Who Should I Draft?
Ketel Marte or Max Muncy (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Ketel Marte 2B,SS,OF - ARI  | Max Muncy 1B,2B,3B - LAD  | |
Expert |
93% Recommended by 42 of 45 experts |
7% Recommended by 3 of 45 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 31 | # 64 |
| Best Rank | # 20 | # 20 |
| Worst Rank | # 79 | # 96 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 40 | # 66 |
| Best Rank | # 34 | # 61 |
| Worst Rank | # 44 | # 79 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 33 | 34 |
| Home Runs | 9 | 12 |
| RBI | 30 | 33 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 1 |
| Batting Average | .301 | .256 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 37 | # 64 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 29 | # 73 |
| Staff Rankings FullTime Fantasy | # 38 | # 72 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 34 | # 39 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 25 | # 59 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 46 | # 82 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 41 | # 61 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 75 | # 92 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 26 | # 66 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 39 | # 70 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 38 | # 68 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 34 | # 65 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 30 | # 60 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 30 | # 47 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 30 | # 61 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 29 | # 42 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 26 | # 65 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 26 | # 56 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 65 | # 96 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 30 | # 64 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 20 | # 44 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 27 | # 45 |
| Bill Dubiel RotoBaller | # 38 | # 52 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 30 | # 70 |
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | # 28 | # 56 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 28 | # 75 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 32 | # 79 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 32 | # 61 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 30 | # 50 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 38 | # 56 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 45 | # 91 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 22 | # 65 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 33 | # 73 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 22 | # 61 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 42 | # 69 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 36 | # 67 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 25 | # 45 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 33 | # 83 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 29 | # 74 |
| George Kurtz FantasyData | # 33 | # 71 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 28 | # 56 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 23 | # 44 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 36 | # 20 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 54 | # 48 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 79 | # 69 |
| Ketel Marte 2B,SS,OF - ARI | Max Muncy 1B,2B,3B - LAD | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 569 | 487 |
| Runs | 97 | 101 |
| Hits | 187 | 123 |
| Singles | 110 | 65 |
| Doubles | 36 | 22 |
| Triples | 9 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 32 | 35 |
| RBI | 92 | 99 |
| Stolen Bases | 10 | 4 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 1 |
| Walks | 53 | 90 |
| Strikeouts | 86 | 149 |
| Batting Average | .329 | .253 |
| On Base Pct | .389 | .375 |
| Slugging Pct | .592 | .518 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .981 | .893 |
| Ketel Marte 2B,SS,OF - ARI | Max Muncy 1B,2B,3B - LAD | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 210 | 176 |
| Runs | 33 | 34 |
| Hits | 63 | 45 |
| Singles | 38 | 25 |
| Doubles | 13 | 8 |
| Triples | 3 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 9 | 12 |
| RBI | 30 | 33 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 1 |
| Walks | 20 | 32 |
| Strikeouts | 33 | 55 |
| Batting Average | .301 | .256 |
| On Base Pct | .362 | .369 |
| Slugging Pct | .513 | .498 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .875 | .867 |
| Ketel Marte 2B,SS,OF - ARI | Max Muncy 1B,2B,3B - LAD | |
| News | ||
| Max Muncy did not participate in Monday's intrasquad game due to a bruised finger. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Tue, Jul 7th | ||
| Max Muncy says he worked hard this off-season to improve against offspeed pitches. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sat, Apr 11th | ||
| The Dodgers have given Max Muncy a three-year extension worth $26 million with a $13 million club option for 2023. The move buys out his arbitration years plus one year of free agency with the option. Aaron Hudson Thu, Feb 6th | ||
| Notes | ||
| With second base being as weak as it is, it's kind of shocking that Ketel Marte is going this low in drafts. Sure, the breakout was out of nowhere - despite being a popular breakout pick for three years in a row - but he actually was stronger down the stretch than he was in the first half, and there are very few concerns with his underlying numbers. A change to the baseball could see his home runs come down, but not enough so that he won't return draft-day value. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | With the three positions he plays, it's worth wondering why Max Muncy isn't going even earlier? Sure, he's a late-career breakout, but he repeated his 2018 success in 2019, and the Dodgers are going to have him locked into their everyday lineup. In OBP leagues, he's more valuable, as his average leaves much to be desired, but even if he repeats his 2018 and 2019 numbers again in 2020, he's worth the cost. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| Marte suddenly went from being a career .263 hitter with 22 home runs in 1,548 plate appearances to batting .329 with 32 home runs in 628 plate appearances. And while he made many overall gains, such as a massive increase in launch angle, his expected batting average was just .299 and that .030 difference was 10th-highest in MLB. He also upped his pull percentage by a significant amount, and pulled all but one of his home runs, which should be something that pitchers can exploit in 2020. Buy some of the gains, but consider Marte closer to a .290-25 type of hitter. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Muncy now has 70 homers over the last two seasons and while fantasy owners know he won't be a source of help in the batting average department, he still managed 100+ runs because of the 90 walks. Multi-position eligibility certainly doesn't hurt either. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | |
| There is no one who will deny the likelihood that Marte's .329 batting average drops this year but we are still talking about a kid who hit 32 homers with 10 steals last year. As we've seen with Jose Ramirez and J.D. Martinez, these breakout stars can sometimes even further improve. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | ||
| In the Era of the Juiced ball (and I am sure some juiced bodies too) I am not buying Marte's 2019 power surge and he doesn't run as much as you might think he does. I am not paying for 30 home runs and 10 stolen bases when regression suggests 15-20 HRs and five SBs. Marte won't fall this far and I am fine with that. I will be owning ZERO shares of the 2019 shocker of the year in Fantasy baseball. Chris Mitchell - FantasyData | ||
| Marte earned every bit of his 32 HRs last year. His average is almost certain to come down a bit, but his breakout was real, and similar numbers are certainly not out of reach. He is being discounted out of fear for massive regression. I am happy to take the discount. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | ||
