Who Should I Draft?
Josh Bell or Ryan Mountcastle (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Josh Bell 1B,DH - WSH  | Ryan Mountcastle 1B,LF - BAL  | |
Expert |
73% Recommended by 16 of 22 experts |
27% Recommended by 6 of 22 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 83 | # 94 |
| Best Rank | # 54 | # 23 |
| Worst Rank | # 126 | # 155 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 141 | # 146 |
| Best Rank | # 127 | # 138 |
| Worst Rank | # 172 | # 164 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 81 | 63 |
| Home Runs | 30 | 22 |
| RBI | 96 | 76 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 2 |
| Batting Average | .270 | .281 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 101 | # 102 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 87 | # 94 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 54 | # 155 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 90 | # 96 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 63 | # 105 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 77 | # 92 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 86 | # 92 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 88 | # 94 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 85 | # 99 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 81 | # 83 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 87 | # 95 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 66 | # 106 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 63 | # 107 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 55 | # 137 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 65 | # 120 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 87 | # 92 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 96 | # 23 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 97 | # 89 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 98 | # 89 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 102 | # 89 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 110 | # 92 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 126 | # 89 |
| Josh Bell 1B,DH - WSH | Ryan Mountcastle 1B,LF - BAL | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 195 | 126 |
| Runs | 22 | 12 |
| Hits | 44 | 43 |
| Singles | 33 | 33 |
| Doubles | 3 | 5 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 8 | 5 |
| RBI | 22 | 24 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Walks | 22 | 11 |
| Strikeouts | 59 | 30 |
| Batting Average | .226 | .341 |
| On Base Pct | .305 | .393 |
| Slugging Pct | .364 | .500 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .669 | .893 |
| Josh Bell 1B,DH - WSH | Ryan Mountcastle 1B,LF - BAL | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 526 | 508 |
| Runs | 81 | 63 |
| Hits | 138 | 141 |
| Singles | 77 | 92 |
| Doubles | 28 | 25 |
| Triples | 2 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 30 | 22 |
| RBI | 96 | 76 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 1 |
| Walks | 71 | 32 |
| Strikeouts | 135 | 125 |
| Batting Average | .270 | .281 |
| On Base Pct | .349 | .321 |
| Slugging Pct | .496 | .464 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .845 | .785 |
| Josh Bell 1B,DH - WSH | Ryan Mountcastle 1B,LF - BAL | |
| News | ||
| Josh Bell and the Nationals avoid arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $6.35 million deal. Brad Camara Fri, Jan 15th | ||
| 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 | Mountcastle followed up a successful minor-league career with a strong 35-game stint in the majors last year. Not only did he bat .333 with an .878 OPS and a 139 wRC+, but he also walked 7.9% of the time, far above what he showed in the minors. The batting average is unsustainable - he was a .295 hitter in the minors and last year he relied on a .398 BABIP despite sub-par average exit velocity and a middling line drive rate. But playing in Camden Yards should certainly keep his production high, and batting in the middle of the Orioles lineup should lead to enough RBI chances to make him a rosterable, if not startable, fantasy option. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| 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 | ||
