Who Should I Draft?
Josh Hader or Liam Hendriks (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Josh Hader RP - MIL  | Liam Hendriks RP - OAK  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 44 of 44 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 44 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 18 | # 30 |
| Best Rank | # 6 | # 22 |
| Worst Rank | # 25 | # 57 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 56 | # 93 |
| Best Rank | # 44 | # 82 |
| Worst Rank | # 59 | # 115 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 46 | 33 |
| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| Saves | 11 | 11 |
| ERA | 2.86 | 2.97 |
| WHIP | 0.96 | 1.08 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 10 | # 40 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 19 | # 33 |
| Staff Rankings FullTime Fantasy | # 9 | # 37 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 21 | # 37 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 21 | # 38 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 10 | # 35 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 21 | # 35 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 18 | # 25 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 20 | # 22 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 18 | # 37 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 22 | # 37 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 20 | # 32 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 20 | # 30 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 8 | # 23 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 20 | # 32 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 20 | # 28 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 25 | # 42 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 6 | # 34 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 20 | # 46 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 21 | # 34 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 20 | # 32 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 23 | # 39 |
| Bill Dubiel RotoBaller | # 17 | # 27 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 16 | # 34 |
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | # 13 | # 45 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 21 | # 32 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 9 | # 35 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 17 | # 28 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 20 | # 57 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 13 | # 28 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 19 | # 27 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 21 | # 39 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 22 | # 36 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 16 | # 26 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 18 | # 30 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 21 | # 34 |
| Brendan Tuma BettingPros | # 19 | # 47 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 12 | # 46 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 12 | # 35 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 15 | # 44 |
| George Kurtz FantasyData | # 21 | # 27 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 22 | # 32 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 23 | # 44 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 20 | # 30 |
| Josh Hader RP - MIL | Liam Hendriks RP - OAK | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 61 | 75 |
| Games Started | 0 | 2 |
| Innings Pitched | 76.1 | 85.1 |
| Wins | 3 | 4 |
| Losses | 5 | 4 |
| Saves | 37 | 25 |
| Blown Saves | 7 | 7 |
| Holds | 6 | 8 |
| Hits Allowed | 41 | 61 |
| Earned Runs | 22 | 17 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 15 | 5 |
| Strikeouts | 138 | 124 |
| Walks | 20 | 21 |
| ERA | 2.62 | 1.80 |
| WHIP | 0.81 | 0.96 |
| Josh Hader RP - MIL | Liam Hendriks RP - OAK | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 23 | 25 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 27.3 | 24.8 |
| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| Losses | 1 | 1 |
| Saves | 11 | 11 |
| Blown Saves | 3 | 5 |
| Holds | 1 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 17 | 20 |
| Earned Runs | 9 | 8 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 3 |
| Strikeouts | 46 | 33 |
| Walks | 9 | 7 |
| ERA | 2.86 | 2.97 |
| WHIP | 0.96 | 1.08 |
| Josh Hader RP - MIL | Liam Hendriks RP - OAK | |
| News | ||
| Josh Hader lost his arbitration case and will make $4.1 million in 2020. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Fri, Feb 14th | Liam Hendriks pitched one inning against the Cubs Monday night, giving up one hit and striking out three. Aaron Hudson Mon, Mar 2nd | |
| Notes | ||
| In a regular season, Hader would be the first reliever taken. However, with just 60 games this year and a less-than-good rotation, the Brewers could deploy Hader in a swing-man role in the seventh and eighth inning, and turn to Corey Knebel in the ninth. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | The A's haven't had the same reliever lead them in saves in back-to-back seasons since Grant Balfour in 2012. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| Hader throws his fastball about 83 percent of the time and batters just can't hit it. They bat .167 against with a miniscule .275 wOBA and there's just no reason to expect that to change. Thus, his nearly 50 percent strikeout rate is likely here to stay, and that makes Hader the top reliever to draft in fantasy, even if his occasional multi-inning role means he won't get every save chance. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | If Hendriks' 2019 performance doesn't convince you to wait on closers, nothing will. An afterthought in drafts pitching behind Blake Treinen, Hendriks not only took the closer's role for the A's but also developed into one of the best relievers in the game. A velocity bump made his fastball nearly unhittable and he rarely gave up home runs. He'll be given the chance to repeat his performance, but whether he can is an entirely open question. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| If you play in a league where saves are at a premium it make sense to be aggressive on Hader, who struck out 138 batters last year Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | ||
