Who Should I Draft?
Jorge Soler or Byron Buxton (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Byron Buxton CF - MIN  | Jorge Soler RF,DH - KC  | |
Expert |
66% Recommended by 33 of 50 experts |
34% Recommended by 17 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 73 | # 79 |
| Best Rank | # 43 | # 50 |
| Worst Rank | # 112 | # 118 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 128 | # 141 |
| Best Rank | # 108 | # 129 |
| Worst Rank | # 135 | # 175 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 71 | 74 |
| Home Runs | 25 | 33 |
| RBI | 72 | 89 |
| Stolen Bases | 18 | 2 |
| Batting Average | .253 | .250 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 49 | # 108 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 76 | # 82 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 46 | # 78 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 67 | # 79 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 51 | # 74 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 68 | # 96 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 101 | # 111 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 75 | # 82 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 43 | # 98 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 78 | # 82 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 77 | # 80 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 77 | # 82 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 66 | # 75 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 61 | # 79 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 69 | # 91 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 69 | # 80 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 67 | # 77 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 54 | # 84 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 68 | # 89 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 88 | # 90 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 75 | # 79 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 63 | # 80 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 75 | # 86 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 55 | # 61 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 66 | # 73 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 77 | # 79 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 98 | # 118 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 75 | # 81 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 46 | # 71 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 76 | # 91 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 71 | # 78 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 72 | # 78 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 58 | # 91 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 59 | # 50 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 86 | # 51 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 84 | # 59 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 76 | # 62 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 102 | # 66 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 80 | # 72 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 83 | # 74 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 81 | # 74 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 84 | # 75 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 77 | # 76 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 100 | # 76 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 77 | # 76 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 87 | # 79 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 106 | # 79 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 91 | # 79 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 90 | # 81 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 112 | # 97 |
| Byron Buxton CF - MIN | Jorge Soler RF,DH - KC | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 130 | 149 |
| Runs | 19 | 17 |
| Hits | 33 | 34 |
| Singles | 17 | 18 |
| Doubles | 3 | 8 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 13 | 8 |
| RBI | 27 | 24 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 0 |
| Walks | 2 | 19 |
| Strikeouts | 36 | 60 |
| Batting Average | .254 | .228 |
| On Base Pct | .267 | .326 |
| Slugging Pct | .577 | .443 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .844 | .769 |
| Byron Buxton CF - MIN | Jorge Soler RF,DH - KC | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 473 | 512 |
| Runs | 71 | 74 |
| Hits | 119 | 126 |
| Singles | 63 | 66 |
| Doubles | 28 | 26 |
| Triples | 4 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 25 | 33 |
| RBI | 72 | 89 |
| Stolen Bases | 18 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 4 | 1 |
| Walks | 29 | 66 |
| Strikeouts | 135 | 171 |
| Batting Average | .253 | .250 |
| On Base Pct | .297 | .336 |
| Slugging Pct | .487 | .496 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .783 | .832 |
| Byron Buxton CF - MIN | Jorge Soler RF,DH - KC | |
| News | ||
| Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton went 3-for-6 with a double, a homer, two runs, and two RBI in a 13-12 loss to Oakland on Wednesday. Matthew Terelle Wed, Apr 21st | Jorge Soler went 3-for-4 with a double, a solo home run, and an additional run scored in Wednesday’s 9-8 win over the Rays. Brad Camara Thu, Apr 22nd | |
| Byron Buxton has returned to the Twins' lineup for the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the A's. He is batting cleanup and playing his usual center field. Dan Harris Tue, Apr 20th | Jorge Soler went 0-for-3 with an RBI during Monday’s 4-1 loss to the Rays. Brad Camara Tue, Apr 20th | |
| Byron Buxton (hamstring) has returned to the Twins' lineup on Saturday against the Angels. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sat, Apr 17th | Jorge Soler went 2-for-4 with a double and one run scored in Thursday's 7-5 win over the Blue Jays. Brad Camara Fri, Apr 16th | |
| Byron Buxton (hamstring) is still absent from the Twins' lineup on Friday against the Angels. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Fri, Apr 16th | Jorge Soler went 1-for-4 with two RBI and three strikeouts during Monday’s 10-3 loss to the Angels. Brad Camara Tue, Apr 13th | |
| Byron Buxton (hamstring) is not in the Twins' starting lineup Thursday against the Red Sox. Connor Rooney Thu, Apr 15th | Jorge Soler went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in Wednesday’s 4-2 loss to the Indians. Brad Camara Wed, Apr 7th | |
| Notes | ||
| Buxton has immense talent and upside, and it feel like he could be a fantasy superstar if he stays healthy. Limited to just 39 games last year, he hit 13 home runs, greatly increasing his barrel rate (13.5%), average exit velocity (91.2 MPH) and hard hit rate (47.9%). Although he only stole two base, his sprint speed ranked in the 99th percentile. The two things holding Buxton back are his health concerns - he has played more than 92 games just once in his career, and his .238 career batting average, which won't improve until he stops swinging so much, particularly at pitches outside of the zone. But he's still just 27 years old, and has the power and speed to deliver a 30-30 season in a perfect world. Just bake in some missed time into the draft capital you're willing to spend. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Soler's injury-shortened 2020 season didn't live up to his massive 2019 campaign, but he did show that a lot of his gains were legitimate. Yes, it was more of a 30-homer pace, but his barrel rate, average exit velocity, and hard hit rate were all elite, as they were the prior year. Soler struck out way too much (34.5% of the time), and if he can't fix that, then his average will suffer as it did last year. But, his walk rate remains high and the power is going to be there with how hard he hits the ball. He's a source of cheap power you can grab later than other similarly-profiled bats going several rounds earlier. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
