Who Should I Draft?
Josh Bell or Ramon Laureano (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Josh Bell 1B,DH - WSH  | Ramon Laureano CF,RF - OAK  | |
Expert |
66% Recommended by 33 of 50 experts |
34% Recommended by 17 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 76 | # 82 |
| Best Rank | # 44 | # 50 |
| Worst Rank | # 122 | # 112 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 135 | # 147 |
| Best Rank | # 108 | # 133 |
| Worst Rank | # 147 | # 156 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 79 | 82 |
| Home Runs | 28 | 23 |
| RBI | 91 | 73 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 13 |
| Batting Average | .262 | .253 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 58 | # 77 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 78 | # 81 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 59 | # 111 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 54 | # 104 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 62 | # 88 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 66 | # 82 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 81 | # 83 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 78 | # 93 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 56 | # 83 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 71 | # 84 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 64 | # 75 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 80 | # 85 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 71 | # 83 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 76 | # 97 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 76 | # 86 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 71 | # 87 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 70 | # 87 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 64 | # 82 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 44 | # 65 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 78 | # 81 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 70 | # 84 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 79 | # 82 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 70 | # 89 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 60 | # 88 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 74 | # 104 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 85 | # 87 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 64 | # 85 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 80 | # 106 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 105 | # 112 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 79 | # 83 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 78 | # 82 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 81 | # 102 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 52 | # 80 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 54 | # 52 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 69 | # 66 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 79 | # 78 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 79 | # 75 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 80 | # 79 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 87 | # 79 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 87 | # 73 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 87 | # 79 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 91 | # 88 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 92 | # 74 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 92 | # 69 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 96 | # 80 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 101 | # 85 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 104 | # 93 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 105 | # 58 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 121 | # 50 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 122 | # 91 |
| Josh Bell 1B,DH - WSH | Ramon Laureano CF,RF - OAK | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 195 | 183 |
| Runs | 22 | 27 |
| Hits | 44 | 39 |
| Singles | 33 | 24 |
| Doubles | 3 | 8 |
| Triples | 0 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 8 | 6 |
| RBI | 22 | 25 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Walks | 22 | 24 |
| Strikeouts | 59 | 58 |
| Batting Average | .226 | .213 |
| On Base Pct | .305 | .338 |
| Slugging Pct | .364 | .366 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .669 | .704 |
| Josh Bell 1B,DH - WSH | Ramon Laureano CF,RF - OAK | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 514 | 531 |
| Runs | 79 | 82 |
| Hits | 133 | 133 |
| Singles | 77 | 79 |
| Doubles | 26 | 29 |
| Triples | 2 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 28 | 23 |
| RBI | 91 | 73 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 13 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 4 |
| Walks | 69 | 51 |
| Strikeouts | 129 | 160 |
| Batting Average | .262 | .253 |
| On Base Pct | .350 | .319 |
| Slugging Pct | .486 | .444 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .836 | .763 |
| Josh Bell 1B,DH - WSH | Ramon Laureano CF,RF - OAK | |
| News | ||
| Josh Bell hit his first homer of 2021 to account for the first run of the game. Bell blasted that 386-foot home run to right field with a 101 mph exit velocity. Corbin Young Tue, Apr 20th | Ramon Laureano went 1-for-4 with one strikeout in the Athletics 7-0 win in game one of Tuesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 21st | |
| Josh Bell destroyed three batted balls, one being his second double of the season. Bell went 1-for-5 with two runs and two strikeouts. Corbin Young Mon, Apr 19th | Ramon Laureano went 1-for-4 with one RBI and one strikeout in the Athletics 3-2 win Sunday over Detroit. It was the eighth straight win for Oakland. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 18th | |
| In Thursday's 11-6 loss to the Diamondbacks, Josh Bell crushed a couple of hard-hit balls, including his double off Merrill Kelly. Bell went 1-for-4 with one run, two RBI, and one strikeout. Corbin Young Thu, Apr 15th | Ramon Laureano went 0-for-3 with one run, one walk and one strikeout in the Athletics 3-0 win Friday over Detroit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 17th | |
| Nationals 1B Josh Bell isn't starting in Wednesday's game against the Cardinals. Brad Camara Wed, Apr 14th | Ramon Laureano went 1-for-5 with one run and two strikeouts in the Athletics 7-5 win Tuesday over Arizona. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 14th | |
| In Tuesday's 14-3 loss to the Cardinals, Josh Bell went 0-for-3 with one run, one walk, and one strikeout. In two games, Bell is off to a slow start with one hit in nine plate appearances. Corbin Young Tue, Apr 13th | Ramon Laureano went 2-for-4 with two runs, one walk and one strikeout in the Athletics 9-5 win Monday over Arizona. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 13th | |
| Notes | ||
| Bell looked like a superstar in the making in the first half of 2019, but struggled for much of the second half of the season and then fell off a cliff in 2020. He slashed a mere .226/.305/.364 and hit only eight home runs. His strikeout and ground ball rates took massive jumps, while his walk rate and launch angle plummeted. Bell blamed his struggles on his swing getting long, and you could tell by how often he changed his stance and swing last year that he simply could not figure things out. Now with the Nationals, the 29-year-old Bell will have a chance to revive his career. We've seen the upside, so he's certainly worth drafting at a discount, but he's much more of a borderline corner infielder than a starting-caliber first baseman. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Laureano had a down 2020, which included a .213 batting average and a sharp decline in his Statcast data, as well as his steal attempts. But he had provided a fairly solid baseline over the two prior seasons, with a .288 batting average, 29 home runs, and 20 steals while being caught just three times over 171 games. Laureano doesn't excel anywhere, but he'll chip in almost everywhere, and you can get him beyond the 12th round in most drafts. He's an ideal fourth outfielder in mixed leagues. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| Was his first half 2019 performance a mirage? Bell has never even come close to matching that first half of a season during any other stretch in his career. He now gets a new home with a stronger lineup around him in Washington. If he can even come close to that breakout half, he will be a steal, otherwise, he will be a decent, albeit replaceable, 1B option. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | ||
| Bell appeared to be enjoying a mid-career breakout two months into the 2019 season but pitchers suddenly stopped throwing him fastballs. The former first-round pick has had a difficult time adjusting back, and that two-month hot streak is beginning to look like an outlier performance. The book isn't closed on Bell being a productive regular, or even a difference-making fantasy asset, but I'm not holding out hope for a return to stardom. Expectations should be tempered. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | ||
