Who Should I Draft?
Masahiro Tanaka or Nathan Eovaldi (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Nathan Eovaldi SP,RP - BOS  | Masahiro Tanaka SP - FA  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 23 of 23 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 23 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 94 | # 196 |
| Best Rank | # 70 | # 114 |
| Worst Rank | # 164 | # 346 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 237 | # 433 |
| Best Rank | # 206 | # 288 |
| Worst Rank | # 335 | # 516 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 137 | 64 |
| Wins | 9 | 5 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 4.28 | 4.58 |
| WHIP | 1.29 | 1.25 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | FA |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 100 | ‐ |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 106 | # 114 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 109 | ‐ |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 90 | # 149 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 93 | ‐ |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 89 | ‐ |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 92 | ‐ |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 105 | ‐ |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 116 | ‐ |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 88 | ‐ |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 91 | ‐ |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 92 | # 116 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 91 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 120 | ‐ |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 89 | ‐ |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 70 | ‐ |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 77 | ‐ |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 113 | ‐ |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 89 | ‐ |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 164 | # 346 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 91 | ‐ |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 108 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 93 | ‐ |
| Nathan Eovaldi SP,RP - BOS | Masahiro Tanaka SP - FA | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 9 | 10 |
| Games Started | 9 | 10 |
| Innings Pitched | 48.0 | 48.0 |
| Wins | 4 | 3 |
| Losses | 2 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 51 | 48 |
| Earned Runs | 20 | 19 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | 9 |
| Strikeouts | 52 | 44 |
| Walks | 7 | 8 |
| ERA | 3.72 | 3.56 |
| WHIP | 1.20 | 1.17 |
| Nathan Eovaldi SP,RP - BOS | Masahiro Tanaka SP - FA | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 26 | 13 |
| Games Started | 25 | 13 |
| Innings Pitched | 135.4 | 68.9 |
| Wins | 9 | 5 |
| Losses | 7 | 4 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 135 | 71 |
| Earned Runs | 64 | 35 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 20 | 25 |
| Strikeouts | 137 | 64 |
| Walks | 39 | 16 |
| ERA | 4.28 | 4.58 |
| WHIP | 1.29 | 1.25 |
| Nathan Eovaldi SP,RP - BOS | Masahiro Tanaka SP - FA | |
| News | ||
| Red Sox SP Nathan Eovaldi threw a live batting practice session on Saturday. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sun, Feb 21st | Masahiro Tanaka signed a two-year contract to return home to Japan and pitch for the Rakuten Eagles. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Thu, Jan 28th | |
| Reports indicate that Masahiro Tanaka is negotiating with his former team, the Rakuten Eagles of the Nippon Professional League. Corbin Young Mon, Jan 25th | ||
| According to Andy Martino, it sounds like there's continued speculation that Masahiro Tanaka will pitch in Japan this year. Tanaka also acknowledged that there's a possibility of that happening. Corbin Young Thu, Jan 14th | ||
| Notes | ||
| 9.5 - 3.65 - 1.20 Jordan Eisen - Field of Vision Sports | ||
| Similar to John Means, Eovaldi is another starter who finished the season on a roll. Eovaldi upped his cutter usage as the expense of his four-seam fastball, and he posted a 25:2 K:BB ratio over his final four starts (while allowing just two earned runs). If you take out his worst start of the season, Eovaldi's ERA drops from 3.72 to 2.51. He has never shown any kind of consistency at the major league level, but fantasy managers could do worse when searching for a late-round lottery ticket. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | ||
