Who Should I Draft?
Jose Altuve or Ketel Marte (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Jose Altuve 2B - HOU  | Ketel Marte 2B,SS,OF - ARI  | |
Expert |
84% Recommended by 38 of 45 experts |
16% Recommended by 7 of 45 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 22 | # 31 |
| Best Rank | # 10 | # 20 |
| Worst Rank | # 76 | # 79 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 30 | # 40 |
| Best Rank | # 27 | # 34 |
| Worst Rank | # 33 | # 44 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 35 | 33 |
| Home Runs | 9 | 9 |
| RBI | 29 | 30 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 3 |
| Batting Average | .307 | .301 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 24 | # 38 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 26 | # 29 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 30 | # 34 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 21 | # 25 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 19 | # 46 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 29 | # 41 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 37 | # 75 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 23 | # 26 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 25 | # 30 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 25 | # 38 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 23 | # 34 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 20 | # 30 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 22 | # 30 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 21 | # 30 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 25 | # 29 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 22 | # 29 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 16 | # 36 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 10 | # 65 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 23 | # 30 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 23 | # 27 |
| Bill Dubiel RotoBaller | # 27 | # 38 |
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | # 21 | # 28 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 20 | # 28 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 18 | # 32 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 26 | # 32 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 27 | # 38 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 26 | # 45 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 20 | # 22 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 25 | # 33 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 25 | # 37 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 26 | # 36 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 21 | # 25 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 25 | # 54 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 18 | # 33 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 16 | # 29 |
| George Kurtz FantasyData | # 22 | # 33 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 22 | # 28 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 33 | # 79 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 28 | # 20 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 31 | # 30 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 33 | # 30 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 33 | # 23 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 35 | # 22 |
| Staff Rankings FullTime Fantasy | # 46 | # 38 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 76 | # 26 |
| Jose Altuve 2B - HOU | Ketel Marte 2B,SS,OF - ARI | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 500 | 569 |
| Runs | 89 | 97 |
| Hits | 149 | 187 |
| Singles | 88 | 110 |
| Doubles | 27 | 36 |
| Triples | 3 | 9 |
| Home Runs | 31 | 32 |
| RBI | 74 | 92 |
| Stolen Bases | 6 | 10 |
| Caught Stealing | 5 | 2 |
| Walks | 41 | 53 |
| Strikeouts | 82 | 86 |
| Batting Average | .298 | .329 |
| On Base Pct | .353 | .389 |
| Slugging Pct | .550 | .592 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .903 | .981 |
| Jose Altuve 2B - HOU | Ketel Marte 2B,SS,OF - ARI | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 204 | 210 |
| Runs | 35 | 33 |
| Hits | 63 | 63 |
| Singles | 41 | 38 |
| Doubles | 12 | 12 |
| Triples | 1 | 3 |
| Home Runs | 9 | 9 |
| RBI | 29 | 30 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 3 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 1 |
| Walks | 19 | 20 |
| Strikeouts | 33 | 33 |
| Batting Average | .307 | .301 |
| On Base Pct | .366 | .362 |
| Slugging Pct | .504 | .513 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .870 | .875 |
| Jose Altuve 2B - HOU | Ketel Marte 2B,SS,OF - ARI | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Jose Altuve (illness) is expected to return to Grapefruit League action on Friday. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, Mar 4th | ||
| 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 | With second base being as weak as it is, it's kind of shocking that Ketel Marte is going this low in drafts. Sure, the breakout was out of nowhere - despite being a popular breakout pick for three years in a row - but he actually was stronger down the stretch than he was in the first half, and there are very few concerns with his underlying numbers. A change to the baseball could see his home runs come down, but not enough so that he won't return draft-day value. 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 | Marte suddenly went from being a career .263 hitter with 22 home runs in 1,548 plate appearances to batting .329 with 32 home runs in 628 plate appearances. And while he made many overall gains, such as a massive increase in launch angle, his expected batting average was just .299 and that .030 difference was 10th-highest in MLB. He also upped his pull percentage by a significant amount, and pulled all but one of his home runs, which should be something that pitchers can exploit in 2020. Buy some of the gains, but consider Marte closer to a .290-25 type of hitter. Dan Harris - 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 | There is no one who will deny the likelihood that Marte's .329 batting average drops this year but we are still talking about a kid who hit 32 homers with 10 steals last year. As we've seen with Jose Ramirez and J.D. Martinez, these breakout stars can sometimes even further improve. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | |
| 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 | In the Era of the Juiced ball (and I am sure some juiced bodies too) I am not buying Marte's 2019 power surge and he doesn't run as much as you might think he does. I am not paying for 30 home runs and 10 stolen bases when regression suggests 15-20 HRs and five SBs. Marte won't fall this far and I am fine with that. I will be owning ZERO shares of the 2019 shocker of the year in Fantasy baseball. Chris Mitchell - FantasyData | |
| Marte earned every bit of his 32 HRs last year. His average is almost certain to come down a bit, but his breakout was real, and similar numbers are certainly not out of reach. He is being discounted out of fear for massive regression. I am happy to take the discount. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | ||
