporters that he "feels great" and is on track to play Opening Day for the Royals. Blaine Blontz Thu, Feb 20th | |
| Notes | ||
| You're drafting Baez for one thing right now, and that's power. The speed? Major drop-off from 2018 to 2019. The walks? Ha, that's cute. The success that Baez has had the past two years has resulted in everything going exactly right for him, but with the skill set that he has, the margin for error is razor-thin. There are many players that offer the same skills that Baez had who can be had for a much better draft cost - especially considering the position that he plays. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | Bold prediction time: Mondesi won't be a thing in 2021. Mondesi showed last year that he wasn't worth grabbing in the first three to four rounds of your draft, yet here we are again, with Mondesi going off the board 40th overall per FantasyPros' ADP. He's not a complete zero at power, but you're drafting him for speed only, essentially. If you look at his xwOBA (6th percentile), xSLG (16th percentile), and xBA (14th percentile) and pair that with his 29.8 K% and 4.3 BB% (both bottom 6 percent of baseball), what's to like? Oh, that's not to mention that he's recovering from offseason shoulder surgery. Unless you're in a big tournament-style league where you need to look for the splash play, avoid Mondesi this year and find your steals elsewhere where you don't have to make quite the investment. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| The shortstop position is so loaded that Baez' 29 homers, 11 steals and .281 batting average didn't even get him into the top 12 at the position last year. He is still well worth a third or fourth round pick, however, because the bat and speed are both reliable. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | Mondesi had a ridiculous 43 steals last year but he did it in just 416 at-bats. If he can stay on the field for a full season, 60 is not only a possibility, but likely. Add in 15 homers and we are talking about a potential first round value, albeit one with great risk. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | |
| I love the skill set while I hate that the Cubs only attempted 69 stolen base attempts in 2019 - 2nd least in all of baseball. Baez would be a top 10 pick if not for the Cubs refusal to run. That reality drops Baez down. 2019 wasn't a down year, it was a reflection of the Cubs approach to scoring runs by refusing to run. Chris Mitchell - FantasyData | ||
