Who Should I Draft?
Jose Altuve or George Springer (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Jose Altuve 2B - HOU  | George Springer CF,RF - FA  | |
Expert |
67% Recommended by 35 of 52 experts |
33% Recommended by 17 of 52 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 23 | # 24 |
| Best Rank | # 16 | # 16 |
| Worst Rank | # 98 | # 68 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 31 | # 40 |
| Best Rank | # 26 | # 28 |
| Worst Rank | # 33 | # 46 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 36 | 39 |
| Home Runs | 9 | 13 |
| RBI | 30 | 33 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 2 |
| Batting Average | .305 | .280 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | FA |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 24 | # 29 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 24 | # 28 |
| Site Rankings Sports Illustrated | # 46 | # 68 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 21 | # 29 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 18 | # 37 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 24 | # 25 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 23 | # 25 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 16 | # 20 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 22 | # 28 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 17 | # 22 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 22 | # 28 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 24 | # 25 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 21 | # 26 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 20 | # 27 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 19 | # 25 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 16 | # 25 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 18 | # 28 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 23 | # 29 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 28 | # 29 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 18 | # 27 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 20 | # 24 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 18 | # 31 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 25 | # 26 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 33 | # 34 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 19 | # 23 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 25 | # 27 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 22 | # 30 |
| M. Starks Powell New Life Fantasy | # 19 | # 20 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 21 | # 34 |
| Brendan Tuma BettingPros | # 20 | # 23 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 17 | # 28 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 16 | # 24 |
| George Kurtz SportsGrid | # 22 | # 24 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 22 | # 30 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 23 | # 26 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 22 | # 19 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 22 | # 17 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 23 | # 20 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 24 | # 19 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 25 | # 21 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 26 | # 24 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 29 | # 26 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 30 | # 19 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 30 | # 28 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 31 | # 21 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 33 | # 20 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 33 | # 28 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 33 | # 23 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 35 | # 33 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 37 | # 28 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 76 | # 28 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 98 | # 16 |
| Jose Altuve 2B - HOU | George Springer CF,RF - FA | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 500 | 479 |
| Runs | 89 | 96 |
| Hits | 149 | 139 |
| Singles | 88 | 77 |
| Doubles | 27 | 20 |
| Triples | 3 | 3 |
| Home Runs | 31 | 39 |
| RBI | 74 | 96 |
| Stolen Bases | 6 | 6 |
| Caught Stealing | 5 | 2 |
| Walks | 41 | 67 |
| Strikeouts | 82 | 113 |
| Batting Average | .298 | .290 |
| On Base Pct | .353 | .381 |
| Slugging Pct | .550 | .589 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .903 | .970 |
| Jose Altuve 2B - HOU | George Springer CF,RF - FA | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 210 | 201 |
| Runs | 36 | 39 |
| Hits | 64 | 56 |
| Singles | 42 | 33 |
| Doubles | 12 | 10 |
| Triples | 1 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 9 | 13 |
| RBI | 30 | 33 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 1 |
| Walks | 19 | 27 |
| Strikeouts | 34 | 47 |
| Batting Average | .305 | .280 |
| On Base Pct | .363 | .364 |
| Slugging Pct | .502 | .521 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .865 | .886 |
| Jose Altuve 2B - HOU | George Springer CF,RF - FA | |
| News | ||
| Jose Altuve went 2-for-4 with one double, a solo home run and two RBI during Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Rays in Game 4 of the ALCS. Brad Camara Thu, Oct 15th | George Springer went 1-for-2 with a two-run single and one walk during Friday's 7-4 win over the Rays in Game 6 of the ALCS. Brad Camara Sat, Oct 17th | |
| Jose Altuve went 2-for-4 with a walk and a solo home run during Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Rays in Game 3 of the ALCS. Brad Camara Wed, Oct 14th | George Springer went 1-for-4 with a solo home run during Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Rays in Game 5 of the ALCS. Brad Camara Thu, Oct 15th | |
| Jose Altuve went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Rays in Game 1 of the ALCS. Brad Camara Mon, Oct 12th | George Springer went 3-for-4 with two-run homer during Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Rays in Game 4 of the ALCS. Brad Camara Thu, Oct 15th | |
| Jose Altuve went 1-for-3 with a home run, two RBI, three runs scored, and drew a pair of walks in the Astros 11-6 drubbing of the A's in Game 4 of the ALDS. Jon Mathisen Thu, Oct 8th | George Springer had a day at the plate going 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI as the Astros took down the A's 5-2 in Game 2 of the ALDS on Tuesday. Jon Mathisen Tue, Oct 6th | |
| Jose Altuve went 3-for-5 with a solo home run as the Astros fell to the A's 9-7 in Game 3 of the ALDS on Wednesday. Jon Mathisen Wed, Oct 7th | George Springer had a day at the plate on Monday when he went 4-for-5 with a double, three singles, an RBI, and a run scored in the Astros 10-5 win over the A's in Game 1 of the ALDS. Jon Mathisen Mon, Oct 5th | |
| Notes | ||
| Jose Altuve has lived in the early rounds of fantasy drafts for the past five years. But now, after the cheating scandal and slight decline, Altuve is dropping to the third round. If you haven't noticed yet, second base is a weak position, so it's a good spot to grab Altuve. He's still on the right side of 30, but just temper the expectations for the stolen base numbers to return to vintage Altuve-type numbers. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | It's weird that George Springer is already 30 years old, no? It seems like just yesterday that he made his debut. We know that players start to decline on the wrong side of 30, and when you look at Springer, he hasn't exactly been the model of health over the past few years, playing in more than 140 games just once in his career. Add to that the cheating scandal, and we really don't know how much of an impact it will have on Springer. There are enough signs here to pivot in another direction. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| There is a TON of upside potential for Altuve as much as 15 picks higher than where I am ranking him, but as I do my rankings I keep seeing players I would rather have and more and more doubts that Altuve will get back to stealing 20+ bases. Without those steals, the plus BA isn't enough to make me bite over the alternatives. Chris Mitchell - FantasyData | Was off Springer at ADP last season, and that was wrong. However, I am diving right back into it this season, and will likely own zero shares. He has been a decent fantasy player being drafted at ceiling since he joined the league, and 2019 was the first season that it actually worked out. With the potential dejuicing of the ball and the cheating scandal, on top of his career averages, he is a hard pass for me. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | |
| Scary drop in SBs and SB success rate. Average dropped under .300 for the first time since 2013. Exit Velocity and Hard hit % were below average so a significant drop in HRs can be assumed. Avoiding at ADP. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | Hit 39 homers with a .974 OPS in just 122 games last year. Yes please. Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | |
| Hit a career-high 31 homers in 2019 and finished the season on a tear. No longer a reliable source of steals Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | ||
