Who Should I Draft?
Marcell Ozuna or Whit Merrifield (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Marcell Ozuna LF,DH - ATL  | Whit Merrifield 2B,CF,RF - KC  | |
Expert |
84% Recommended by 42 of 50 experts |
16% Recommended by 8 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 22 | # 28 |
| Best Rank | # 13 | # 16 |
| Worst Rank | # 42 | # 56 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 42 | # 41 |
| Best Rank | # 29 | # 28 |
| Worst Rank | # 43 | # 44 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 89 | 90 |
| Home Runs | 34 | 16 |
| RBI | 110 | 68 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 25 |
| Batting Average | .285 | .285 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 19 | # 37 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 24 | # 26 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 23 | # 24 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 16 | # 17 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 26 | # 40 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 25 | # 41 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 24 | # 28 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 39 | # 56 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 28 | # 33 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 15 | # 34 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 20 | # 29 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 23 | # 28 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 21 | # 37 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 23 | # 39 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 19 | # 29 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 22 | # 28 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 24 | # 29 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 24 | # 56 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 20 | # 42 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 22 | # 28 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 25 | # 29 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 22 | # 29 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 22 | # 28 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 30 | # 33 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 23 | # 26 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 22 | # 25 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 19 | # 29 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 25 | # 30 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 24 | # 30 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 25 | # 28 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 16 | # 29 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 17 | # 41 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 27 | # 33 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 28 | # 32 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 26 | # 32 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 15 | # 24 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 23 | # 26 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 24 | # 36 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 24 | # 29 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 13 | # 38 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 19 | # 29 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 16 | # 21 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 20 | # 16 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 25 | # 24 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 27 | # 23 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 29 | # 28 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 29 | # 28 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 29 | # 28 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 34 | # 33 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 42 | # 25 |
| Marcell Ozuna LF,DH - ATL | Whit Merrifield 2B,CF,RF - KC | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 228 | 248 |
| Runs | 38 | 38 |
| Hits | 76 | 71 |
| Singles | 44 | 50 |
| Doubles | 14 | 12 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 18 | 9 |
| RBI | 56 | 31 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 12 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 3 |
| Walks | 38 | 12 |
| Strikeouts | 60 | 33 |
| Batting Average | .333 | .286 |
| On Base Pct | .427 | .328 |
| Slugging Pct | .632 | .444 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | 1.059 | .772 |
| Marcell Ozuna LF,DH - ATL | Whit Merrifield 2B,CF,RF - KC | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 564 | 614 |
| Runs | 89 | 90 |
| Hits | 159 | 174 |
| Singles | 96 | 118 |
| Doubles | 27 | 35 |
| Triples | 2 | 4 |
| Home Runs | 34 | 16 |
| RBI | 110 | 68 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 25 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 8 |
| Walks | 67 | 42 |
| Strikeouts | 137 | 107 |
| Batting Average | .285 | .285 |
| On Base Pct | .361 | .332 |
| Slugging Pct | .519 | .435 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .881 | .767 |
| Marcell Ozuna LF,DH - ATL | Whit Merrifield 2B,CF,RF - KC | |
| News | ||
| Marcell Ozuna went 2-for-4 with two singles, two walks, an RBI, and two runs scored in Sunday's game against the Cubs. Steve Painter Sun, Apr 18th | Whit Merrifield went 0-for-3 with two walks and two stolen bases during Sunday’s 2-0 win over the Blue Jays. Brad Camara Sun, Apr 18th | |
| Marcell Ozuna went 1-for-3 with a single and two RBI in Saturday's game against the Cubs. Steve Painter Sat, Apr 17th | Whit Merrifield went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and two runs scored in Tuesday’s 3-2 win over the Angels. Brad Camara Wed, Apr 14th | |
| Marcell Ozuna went 3-for-5 with an RBI in Friday's game against the Cubs. Steve Painter Fri, Apr 16th | Whit Merrifield went 2-for-4 with an RBI single, one walk and one stolen base in Sunday's 4-3 extra-inning win over the White Sox. Brad Camara Sun, Apr 11th | |
| Marcell Ozuna went 3-for-4 with two singles, a two-run homer, three RBI, and two runs scored in Tuesday's game against the Marlins. Steve Painter Tue, Apr 13th | Whit Merrifield went 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI and one walk in Monday’s 3-0 win over the Indians. Brad Camara Mon, Apr 5th | |
| Marcell Ozuna went 1-for-4 with his first RBI of the season against the Marlins on Monday. Steve Painter Tue, Apr 13th | Whit Merrifield went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, four RBI and an additional run scored in Saturday’s 11-4 win over the Rangers. Brad Camara Sat, Apr 3rd | |
| Notes | ||
| Ozuna nearly won the National League triple crown last season. After back-to-back years of under performing his peripherals, Ozuna finally erupted with a monster fantasy campaign. He's now back with the Braves and projects as one of the safest power bats in the early rounds of 2021 drafts. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | Merrifield has established an extremely strong floor, as he'll almost always be an asset in batting average, steals, and runs scored, and chip in for the remaining categories. There were some concern after his steals dropped to just 20 in 2019, but he bounced back to a 32-steal pace last year while also seeing a power spike. Merrifield is 32 years old and does not hit the ball particularly hard, but that's really irrelevant at this point. He is what he is, and with multi-position eligibility, what he is a major asset in fantasy and one of the top second basemen in fantasy. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| Ozuna had a career year with the Braves last year, slashing .338/.431/.636, a career best in each category. His 18 home runs and 56 RBI led the National League, while his barrel rate, average exit velocity, and hard hit rate were all among the best in baseball. Given that he had shoulder surgery before the 2018 season, it's fair to assume that he needed two full years to recover. And although perhaps we can't expect him to again lead the league in power categories, you should expect roughly a 35-homer, 100-RBI season with a plus batting average. That makes him capable of being your first outfielder in mixed leagues and an asset to any fantasy team. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | ||
