Who Should I Draft?
Joey Gallo or Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (2022)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 1B,DH,LF - TOR  | Joey Gallo DH,LF,RF - NYY  | |
Expert |
51% Recommended by 22 of 43 experts |
49% Recommended by 21 of 43 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 85 | # 83 |
| Best Rank | # 51 | # 58 |
| Worst Rank | # 146 | # 135 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 133 | # 151 |
| Best Rank | # 131 | # 112 |
| Worst Rank | # 143 | # 171 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 71 | 88 |
| Home Runs | 24 | 39 |
| RBI | 85 | 91 |
| Stolen Bases | 4 | 5 |
| Batting Average | .275 | .213 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 98 | # 101 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 82 | # 90 |
| Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros | # 81 | # 84 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 87 | # 95 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 51 | # 118 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 84 | # 91 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 88 | # 90 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 97 | # 113 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 65 | # 108 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 81 | # 86 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 80 | # 100 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 57 | # 110 |
| Christopher Welsh FantasyPros | # 98 | # 109 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 82 | # 88 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 71 | # 105 |
| Bart Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football | # 87 | # 100 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 83 | # 93 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 79 | # 81 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 73 | # 135 |
| Nate Miller Fantasy Six Pack | # 77 | # 79 |
| Scott Youngson Pitcher List | # 72 | # 83 |
| Fred Zinkie Yahoo! Sports | # 79 | # 127 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 141 | # 58 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 127 | # 64 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 94 | # 66 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 85 | # 66 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 122 | # 67 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 101 | # 68 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 111 | # 70 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 79 | # 77 |
| Travis Argo Fantasy Six Pack | # 79 | # 78 |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 86 | # 79 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 99 | # 79 |
| Jody Smith FullTime Fantasy | # 84 | # 82 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 84 | # 83 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 92 | # 84 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 88 | # 85 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 102 | # 86 |
| Brad Camara RotoBaller | # 90 | # 88 |
| Scott Bogman FantasyPros | # 89 | # 88 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 146 | # 92 |
| Scott Engel The Game Day | # 117 | # 94 |
| Greg Smith Superflex.Guide | # 116 | # 95 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 1B,DH,LF - TOR | Joey Gallo DH,LF,RF - NYY | |
| 2021 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 500 | 498 |
| Runs | 62 | 90 |
| Hits | 138 | 99 |
| Singles | 87 | 47 |
| Doubles | 28 | 13 |
| Triples | 2 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 21 | 38 |
| RBI | 84 | 77 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 6 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 0 |
| Walks | 32 | 111 |
| Strikeouts | 102 | 213 |
| Batting Average | .276 | .199 |
| On Base Pct | .319 | .351 |
| Slugging Pct | .466 | .458 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .785 | .809 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 1B,DH,LF - TOR | Joey Gallo DH,LF,RF - NYY | |
| 2022 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 523 | 491 |
| Runs | 71 | 88 |
| Hits | 144 | 105 |
| Singles | 88 | 46 |
| Doubles | 30 | 18 |
| Triples | 2 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 24 | 39 |
| RBI | 85 | 91 |
| Stolen Bases | 4 | 5 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 1 |
| Walks | 33 | 99 |
| Strikeouts | 117 | 207 |
| Batting Average | .275 | .213 |
| On Base Pct | .319 | .346 |
| Slugging Pct | .472 | .483 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .791 | .829 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 1B,DH,LF - TOR | Joey Gallo DH,LF,RF - NYY | |
| News | ||
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 1-for-3 with a run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base on Tuesday against the Yankees. Dan Harris Wed, May 11th | The New York Yankees placed OF Joey Gallo and C Kyle Higashioka on the Covid-19 IL before their first game against the White Sox Sunday afternoon. Kelly Kirby Sun, May 22nd | |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 1-for-4 with a double on Wednesday against the Yankees. Dan Harris Wed, May 4th | Yankees OF Joey Gallo is not in the starting lineup Thursday afternoon in Baltimore according to Newsday's Erik Boland. Luke Monaldo Thu, May 19th | |
| According to Marino Pepen, Blue Jays LF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (hamstring) is back in the lineup Wednesday vs. the Red Sox. Kyle Williams - Dog Day Sports Wed, Apr 27th | Joey Gallo went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two RBIS and two runs scored in a 5-1 New York win in Chicago on Sunday. Luke Monaldo Mon, May 16th | |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit his second home run of the season on Monday and also doubled in Monday's win over Boston. Chris Clegg Mon, Apr 25th | Joey Gallo went 2-for-5 with a home run in a 10-4 Yankees win on Friday. Luke Monaldo Sat, May 14th | |
| Toronto Blue Jays LF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 2-for-5 at the plate on Sunday, hitting a RBI double along with a solo home run in the Jays' 8-7 loss to the Astros. Josh Thiessen Mon, Apr 25th | Joey Gallo went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk and a strikeout in a 2-1 Yankee loss in Toronto on Wednesday, Luke Monaldo Thu, May 5th | |
| Notes | ||
| Gurriel cut his strikeout rate to a career-best 18.9%, but that's pretty much where the good news ends. His quality of contact dropped significantly (at least in some part due to a knee injury he played through), resulting in a sharp downturn in both his home runs and slugging percentage. Playing for a ridiculously strong Toronto offense will keep his counting stats relatively afloat, and he may bat higher in the order with Marcus Semien in Texas now. And he's entering his age-28 season so perhaps there's a power bump coming. But Gurriel looks much more like a player who you draft because he won't hurt you, not because he'll help you a ton. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | It should tell you all you need to know about Gallo that he hit 38 home runs and scored 90 runs last season and baseball fans and fantasy players view his year as a disaster. Gallo basically did what he always did - he struck out a ton (34.6%), walked more than anyone not named Juan Soto (18%) and left the yard often. His sub-.200 batting average is just basically what Gallo is going to bring to the table unless he changes his approach or gets lucky, though the fact that he hit ground balls at an elevated clip didn't help much. He'll still be batting in the middle of a strong Yankees lineup, so if you can deal with the batting average hit, draft him for the homers and runs scored production. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
