Who Should I Draft?
Jose Altuve or George Springer (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Jose Altuve 2B - HOU  | George Springer CF,RF - HOU  | |
Expert |
67% Recommended by 30 of 45 experts |
33% Recommended by 15 of 45 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 22 | # 25 |
| Best Rank | # 10 | # 18 |
| Worst Rank | # 76 | # 68 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 30 | # 41 |
| Best Rank | # 27 | # 28 |
| Worst Rank | # 33 | # 47 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 35 | 40 |
| Home Runs | 9 | 13 |
| RBI | 29 | 33 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 2 |
| Batting Average | .305 | .282 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 24 | # 26 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 26 | # 31 |
| Staff Rankings FullTime Fantasy | # 46 | # 68 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 21 | # 29 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 19 | # 39 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 23 | # 25 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 23 | # 29 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 19 | # 23 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 22 | # 28 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 21 | # 26 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 25 | # 28 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 22 | # 25 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 16 | # 25 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 10 | # 34 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 23 | # 29 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 28 | # 29 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 23 | # 26 |
| Bill Dubiel RotoBaller | # 27 | # 30 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 20 | # 24 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 18 | # 31 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 31 | # 35 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 27 | # 28 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 26 | # 39 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 20 | # 32 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 25 | # 27 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 21 | # 36 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 18 | # 30 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 16 | # 24 |
| George Kurtz FantasyData | # 22 | # 24 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 22 | # 30 |
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | # 21 | # 20 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 25 | # 21 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 25 | # 18 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 25 | # 19 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 25 | # 18 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 26 | # 24 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 26 | # 23 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 29 | # 26 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 30 | # 28 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 33 | # 26 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 33 | # 18 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 33 | # 28 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 35 | # 29 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 37 | # 28 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 76 | # 28 |
| Jose Altuve 2B - HOU | George Springer CF,RF - HOU | |
| 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 - HOU | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 206 | 199 |
| Runs | 35 | 40 |
| Hits | 63 | 56 |
| Singles | 41 | 33 |
| Doubles | 12 | 10 |
| Triples | 1 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 9 | 13 |
| RBI | 29 | 33 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 1 |
| Walks | 19 | 26 |
| Strikeouts | 33 | 47 |
| Batting Average | .305 | .282 |
| On Base Pct | .364 | .366 |
| Slugging Pct | .502 | .524 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .866 | .890 |
| Jose Altuve 2B - HOU | George Springer CF,RF - HOU | |
| News | ||
| The Astros cancelled Monday's workout due to not receiving test results from Friday. They were also not tested over the holiday weekend. Carmen Maiorano - Carm's Clubhouse Mon, Jul 6th | Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle writes the Astros have "made it clear" to George Springer's representatives that the franchise wants to sign him to a long-term deal. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sat, May 9th | |
| Jose Altuve went 0-for-3 in Monday's 2-1 Grapefruit League win over the Tigers. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Mar 9th | George Springer went 2-for-2 with a walk and a stolen base in the Astros' split squad game versus the Braves on Tuesday. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Tue, Mar 10th | |
| Jose Altuve (illness) is expected to return to Grapefruit League action on Friday. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, Mar 4th | George Springer went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts in Tuesday's 6-3 loss to the Cardinals. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Tue, Mar 3rd | |
| Jose Altuve will not play in Tuesday’s game, he has the same illness that has been going around the Astros clubhouse and should be back soon. Aaron Hudson Tue, Mar 3rd | ||
| Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports the Astros have come to terms on a two-year contract with manager Dusty Baker. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, Jan 29th | ||
| 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 | |
| Altuve hit a career-high 31 homers last year but still only finished as the #10 fantasy second basemen because the steals have disappeared and his batting average has continued to drop. With that said, he has been so consistent for long enough that he may still be the top second basemen for 2020. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | If not for the 40 games missed, we might be talking about Springer as the reigning AL MVP. He was on pace for over 50 homers, 125 RBIs and 125 runs. There isn't much speed but the upside for the other four categories makes him an amazing value in the fourth round of drafts. Bobby Sylvester - 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 | ||
