Who Should I Draft?
Nick Madrigal or Josh Bell (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Josh Bell 1B,DH - WSH  | Nick Madrigal 2B - CWS  | |
Expert |
83% Recommended by 20 of 24 experts |
17% Recommended by 4 of 24 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 85 | # 112 |
| Best Rank | # 54 | # 77 |
| Worst Rank | # 134 | # 165 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 140 | # 208 |
| Best Rank | # 128 | # 172 |
| Worst Rank | # 172 | # 280 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 80 | 62 |
| Home Runs | 29 | 5 |
| RBI | 92 | 50 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 17 |
| Batting Average | .264 | .298 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 98 | # 142 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 101 | # 117 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 87 | # 165 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 54 | # 139 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 90 | # 125 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 81 | # 133 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 96 | # 128 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 63 | # 77 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 77 | # 114 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 86 | # 111 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 88 | # 104 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 85 | # 111 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 81 | # 110 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 87 | # 113 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 66 | # 130 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 63 | # 153 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 55 | # 134 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 110 | # 128 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 65 | # 100 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 87 | # 119 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 134 | # 82 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 97 | # 93 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 102 | # 98 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 104 | # 98 |
| Josh Bell 1B,DH - WSH | Nick Madrigal 2B - CWS | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 195 | 103 |
| Runs | 22 | 8 |
| Hits | 44 | 35 |
| Singles | 33 | 32 |
| Doubles | 3 | 3 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 8 | 0 |
| RBI | 22 | 11 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Walks | 22 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 59 | 7 |
| Batting Average | .226 | .340 |
| On Base Pct | .305 | .376 |
| Slugging Pct | .364 | .369 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .669 | .745 |
| Josh Bell 1B,DH - WSH | Nick Madrigal 2B - CWS | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 519 | 497 |
| Runs | 80 | 62 |
| Hits | 135 | 146 |
| Singles | 77 | 114 |
| Doubles | 27 | 24 |
| Triples | 2 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 29 | 5 |
| RBI | 92 | 50 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 17 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 7 |
| Walks | 70 | 31 |
| Strikeouts | 131 | 40 |
| Batting Average | .264 | .298 |
| On Base Pct | .349 | .334 |
| Slugging Pct | .488 | .386 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .837 | .720 |
| Josh Bell 1B,DH - WSH | Nick Madrigal 2B - CWS | |
| News | ||
| Josh Bell and the Nationals avoid arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $6.35 million deal. Brad Camara Fri, Jan 15th | White Sox manager Tony La Russa says Nick Madrigal (shoulder) is on track to make his spring debut on Monday. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, Mar 3rd | |
| Chicago White Sox second baseman Nick Madrigal is expected to be ready to play in Cactus League games by early March. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 17th | ||
| White Sox 2B Nick Madrigal (shoulder) resumed baseball activities on Monday and plans to be ready for Opening Day. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Tue, Jan 5th | ||
| Notes | ||
| Bell looked like a superstar in the making in the first half of 2019, but struggled for much of the second half of the season and then fell off a cliff in 2020. He slashed a mere .226/.305/.364 and hit only eight home runs. His strikeout and ground ball rates took massive jumps, while his walk rate and launch angle plummeted. Bell blamed his struggles on his swing getting long, and you could tell by how often he changed his stance and swing last year that he simply could not figure things out. Now with the Nationals, the 29-year-old Bell will have a chance to revive his career. We've seen the upside, so he's certainly worth drafting at a discount, but he's much more of a borderline corner infielder than a starting-caliber first baseman. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | 300 - 7 - 20 Jordan Eisen - Field of Vision Sports | |
| 260 - 30 - 0 Jordan Eisen - Field of Vision Sports | ||
| Bell appeared to be enjoying a mid-career breakout two months into the 2019 season but pitchers suddenly stopped throwing him fastballs. The former first-round pick has had a difficult time adjusting back, and that two-month hot streak is beginning to look like an outlier performance. The book isn't closed on Bell being a productive regular, or even a difference-making fantasy asset, but I'm not holding out hope for a return to stardom. Expectations should be tempered. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | ||
