Who Should I Draft?
Manny Machado or Bo Bichette (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Manny Machado 3B,SS - SD  | Bo Bichette SS - TOR  | |
Expert |
73% Recommended by 33 of 45 experts |
27% Recommended by 12 of 45 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 37 | # 43 |
| Best Rank | # 19 | # 15 |
| Worst Rank | # 82 | # 77 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 57 | # 64 |
| Best Rank | # 40 | # 62 |
| Worst Rank | # 63 | # 91 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 31 | 31 |
| Home Runs | 12 | 8 |
| RBI | 36 | 25 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 7 |
| Batting Average | .278 | .281 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 43 | # 52 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 61 | # 67 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 41 | # 43 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 19 | # 49 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 31 | # 52 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 35 | # 42 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 29 | # 46 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 33 | # 52 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 40 | # 50 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 35 | # 46 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 36 | # 45 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 35 | # 39 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 34 | # 50 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 40 | # 41 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 40 | # 48 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 50 | # 52 |
| Bill Dubiel RotoBaller | # 43 | # 45 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 35 | # 45 |
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | # 33 | # 77 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 35 | # 46 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 42 | # 49 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 35 | # 53 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 27 | # 38 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 33 | # 47 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 42 | # 46 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 32 | # 50 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 36 | # 52 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 33 | # 52 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 42 | # 56 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 26 | # 34 |
| George Kurtz FantasyData | # 35 | # 54 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 39 | # 64 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 42 | # 48 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 39 | # 35 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 39 | # 36 |
| Staff Rankings FullTime Fantasy | # 40 | # 15 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 42 | # 35 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 42 | # 34 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 42 | # 32 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 42 | # 39 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 51 | # 25 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 54 | # 50 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 56 | # 22 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 65 | # 54 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 82 | # 50 |
| Manny Machado 3B,SS - SD | Bo Bichette SS - TOR | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 587 | 196 |
| Runs | 81 | 32 |
| Hits | 150 | 61 |
| Singles | 95 | 32 |
| Doubles | 21 | 18 |
| Triples | 2 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 32 | 11 |
| RBI | 85 | 21 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 4 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 4 |
| Walks | 65 | 14 |
| Strikeouts | 128 | 50 |
| Batting Average | .256 | .311 |
| On Base Pct | .334 | .359 |
| Slugging Pct | .462 | .571 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .796 | .930 |
| Manny Machado 3B,SS - SD | Bo Bichette SS - TOR | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 213 | 204 |
| Runs | 31 | 31 |
| Hits | 59 | 57 |
| Singles | 35 | 34 |
| Doubles | 10 | 14 |
| Triples | 1 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 12 | 8 |
| RBI | 36 | 25 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 7 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 3 |
| Walks | 23 | 15 |
| Strikeouts | 43 | 47 |
| Batting Average | .278 | .281 |
| On Base Pct | .347 | .332 |
| Slugging Pct | .505 | .474 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .852 | .806 |
| Manny Machado 3B,SS - SD | Bo Bichette SS - TOR | |
| News | ||
| Manny Machado singled on Monday in the Padres' 14-2 drubbing at the hands of the Dodgers. Steven Boysko - The Leadoff Batter Tue, Mar 10th | Bo Bichette hit his second home run of the spring in the Blue Jays' 9-0 defeat of the Phillies on Sunday in Grapefruit League play. John Aubin Mon, Mar 9th | |
| Manny Machado went 0-for-3 with a strikeout in Friday's 4-3 victory against Texas, dropping his spring average to .059. Steven Boysko - The Leadoff Batter Sat, Mar 7th | Bo Bichette went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI in Sunday's game against the Pirates Andy Zimmerman Sun, Mar 1st | |
| Manny Machado played in his first spring game on Monday versus the Royals and wasted no time collecting his first home run. Jarod Rupp Tue, Feb 25th | Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo says he is leaning towards batting Bo Bichette leadoff again this year. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Feb 17th | |
| Notes | ||
| You can't bank on the steals from Manny Machado anymore, and it's too hard to consider him an elite fantasy player after his well-known struggles out of Camden Yards. But you aren't paying for elite production here - you're paying for a bounce-back candidate who can give you first- to second-round production. The pressure is on the Padres' front office to win, so Machado is going to be surrounded by an even better offense in his second year in San Diego. Machado's 2019 was split into three good months and three really bad months. Bet on the talent in these situations ... at least for one more year. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | Everything that could go right, did go right for Bo Bichette in his rookie year in Toronto. Is he a .300 hitter? Probably not, but he'll hit around .285 with a power/speed combo that will play up in Toronto. Could there be an adjustment period in his second season? Sure, there could. Are there concerns that the performance wasn't legit? Not really, if you look at his prospect pedigree and his underlying numbers. The ceiling is sky-high here, and Bichette could be a top 5 shortstop off the board in 2021." Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| Machado now has five consecutive seasons with 30+ homers, 80+ runs and 80+ RBIs. Yes, he struggled last year in batting average but this is a durable player with a great floor and Round 1 upside should he decide to steal 15 bags again like we've seen a few times. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | Like his father, the young Bichette is one heck of a hitter and he proved that by batting .311 with 11 homers in just 46 games last year. Over a full season, it would be no surprise if he morphed into a 30 homer threat with a quality batting average and all the runs and RBIs to accompany it. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | |
| One of my favorite picks at ADP this season (also one of my highest owned players). Has played the most games of all players over the last five years so there is zero injury concern. He is a lock for 30+ HRs, his average should revert back to near his career avg (.279), and should be able to let loose a bit more after pressing a bit his first season in SD. Sign me up. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | ||
