Who Should I Draft?
Michael Conforto or Joey Gallo (2019)
Experts' Pick | Experts' Pick | |
| Michael Conforto LF,CF,RF - NYM  | Joey Gallo 1B,LF,CF,RF - TEX  | |
Expert |
50% Recommended by 28 of 56 experts |
50% Recommended by 28 of 56 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 57 | # 55 |
| Best Rank | # 31 | # 30 |
| Worst Rank | # 85 | # 107 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 106 | # 99 |
| Best Rank | # 76 | # 88 |
| Worst Rank | # 123 | # 110 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 82 | 87 |
| Home Runs | 29 | 41 |
| RBI | 88 | 95 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 5 |
| Batting Average | .253 | .219 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | IL10 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 72 | # 55 |
| Staff Rankings FullTime Fantasy | # 58 | # 56 |
| Brad Richter Going For 2 | # 65 | # 58 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 57 | # 44 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 57 | # 56 |
| Al Melchior The Athletic | # 82 | # 32 |
| Scott White CBS Sports | # 75 | # 51 |
| Heath Cummings CBS Sports | # 68 | # 43 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 60 | # 41 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 75 | # 44 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 69 | # 49 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 64 | # 63 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 63 | # 49 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 51 | # 42 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 66 | # 44 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 59 | # 50 |
| Bill Dubiel RotoBaller | # 74 | # 66 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 59 | # 38 |
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | # 75 | # 30 |
| Justin Mason FanGraphs | # 63 | # 60 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 68 | # 62 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 84 | # 59 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 58 | # 38 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 85 | # 67 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 85 | # 70 |
| Kyle Richardson The Fantasy Headliners | # 60 | # 57 |
| Jacob Gibbs SportsLine | # 67 | # 49 |
| Austin Bristow II Pitcher List | # 62 | # 55 |
| Brandon 'B_Don' Myers Razzball | # 31 | # 43 |
| Nando Di Fino The Athletic | # 40 | # 55 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 41 | # 43 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 42 | # 44 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 42 | # 51 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 44 | # 66 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 44 | # 73 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 45 | # 52 |
| Eno Sarris The Athletic | # 45 | # 51 |
| Brandon Funston The Athletic | # 45 | # 91 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 45 | # 63 |
| Michael Beller Sports Illustrated | # 47 | # 79 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 48 | # 70 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 48 | # 63 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 48 | # 55 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 53 | # 58 |
| Justin Klein The Fake Baseball | # 54 | # 67 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 55 | # 76 |
| Paul Sporer FanGraphs | # 57 | # 60 |
| Chris Meaney The Athletic | # 58 | # 75 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 59 | # 78 |
| Chris Meyers Athlon Sports | # 63 | # 65 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 64 | # 78 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 65 | # 78 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 65 | # 100 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 72 | # 77 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 79 | # 107 |
| Joe E Gentile Fake Teams | # 85 | # 96 |
| Michael Conforto LF,CF,RF - NYM | Joey Gallo 1B,LF,CF,RF - TEX | |
| 2018 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 543 | 500 |
| Runs | 78 | 82 |
| Hits | 132 | 103 |
| Singles | 78 | 38 |
| Doubles | 25 | 24 |
| Triples | 1 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 28 | 40 |
| RBI | 82 | 92 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 3 |
| Caught Stealing | 4 | 4 |
| Walks | 84 | 74 |
| Strikeouts | 159 | 207 |
| Batting Average | .243 | .206 |
| On Base Pct | .350 | .312 |
| Slugging Pct | .448 | .498 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .797 | .810 |
| Michael Conforto LF,CF,RF - NYM | Joey Gallo 1B,LF,CF,RF - TEX | |
| 2019 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 533 | 498 |
| Runs | 82 | 87 |
| Hits | 135 | 109 |
| Singles | 77 | 43 |
| Doubles | 27 | 23 |
| Triples | 1 | 3 |
| Home Runs | 29 | 41 |
| RBI | 88 | 95 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 5 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 3 |
| Walks | 77 | 76 |
| Strikeouts | 151 | 201 |
| Batting Average | .253 | .219 |
| On Base Pct | .348 | .322 |
