Who Should I Draft?
Kenley Jansen or Framber Valdez (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Kenley Jansen RP - LAD  | Framber Valdez SP,RP - HOU  | |
Expert |
92% Recommended by 46 of 50 experts |
8% Recommended by 4 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 41 | # 113 |
| Best Rank | # 22 | # 37 |
| Worst Rank | # 68 | # 333 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 111 | # 193 |
| Best Rank | # 98 | # 141 |
| Worst Rank | # 122 | # 264 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 74 | 95 |
| Wins | 4 | 7 |
| Saves | 30 | 0 |
| ERA | 3.74 | 3.85 |
| WHIP | 1.13 | 1.26 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | IL10 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 52 | ‐ |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 35 | # 121 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 43 | # 111 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 35 | # 167 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 38 | # 162 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 44 | # 184 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 39 | # 99 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 55 | # 80 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 27 | ‐ |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 47 | # 75 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 39 | # 99 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 41 | ‐ |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 44 | ‐ |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 38 | # 333 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 22 | # 96 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 27 | # 134 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 46 | # 114 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 56 | # 68 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 36 | ‐ |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 45 | # 120 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 50 | # 89 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 47 | # 78 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 46 | # 86 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 42 | # 102 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 68 | # 133 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 47 | ‐ |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 48 | # 71 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 41 | ‐ |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 38 | # 114 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 42 | # 111 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 53 | ‐ |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 46 | # 117 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 27 | # 89 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 50 | # 105 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 44 | # 109 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 41 | # 111 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 53 | # 254 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 39 | # 107 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 42 | # 79 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 27 | ‐ |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 50 | ‐ |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 43 | # 109 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 27 | # 147 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 49 | # 125 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 41 | # 87 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 43 | # 105 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 42 | # 41 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 51 | # 38 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 52 | # 37 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 63 | # 50 |
| Kenley Jansen RP - LAD | Framber Valdez SP,RP - HOU | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 27 | 11 |
| Games Started | 0 | 10 |
| Innings Pitched | 24.0 | 71.2 |
| Wins | 3 | 5 |
| Losses | 1 | 3 |
| Saves | 11 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 18 | 63 |
| Earned Runs | 8 | 27 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | 5 |
| Strikeouts | 33 | 76 |
| Walks | 9 | 16 |
| ERA | 2.96 | 3.44 |
| WHIP | 1.11 | 1.12 |
| Kenley Jansen RP - LAD | Framber Valdez SP,RP - HOU | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 63 | 17 |
| Games Started | 0 | 15 |
| Innings Pitched | 60.9 | 91.9 |
| Wins | 4 | 7 |
| Losses | 3 | 5 |
| Saves | 30 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 10 | 0 |
| Holds | 2 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 52 | 83 |
| Earned Runs | 25 | 39 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 9 | 10 |
| Strikeouts | 74 | 95 |
| Walks | 17 | 33 |
| ERA | 3.74 | 3.85 |
| WHIP | 1.13 | 1.26 |
| Kenley Jansen RP - LAD | Framber Valdez SP,RP - HOU | |
| News | ||
| RHP Kenley Jansen earned the save on Tuesday, protecting a one-run lead vs. the Mariners. He worked a scoreless ninth inning while striking out two in a Dodgers win. Jon Mathisen Tue, Apr 20th | Astros GM James Click says LHP Framber Valdez (finger) is progressing faster than anticipated. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sun, Apr 18th | |
| RHP Kenley Jansen picked up his third save of the year on Wednesday when he worked a scoreless ninth inning vs. Colorado, walking one and striking out three in a 4-2 Dodgers win. Jon Mathisen Thu, Apr 15th | Astros pitcher Framber Valdez has started throwing again, according to Houston general manager James Click. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 8th | |
| RHP Kenley Jansen earned the save on Sunday when he worked a scoreless ninth inning while striking out two in the Dodgers 3-0 win over the Nationals. Jon Mathisen Sun, Apr 11th | The Astros placed LHP Framber Valdez (finger) on the 10-day injured list. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Thu, Apr 1st | |
| RHP Kenley Jansen struggled with his control on Wednesday, blowing a save by allowing one run on one hit with a pair of walks in the Dodgers 3-4 loss in extra-innings to the A's. Jon Mathisen Thu, Apr 8th | Astros pitching coach Brent Strom said Tuesday that the most recent news on Framber Valdez is "Very, very exciting and very good." Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 30th | |
| Kenley Jansen picked up his first save of the season on Saturday when he struck out one and walked one over 1 2/3 innings in the Dodgers 6-5 win over the Rockies. Jon Mathisen Sun, Apr 4th | Houston Astros LHP Framber Valdez, who fractured the ring finger on his pitching hand in early March, has shown "significant healing" and surgery is not recommended after he sought a second opinion from hand specialist Dr. Steven Shin. Jon Mathisen Wed, Mar 17th | |
| Notes | ||
| It feels like Jansen has been on the verge of losing his job at several points over the last two seasons, but he continues to receive nearly every save opportunity for the Dodgers. But Jansen is far from the dominant reliever he was in his prime, as his patented cutter has gone from 94 MPH in 2016 to just 90.9 MPH last year. The Dodgers have plenty of depth behind Jansen, including Blake Treinen, Brusdar Graterol, Joe Kelly, and Corey Knebel, so Jansen's leash probably won't be all that long. At the same time, Jansen will certainly be the closer coming into the season and has a lengthy track record and a large contract. In today's day and age, that makes him a fairly desirable fantasy closer, despite the concerns. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Valdez was shaping up to be a fine sleeper this year, after he had a highly successful stint in the Astros rotation last year. But he fractured his finger early in spring training and the expectation is that he'll miss significant time, though recent reports are far more optimistic than the initial season-ending variety. Drop him down a ton from where you initially had him ranked, but draft him toward the back end of your rotation where the risk/reward balance should equalize. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| Valdez isn't getting enough credit for basically saving Houston's season last summer. Following the loss of Gerrit Cole to free agency, the loss of Justin Verlander to Tommy John surgery, and the loss of Zack Greinke's effectiveness, Valdez stepped up in a big way. He both increased his strikeout rate and lowered his walk rate to produce a career-best season. Unfortunately, this also came with a less-than-ideal hard-hit rate. Living in the zone more often led to batters doing more damage with Valdez's offerings. This was also combatted by his increased sinker usage, which led to many of these batted balls going directly into the ground. His breakout looks real, and I'm investing accordingly. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | ||
