Who Should I Draft?
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. or Eddie Rosario (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 2B,LF - TOR  | Eddie Rosario LF,RF - CLE  | |
Expert |
60% Recommended by 30 of 50 experts |
40% Recommended by 20 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 59 | # 60 |
| Best Rank | # 44 | # 38 |
| Worst Rank | # 94 | # 97 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 88 | # 119 |
| Best Rank | # 84 | # 71 |
| Worst Rank | # 98 | # 150 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 74 | 79 |
| Home Runs | 27 | 28 |
| RBI | 83 | 91 |
| Stolen Bases | 7 | 5 |
| Batting Average | .276 | .273 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | DTD | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 59 | # 60 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 62 | # 95 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 57 | # 68 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 64 | # 65 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 58 | # 59 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 72 | # 89 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 53 | # 65 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 61 | # 63 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 59 | # 64 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 48 | # 50 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 62 | # 63 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 48 | # 57 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 59 | # 62 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 45 | # 68 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 49 | # 67 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 54 | # 63 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 44 | # 68 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 57 | # 71 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 55 | # 65 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 53 | # 65 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 71 | # 85 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 67 | # 82 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 61 | # 64 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 62 | # 65 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 45 | # 60 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 61 | # 62 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 57 | # 62 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 59 | # 62 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 59 | # 97 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 55 | # 65 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 44 | # 43 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 45 | # 38 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 46 | # 43 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 47 | # 39 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 47 | # 38 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 51 | # 46 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 59 | # 58 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 61 | # 58 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 62 | # 59 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 63 | # 59 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 65 | # 63 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 65 | # 43 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 68 | # 39 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 71 | # 39 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 72 | # 61 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 72 | # 57 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 75 | # 64 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 78 | # 66 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 86 | # 71 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 94 | # 63 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 2B,LF - TOR | Eddie Rosario LF,RF - CLE | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 208 | 210 |
| Runs | 28 | 31 |
| Hits | 64 | 54 |
| Singles | 39 | 34 |
| Doubles | 14 | 7 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 11 | 13 |
| RBI | 33 | 42 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 3 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 1 |
| Walks | 14 | 19 |
| Strikeouts | 48 | 34 |
| Batting Average | .308 | .257 |
| On Base Pct | .348 | .316 |
| Slugging Pct | .534 | .476 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .882 | .792 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 2B,LF - TOR | Eddie Rosario LF,RF - CLE | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 531 | 538 |
| Runs | 74 | 79 |
| Hits | 146 | 146 |
| Singles | 87 | 89 |
| Doubles | 29 | 27 |
| Triples | 1 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 27 | 28 |
| RBI | 83 | 91 |
| Stolen Bases | 7 | 5 |
| Caught Stealing | 4 | 2 |
| Walks | 32 | 33 |
| Strikeouts | 129 | 93 |
| Batting Average | .276 | .273 |
| On Base Pct | .318 | .316 |
| Slugging Pct | .490 | .486 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .808 | .802 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 2B,LF - TOR | Eddie Rosario LF,RF - CLE | |
| News | ||
| The Blue Jays have placed infielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on the COVID-19 list. He was forced out of Friday's game after just two innings due to side effects from receiving the vaccine. Andersen Pickard Sat, Apr 10th | Cleveland outfielder Eddie Rosario went 1-for-4 with a single in a 4-2 win over the Royals on Wednesday. Matthew Terelle Wed, Apr 7th | |
| Blue Jays OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. was removed from Friday's game against the Angels due to vaccine-related symptoms. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Fri, Apr 9th | Cleveland outfielder Eddie Rosario went 1-for-1 with a homer, two RBI, and two walks in a 5-2 loss to the Tigers on Saturday. Matthew Terelle Sat, Apr 3rd | |
| Blue Jays OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. exited Friday's game against the Angels. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Fri, Apr 9th | Veteran outfielder Eddie Rosario agrees to a one-year deal worth $8 million with the Cleveland Indians. The former Minnesota Twins player moves within the American League Central. Corbin Young Fri, Jan 29th | |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 1-for-4 at the plate and scored a run on Tuesday night as the Blue Jays lost to the Rangers by a 7-4 score. John Aubin Wed, Apr 7th | Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports the Cleveland Indians and free agent OF Eddie Rosario are closing in on a contract. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Fri, Jan 29th | |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. is absent from Monday's lineup against the Rangers. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Apr 5th | The Brewers have shown interest in free-agent outfielder Eddie Rosario, according to Robert Murray of Fansided. Ryan Evans - Baseballogy Tue, Jan 26th | |
| Notes | ||
| Gurriel Jr. has developed into an extremely strong major league hitter, showing far more power than he did in the minors. He makes consistently strong (though not elite) contact, and although he swings a ton, his strikeout rate isn't prohibitive. Gurriel isn't going to be elite in any category, but he's going to provide some value in all five. Batting in an excellent lineup and hitter's park (whichever one it may be), Gurriel should be a fine pick in drafts in all formats. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Rosario stays in the AL Central, signing a one-year deal with the Indians after a successful tenure with the Twins. He's established a fairly reliable power baseline at this point, and he usually offers some batting average to go with it. Last year, however, his batting average dipped to just .257, in part because he became much more passive (8.2% walk rate, 51.2% Swing%, both far out of character for his career). The bigger issue was that Rosario largely cut down on his swing percentage on pitches in the strike zone, but continued to swing at pitches out of the zone at a 41.2% clip. That likely explains his lower than usual average exit velocity and barrel rate, and it's something that's easily correctable if he just goes back to his previous approach. At the very least, Rosario should chip in 25 home runs at least, while helping out in runs and RBI, and he's a fine third outfielder in mixed leagues. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. is yet to play in over 84 games in a season due to injuries and the shortened season, so his numbers do not jump off the page on first glance. That is likely why his ADP is not a couple rounds higher. If you look at his past two seasons combined, a total of 149 games, we are looking at a .280 hitter with 82 runs, 31 HRs and 7 SBs. Now he gets an improved lineup around him as well. Very nice pick at ADP. Just have to hope he stays healthy. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | ||
