Who Should I Draft?
Javier Baez or Yordan Alvarez (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Javier Baez SS - CHC  | Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU  | |
Expert |
63% Recommended by 29 of 46 experts |
37% Recommended by 17 of 46 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 20 | # 28 |
| Best Rank | # 11 | # 17 |
| Worst Rank | # 53 | # 67 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 32 | # 38 |
| Best Rank | # 25 | # 33 |
| Worst Rank | # 66 | # 51 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 34 | 31 |
| Home Runs | 11 | 13 |
| RBI | 36 | 38 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 1 |
| Batting Average | .280 | .290 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | IL10 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 17 | # 67 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 18 | # 42 |
| Staff Rankings FullTime Fantasy | # 14 | # 20 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 22 | # 27 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 22 | # 23 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 25 | # 33 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 25 | # 30 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 24 | # 28 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 11 | # 47 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 22 | # 33 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 20 | # 23 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 20 | # 28 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 18 | # 37 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 17 | # 29 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 22 | # 39 |
| Bill Dubiel RotoBaller | # 22 | # 33 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 21 | # 28 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 32 | # 46 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 23 | # 49 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 18 | # 55 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 18 | # 24 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 17 | # 22 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 16 | # 19 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 19 | # 28 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 20 | # 30 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 12 | # 56 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 18 | # 25 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 17 | # 25 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 22 | # 23 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 21 | # 19 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 23 | # 17 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 23 | # 22 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 25 | # 22 |
| George Kurtz FantasyData | # 25 | # 23 |
| Brendan Tuma BettingPros | # 25 | # 22 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 26 | # 21 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 27 | # 24 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 27 | # 21 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 27 | # 24 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 30 | # 18 |
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | # 30 | # 17 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 30 | # 28 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 30 | # 28 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 35 | # 26 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 36 | # 19 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 53 | # 24 |
| Javier Baez SS - CHC | Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 531 | 313 |
| Runs | 89 | 58 |
| Hits | 149 | 98 |
| Singles | 78 | 45 |
| Doubles | 38 | 26 |
| Triples | 4 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 29 | 27 |
| RBI | 85 | 78 |
| Stolen Bases | 11 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 7 | 0 |
| Walks | 28 | 52 |
| Strikeouts | 156 | 94 |
| Batting Average | .281 | .313 |
| On Base Pct | .316 | .412 |
| Slugging Pct | .531 | .655 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .847 | 1.067 |
| Javier Baez SS - CHC | Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 216 | 178 |
| Runs | 34 | 31 |
| Hits | 60 | 52 |
| Singles | 33 | 27 |
| Doubles | 14 | 11 |
| Triples | 2 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 11 | 13 |
| RBI | 36 | 38 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 0 |
| Walks | 12 | 25 |
| Strikeouts | 62 | 51 |
| Batting Average | .280 | .290 |
| On Base Pct | .318 | .379 |
| Slugging Pct | .520 | .569 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .838 | .948 |
| Javier Baez SS - CHC | Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU | |
| News | ||
| Javier Baez has “no regrets” in not reaching a deal before the Coronavirus pandemic. Brad Camara Fri, Jul 10th | The Astros placed Yordan Alvarez on the injured list for undisclosed reasons. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Jul 13th | |
| 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 | Yordan Alvarez has not yet made an appearance at Astros summer camp. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sun, Jul 12th | |
| 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 | Yordan Alvarez (personal) hasn’t arrived in Houston for spring training 2.0 due to personal reasons. Brad Camara Fri, Jul 3rd | |
| The Astros are planning to have Yordan Alvarez play the field more often in 2020. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sat, Mar 21st | ||
| Astros manager Dusty Baker says Yordan Alvarez (knee) will not play on Wednesday as previously scheduled. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Tue, Mar 10th | ||
| 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 | Ignore the eligibility concerns. Ignore the cheating scandal. Don't totally ignore the knees, but do pay attention to the results. Alvarez put on a historic performance last year across the majors and minors, and there's really nothing to his profile that suggests it wasn't all legit. Before last season, he was really good in the minors, but not quite this good. Fortunately, we can chalk that up to another year of development. Alvarez won't give you steals, but the rest of the numbers are up there with the elite options in fantasy. Yeah, we're talking about a top-five pick if he does it again. He has the pedigree, and he's had the success early in his career. 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 | It was just an 87 game sample size but in that time, Yordan was clearly one of the top five hitters in baseball. He won't steal any bags, but 50 homers, 140 RBIs and a .320 batting average is within the realm of realistic possibilities. He comes with some risk, however, since we haven't seen it for an extended time. 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 | Yordan is getting the sophomore discount, meaning you don't have to pay up to get top five player potential. If all goes well, Alvarez will be a monster in all areas except SBs. Perfect third round pick if looking for upside and power. Hits the ball ridiculously hard. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | |
| Not sure he's as special of a fantasy asset as he was in 2018, particularly at a deep position Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | Swatted 50 homers and 42 doubles between minors and majors in 2019 Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | |
