Who Should I Draft?
Juan Soto or Gerrit Cole (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Juan Soto LF,RF - WSH  | Gerrit Cole SP - NYY  | |
Expert |
96% Recommended by 54 of 56 experts |
4% Recommended by 2 of 56 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 4 | # 8 |
| Best Rank | # 1 | # 4 |
| Worst Rank | # 10 | # 24 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 4 | # 7 |
| Best Rank | # 3 | # 5 |
| Worst Rank | # 6 | # 8 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 111 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 38 | 30 |
| RBI | 112 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 13 | ‐ |
| Batting Avg | .305 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 119 | 262 |
| Wins | ‐ | 16 |
| Saves | ‐ | 0 |
| ERA | ‐ | 3.18 |
| WHIP | ‐ | 1.03 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 4 | # 9 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 5 | # 6 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 3 | # 8 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 6 | # 12 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 3 | # 17 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 4 | # 12 |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 1 | # 12 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 5 | # 6 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 4 | # 8 |
| Scott White CBS Sports | # 6 | # 12 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 2 | # 11 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 2 | # 5 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 2 | # 11 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 3 | # 9 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 4 | # 6 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 3 | # 9 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 2 | # 14 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 4 | # 8 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 4 | # 7 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 4 | # 8 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 4 | # 8 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 3 | # 9 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 2 | # 8 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 2 | # 6 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 5 | # 11 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 2 | # 12 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 3 | # 8 |
| Frank Stampfl CBS Sports | # 2 | # 6 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 3 | # 7 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 3 | # 9 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 2 | # 12 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 4 | # 7 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 3 | # 17 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 3 | # 11 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 4 | # 8 |
| Jorge B. Edwards Fantasy In Frames | # 5 | # 8 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 4 | # 9 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 4 | # 8 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 1 | # 10 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 3 | # 4 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 6 | # 12 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 4 | # 9 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 3 | # 8 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 3 | # 13 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 3 | # 8 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 6 | # 7 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 6 | # 24 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 3 | # 7 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 4 | # 8 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 4 | # 7 |
| SportsLine - Computer Simulation CBS Sports | # 3 | # 12 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 2 | # 9 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 1 | # 8 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 2 | # 8 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 8 | # 4 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 10 | # 9 |
| Juan Soto LF,RF - WSH | Gerrit Cole SP - NYY | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| Runs | 39 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 13 | 14 |
| RBI | 37 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 6 | ‐ |
| Batting Avg | .351 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 28 | 94 |
| Wins | ‐ | 7 |
| Saves | ‐ | 0 |
| ERA | ‐ | 2.84 |
| WHIP | ‐ | 0.96 |
| Juan Soto LF,RF - WSH | Gerrit Cole SP - NYY | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| Runs | 111 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 38 | 30 |
| RBI | 112 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 13 | ‐ |
| Batting Avg | .305 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 119 | 262 |
| Wins | ‐ | 16 |
| Saves | ‐ | 0 |
| ERA | ‐ | 3.18 |
| WHIP | ‐ | 1.03 |
| Juan Soto LF,RF - WSH | Gerrit Cole SP - NYY | |
| News | ||
| Juan Soto went hitless in four at-bats in the final regular-season game. Soto walked once and struck out three times. Corbin Young Sun, Oct 3rd | Yankees RHP Gerrit Cole was tagged for three earned runs in just two innings of work on Tuesday against the Red Sox. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, Oct 6th | |
| Juan Soto drove in the 95th RBI of the season after going hitless in three at-bats with one RBI and two strikeouts. Corbin Young Sat, Oct 2nd | Gerrit Cole will get the start for the Yankees when they face off against the Boston Red Sox in the AL Wildcard game at Fenway Park on Tuesday. Chris Schommer Sun, Oct 3rd | |
| Juan Soto walked four times yet went hitless against the Red Sox. Soto went hitless in one at-bat with one strikeout too. Corbin Young Fri, Oct 1st | Gerrit Cole allowed five runs on nine hits, did not walk a batter and struck out six over six innings Wednesday in a no-decision versus the Blue Jays. John Aubin Thu, Sep 30th | |
| Juan Soto hits his 94th RBI of the season after going 1-for-4 with one walk too. Corbin Young Wed, Sep 29th | Gerrit Cole surrendered three runs on five hits with three walks and six strikeouts in six innings Friday in a victory over the Red Sox. John Aubin Sat, Sep 25th | |
| Juan Soto went hitless in four at-bats against the Rockies. Soto struck out once too. Corbin Young Tue, Sep 28th | Gerrit Cole allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out seven over five innings to earn the win Tuesday against the Orioles. John Aubin Wed, Sep 15th | |
| Notes | ||
| There aren't enough superlatives in the English language to describe what Soto has done in his career given his young age. Had he merely repeated his incredible 2019 numbers last season, fantasy managers would have been ecstatic. Instead, he upped his walk rate from an elite 16.4% to a truly remarkable 20.9%, cut his strikeout rate down to just 14.3%, and batted .351. Soto does not have the speed or baserunning chops to steal 30 bases in a season, which is the only thing keeping him from being considered worthy of drafting first overall. But given what he's accomplished through his age-21 season, it's truly scary to think of how high his ceiling may be. Draft him as a top-five pick and enjoy the ridiculous production. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Cole was pretty much as advertised in his first season with the Yankees. His ERA rose a tad, as did his home run rate as expected, and his strikeout rate fell a bit, though it remained at an absurdly high level. And, for the most part, all of his expected metrics fell off a tad from his 2019 season. But Cole's numbers from that season were so dominating that he could withstand plenty of regression and still be one of the best pitchers in fantasy. As such, he'll head into 2021 close to the way he came into the 2020 season: a dominant, high-strikeout, low-walk starter who will throw plenty of innings and who is more likely to finish as the top overall fantasy pitcher than he is to finish outside the top-10. It's a matter of personal preference between Cole and Jacob deGrom as the first pitcher off the board, but neither should fall outside the top-10 overall picks on draft day. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| There isn't a single negative thing to say about the second coming of Ted Williams. Soto get even better last year, his age-21 season, and wound up leading baseball in OBP. The fact that he was limited to 47 games wound up costing him NL MVP honors, as Soto was the best hitter in baseball on a per-game basis in 2020. The floor here is so high. Soto isn't a zero in stolen bases either. He swiped 12 in 2019 and six last summer. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | ||
