Who Should I Draft?
Nolan Arenado or J.D. Martinez (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Nolan Arenado 3B - COL  | J.D. Martinez LF,RF,DH - BOS  | |
Expert |
94% Recommended by 49 of 52 experts |
6% Recommended by 3 of 52 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 10 | # 13 |
| Best Rank | # 5 | # 6 |
| Worst Rank | # 16 | # 29 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 10 | # 21 |
| Best Rank | # 9 | # 16 |
| Worst Rank | # 13 | # 23 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 36 | 35 |
| Home Runs | 14 | 14 |
| RBI | 43 | 41 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 1 |
| Batting Average | .302 | .304 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 10 | # 12 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 11 | # 16 |
| Site Rankings Sports Illustrated | # 7 | # 29 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 8 | # 18 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 14 | # 15 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 14 | # 19 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 12 | # 20 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 12 | # 22 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 13 | # 14 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 10 | # 15 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 9 | # 26 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 13 | # 19 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 8 | # 10 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 8 | # 12 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 9 | # 12 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 9 | # 14 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 9 | # 12 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 9 | # 10 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 8 | # 14 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 9 | # 13 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 10 | # 14 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 11 | # 16 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 8 | # 9 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 13 | # 18 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 9 | # 14 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 10 | # 13 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 9 | # 12 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 9 | # 13 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 8 | # 13 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 9 | # 13 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 12 | # 15 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 11 | # 12 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 11 | # 19 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 9 | # 14 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 9 | # 13 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 10 | # 13 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 11 | # 13 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 9 | # 13 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 8 | # 12 |
| M. Starks Powell New Life Fantasy | # 8 | # 9 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 10 | # 16 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 10 | # 15 |
| Brendan Tuma BettingPros | # 9 | # 13 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 5 | # 12 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 7 | # 12 |
| George Kurtz SportsGrid | # 9 | # 13 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 9 | # 18 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 16 | # 19 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 9 | # 18 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 8 | # 7 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 11 | # 10 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 15 | # 6 |
| Nolan Arenado 3B - COL | J.D. Martinez LF,RF,DH - BOS | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 588 | 575 |
| Runs | 102 | 98 |
| Hits | 184 | 175 |
| Singles | 110 | 104 |
| Doubles | 31 | 33 |
| Triples | 2 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 41 | 36 |
| RBI | 118 | 105 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 0 |
| Walks | 62 | 72 |
| Strikeouts | 93 | 138 |
| Batting Average | .313 | .304 |
| On Base Pct | .378 | .383 |
| Slugging Pct | .582 | .557 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .959 | .939 |
| Nolan Arenado 3B - COL | J.D. Martinez LF,RF,DH - BOS | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 212 | 203 |
| Runs | 36 | 35 |
| Hits | 64 | 62 |
| Singles | 37 | 35 |
| Doubles | 12 | 12 |
| Triples | 1 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 14 | 14 |
| RBI | 43 | 41 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 0 |
| Walks | 23 | 24 |
| Strikeouts | 39 | 53 |
| Batting Average | .302 | .304 |
| On Base Pct | .371 | .379 |
| Slugging Pct | .565 | .572 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .937 | .951 |
| Nolan Arenado 3B - COL | J.D. Martinez LF,RF,DH - BOS | |
| News | ||
| The Colorado Rockies placed Nolan Arenado on the 10-day injured list with left AC join inflammation and a left shoulder bone bruise. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Sep 21st | J.D. Martinez went 1-for-5 at the plate with a two-run home run in Sunday's 9-1 win over the Braves. John Aubin Mon, Sep 28th | |
| Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado is undergoing tests on his sore left shoulder and could be shut down for the rest of the season, according to Rockies Beat writer Patrick Saunders. Mike Maher Sun, Sep 20th | J.D. Martinez went 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's win over Baltimore by an 8-3 score. John Aubin Wed, Sep 23rd | |
| Nolan Arenado went 0-for-4 as the Rockies lost to the Dodgers 9-3 on Thursday. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Fri, Sep 18th | J.D. Martinez went 2-for-4 at the plate on Saturday in the Red Sox’ shutout loss to the Yankees. John Aubin Sun, Sep 20th | |
| Nolan Arenado (shoulder) returned to Tuesday's lineup against the A's. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Tue, Sep 15th | J.D. Martinez went 2-for-3 at the plate with a homer and three RBI in Wednesday's loss to the Marlins by an 8-4 score. John Aubin Thu, Sep 17th | |
| Nolan Arenado was absent from Sunday's lineup due to an AC joint issue in his left shoulder. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Sep 14th | J.D. Martinez went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts on Saturday as the Red Sox lost to the Rays by a 5-4 score. John Aubin Sun, Sep 13th | |
| Notes | ||
| Your goal in the first round is to not screw up the pick. With Arenado, you're getting arguably the safest player in the round not named Mike Trout on a year-to-year basis. It's now been four straight years with at least 37 homers, a .294 average, 100 runs and 110 RBIs. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | J.D. Martinez was a first-round player in drafts last year, but as is the case with fantasy managers, there's a quick overreaction to a "down" year, which is why we see Martinez fall to the second round this year. Targeting bounce-back players at a value is vital to winning fantasy leagues. Martinez can give you first-round value, despite not having the steals or Mookie Betts in the lineup. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| There's very little to say about Arenado at this point. He's batted between .287 and .315, hit between 37 and 42 home runs, and driven in between 97 and 116 runs in each of the last five years. Entering his age-29 season, there are simply no concerns about Arenado so long as he remains in Colorado all year, though that is admittedly a bit of a question mark at this point. But really, so long as you are comfortable that you won't get steals from your first-round pick, there's no reason to shy away from Arenado whatsoever. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Seems to be overlooked every season. High end contributor in every category except SBs. Super solid 2nd round pick. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | |
| Consecutive years of diminished stolen bases by Altuve and a drop off in elite strikeout SPs puts me in a place to select a "slugger only" player and Arenado is one of the best. Chris Mitchell - FantasyData | A safe, four-category stud that might be going at a slight discount Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | |
| Have we just gotten bored of drafting him in the top 5? Not worried about his numbers even if traded Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | ||