| Slugging Pct | .477 | .523 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .825 | .845 |
| Michael Conforto LF,CF,RF - NYM | Joey Gallo 1B,LF,CF,RF - TEX | |
| News | ||
| Mets outfielder Michael Conforto went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Thursday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals. The game is currently suspended at 4-4 in the ninth inning and is scheduled to be completed on Friday. Mike Maher Fri, Jun 14th | The Rangers placed Joey Gallo on the 10-day IL with a strained left oblique. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sun, Jun 2nd | |
| Mets outfielder Michael Conforto went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's to the Colorado Rockies. The homer was his 12th of the season. Mike Maher Sat, Jun 8th | Rangers outfielder Joey Gallo left Saturday’s matchup against the Royals in the middle of an at-bat. Danny Santana replaced him. Mike Maher Sat, Jun 1st | |
| Mets outfielder Michael Conforto went 1-for-3 with a walk, a run scored, and a stolen base in Thursday's win over the Giants. The steal was his fourth of the season. Mike Maher Fri, Jun 7th | Joey Gallo went 1-for-4 with a grand slam on Friday against Kansas City. Kamran Hoda Sat, Jun 1st | |
| Mets outfielder Michael Conforto went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs in Wednesday's win over the San Francisco Giants. The homer was his 11th of the season. Mike Maher Thu, Jun 6th | Gallo was inserted back into the lineup Thursday, batting fifth against Kansas City starter Jake Junis. James Bisson Thu, May 30th | |
| Mets outfielder Michael Conforto went 1-for-4 with a grand slam and five RBIs in Tuesday's win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The homer was his 10th of the season. Mike Maher Wed, May 29th | Rangers outfielder Joey Gallo will not be in the lineup for the team's Wednesday afternoon matchup against the Seattle Mariners and lefty Wade LeBlanc due to a sore wrist, according to manager Chris Woodward. Mike Maher Wed, May 29th | |
| Notes | ||
| We've seen enough of Conforto by now to know that the hype was overblown. Sure, he has had some extremely promising stretches, but over a full year of health in 2018, he wasn't as good as Randal Grichuk who is going over 100 picks later because of the difference in name value. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | Gallo has reached 40 HRs in each of his two full Major League seasons, and will enter 2019 as one of the best pure power hitters in the game. Unfortunately, that power comes attached to a .203 career batting average, meaning that fantasy owners who draft Gallo in standard 5x5 formats will need to either punt batting average or make a concerted effort to offset the damage he'll do there. Whether you draft Gallo or not is largely a matter of roster construction, but expect him to finish right around the top-100 players in terms of overall fantasy value. He does walk quite a bit, giving him a major boost in OBP formats. Andrew Seifter - FantasyPros | |
| With 55 home runs over the last two seasons and now entering his age-26 season, Conforto has the makings of a consistent 30-HR guy, but he is unlikely to hit much higher than .250 and doesn't provide many stolen bases. Those limitations cap his upside, at least until he's able to make more consistent contact. Andrew Seifter - FantasyPros | You may not love the idea of destroying your team's batting average with his .210 line, but you'll be hard-pressed to find 40 homers, and perhaps even 50 from anyone 50 picks early, let alone around the 9th round of drafts. If you combine him with Daniel Murphy in the 5th, you've got two players who combine for a .260 average with 65-70 homers. When you look at it that way, Gallo's value jumps off the page. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | |
| Although he returned sooner than expected from shoulder surgery, perhaps Conforto needed more recovery time. He entered the All-Star break batting .216 with a .366 slugging percentage. On the strength of nine September homers, he closed the second half by hitting .273 with a .539 slugging clip. He proved capable of handling fellow lefties (.345 wOBA) and finished a seemingly lost year with 28 long balls. Now healthy and ready for Opening Day, Conforto is a strong bet for 30 homers with a higher batting average if he regains past hard-hit standards prior to injuring his shoulder. This could be the last chance to snag him at a discount. Andrew Gould - FantasyPros | Barring a ton of good fortune, drafters should no longer draft Gallo hoping for a spike to even a .230 batting average. With MLB's worst contact rate last season (61.7%), it's no guarantee the career .203 hitter clears the Mendoza Line. He also, however, joined J.D. Martinez and Khris Davis as the only sluggers to belt 40 homers in each of the last two years. It will take a precise roster to tolerate the average liability in applicable leagues, but he's a much better investment in OBP, OPS and/or points leagues. Andrew Gould - FantasyPros | |
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