Who Should I Draft?
Mike Trout or Juan Soto (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Mike Trout CF - LAA  | Juan Soto LF - WSH  | |
Expert |
93% Recommended by 43 of 46 experts |
7% Recommended by 3 of 46 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 3 | # 10 |
| Best Rank | # 1 | # 4 |
| Worst Rank | # 14 | # 28 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 1 | # 12 |
| Best Rank | # 1 | # 8 |
| Worst Rank | # 2 | # 13 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 40 | 38 |
| Home Runs | 15 | 12 |
| RBI | 35 | 40 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 4 |
| Batting Average | .308 | .297 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 7 | # 9 |
| Staff Rankings FullTime Fantasy | # 2 | # 11 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 2 | # 9 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 3 | # 10 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 3 | # 20 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 2 | # 9 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 2 | # 10 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 2 | # 7 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 8 | # 14 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 2 | # 6 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 2 | # 10 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 5 | # 10 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 2 | # 10 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 5 | # 6 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 1 | # 11 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 6 | # 9 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 1 | # 10 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 1 | # 4 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 1 | # 28 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 2 | # 10 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 2 | # 9 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 1 | # 13 |
| Bill Dubiel RotoBaller | # 1 | # 8 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 3 | # 10 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 1 | # 6 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 3 | # 12 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 3 | # 8 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 3 | # 6 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 5 | # 9 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 3 | # 10 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 2 | # 9 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 1 | # 9 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 2 | # 10 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 2 | # 9 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 3 | # 11 |
| Brendan Tuma BettingPros | # 1 | # 11 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 2 | # 8 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 4 | # 20 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 1 | # 11 |
| George Kurtz FantasyData | # 1 | # 11 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 2 | # 10 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 1 | # 13 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 1 | # 5 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 7 | # 5 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 12 | # 11 |
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | # 14 | # 4 |
| Mike Trout CF - LAA | Juan Soto LF - WSH | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 470 | 542 |
| Runs | 110 | 110 |
| Hits | 138 | 153 |
| Singles | 64 | 82 |
| Doubles | 27 | 32 |
| Triples | 2 | 5 |
| Home Runs | 45 | 34 |
| RBI | 104 | 110 |
| Stolen Bases | 11 | 12 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 1 |
| Walks | 110 | 108 |
| Strikeouts | 120 | 132 |
| Batting Average | .294 | .282 |
| On Base Pct | .440 | .401 |
| Slugging Pct | .647 | .548 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | 1.087 | .949 |
| Mike Trout CF - LAA | Juan Soto LF - WSH | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 169 | 195 |
| Runs | 40 | 38 |
| Hits | 52 | 58 |
| Singles | 26 | 33 |
| Doubles | 10 | 11 |
| Triples | 1 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 15 | 12 |
| RBI | 35 | 40 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 4 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 1 |
| Walks | 41 | 38 |
| Strikeouts | 45 | 48 |
| Batting Average | .308 | .297 |
| On Base Pct | .442 | .411 |
| Slugging Pct | .621 | .547 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | 1.063 | .958 |
| Mike Trout CF - LAA | Juan Soto LF - WSH | |
| News | ||
| OF Mike Trout is considering opting out of the 2020 campaign. “Honestly I don’t feel comfortable about playing in 2020,” said Trout. Brad Camara Fri, Jul 3rd | Juan Soto is expected to be at camp on Thursday, with a chance to get there Wednesday. Soto and teammate Victor Robles have been quarantining per Washington, DC's rules. Carmen Maiorano - Carm's Clubhouse Tue, Jul 14th | |
| Juan Soto came into contact with a teammate that tested positive for coronavirus, and is currently isolating away from Nationals Park. Carmen Maiorano - Carm's Clubhouse Tue, Jul 7th | ||
| The Nationals called off Monday’s workout due to concerns with a delay in getting back COVID-19 test results. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Jul 6th | ||
| Nationals outfielder Juan Soto went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's loss to the Miami Marlins. The homer was his second of the Spring. Mike Maher - The Birds Blitz Tue, Mar 10th | ||
| Nationals outfielder Juan Soto went 2-for-2 with two doubles in Thursday's Spring matchup with the St. Louis Cardinals. Mike Maher - The Birds Blitz Thu, Mar 5th | ||
| Notes | ||
| Having Trout third feels weird, but there are concerns with his wife's due date in August for how much time Trout will miss. Even, on the low end, 45 games of Trout is better than the vast majority of the league. He could miss more time than anticipated, or not miss much at all. It's worth baking in the risk here, but moving him lower than third overall as the safest player to return value in the first round, is a mistake. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | In OBP leagues, you can make the case for Soto to be the third player off the board, as his plate discipline may just be the best in the league. He's only going to get better, too, as there's more room for power growth in his game. His plate discipline gives him a safe floor moving forward, too. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| Trout may not be the clear-cut number one player in fantasy this year, but that's of no fault of his own, as he's coming off one of his best seasons ever, with a career-high 45 home runs in just 134 games. If you were desperate to find a knock on Trout, it's that he hasn't topped 140 games in any of his last three seasons, and his 11 stolen bases last year tied his low in a single season. But that's all window dressing on a truly special player who is obviously a top-three pick at worst. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | It seemed impossible that Soto could be even better than his rookie year but that is just what we got with 34 homers, 110 RBIs, 110 runs and a .282 batting average to go with 12 steals. Considering how young he is, we may see even more in 2020 which would make his second round ADP a steal. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | |
| Although Mike Trout has missed some time, they've mostly been flukey injuries. Had he stayed healthy, we may have been talking about 55 homers with 15 steals and a .300 average. His consistency alone makes him the number one overall pick just ahead of Acuna. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | I have some concerns that the stolen bases aren't going to develop like his offensive potential has and will continue to. He has Top 5 potential if he can become a 15-20 Stolen Base guy on top of his immense upside with the bat. He would rank higher if I felt more optimistic about the SBs. Chris Mitchell - FantasyData | |
| Potential verse reliability is the question here. Acuna and Trout are likely to have comparable home run totals while Acuna should steal more bases. We know what we're getting fromTrout and with Rendon in the lineup, maybe 2020 is a career year. It wouldn't surprise me to see Acuna have the better statistical 2020, but Trout's reliability gets my pick at #1.1. Chris Mitchell - FantasyData | Could be a top-3 pick in 2021 fantasy drafts. ADP for his season is banking on him taking that step forward, however Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | |
| It would be nice if he stole 20 bases again but I mean...it's Mike Trout Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | ||
