Who Should I Draft?
Nolan Arenado or Max Scherzer (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Nolan Arenado 3B - COL  | Max Scherzer SP - WSH  | |
Expert |
84% Recommended by 46 of 55 experts |
16% Recommended by 9 of 55 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 11 | # 15 |
| Best Rank | # 5 | # 6 |
| Worst Rank | # 21 | # 30 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 10 | # 14 |
| Best Rank | # 9 | # 12 |
| Worst Rank | # 13 | # 15 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 36 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 14 | 10 |
| RBI | 43 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | ‐ |
| Batting Avg | .302 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 39 | 92 |
| Wins | ‐ | 5 |
| Saves | ‐ | 0 |
| ERA | ‐ | 3.18 |
| WHIP | ‐ | 1.04 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Brandon Funston The Athletic | # 10 | # 16 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 11 | # 21 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 13 | # 15 |
| Site Rankings Sports Illustrated | # 8 | # 11 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 9 | # 14 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 12 | # 30 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 12 | # 26 |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 11 | # 16 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 12 | # 14 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 10 | # 26 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 9 | # 24 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 10 | # 16 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 11 | # 23 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 11 | # 18 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 9 | # 13 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 8 | # 13 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 9 | # 16 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 12 | # 13 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 12 | # 14 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 8 | # 19 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 16 | # 23 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 10 | # 16 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 9 | # 17 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 10 | # 16 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 9 | # 15 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 9 | # 20 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 11 | # 13 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 13 | # 17 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 12 | # 16 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 14 | # 15 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 11 | # 13 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 11 | # 12 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 11 | # 15 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 14 | # 15 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 11 | # 14 |
| M. Starks Powell New Life Fantasy | # 8 | # 9 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 12 | # 21 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 11 | # 15 |
| Brendan Tuma BettingPros | # 11 | # 14 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 5 | # 22 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 9 | # 12 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 9 | # 11 |
| George Kurtz SportsGrid | # 10 | # 16 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 10 | # 18 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 11 | # 18 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 17 | # 19 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 9 | # 6 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 12 | # 6 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 13 | # 11 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 14 | # 13 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 17 | # 9 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 17 | # 16 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 18 | # 6 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 18 | # 15 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 21 | # 18 |
| Nolan Arenado 3B - COL | Max Scherzer SP - WSH | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| Runs | 102 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 41 | 18 |
| RBI | 118 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | ‐ |
| Batting Avg | .313 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 93 | 243 |
| Wins | ‐ | 11 |
| Saves | ‐ | 0 |
| ERA | ‐ | 2.92 |
| WHIP | ‐ | 1.03 |
| Nolan Arenado 3B - COL | Max Scherzer SP - WSH | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| Runs | 36 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 14 | 10 |
| RBI | 43 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | ‐ |
| Batting Avg | .302 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 39 | 92 |
| Wins | ‐ | 5 |
| Saves | ‐ | 0 |
| ERA | ‐ | 3.18 |
| WHIP | ‐ | 1.04 |
| Nolan Arenado 3B - COL | Max Scherzer SP - WSH | |
| 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 | Nationals ace Max Scherzer allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's win over the New York Mets. The win brings his record to 5-4 to finish the season. Mike Maher Sun, Sep 27th | |
| 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 | Nationals ace Max Scherzer allowed two unearned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Miami Marlins. Mike Maher Mon, Sep 21st | |
| 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 | Nationals starter Max Scherzer allowed six earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out 10 over 5 1/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Atlanta Braves. Mike Maher Mon, Sep 14th | |
| Nolan Arenado (shoulder) returned to Tuesday's lineup against the A's. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Tue, Sep 15th | Nationals starter Max Scherzer tossed seven scoreless innings in Monday's win over the Tampa Bay Rays, allowing six hits and one walk while striking out eight. The win brings him to 4-2 on the season. Mike Maher Tue, Sep 8th | |
| 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 | Nationals starter Max Scherzer allowed three earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings in Wednesday's loss to the Phillies. The loss drops him to 3-2 on the season. Mike Maher Thu, Sep 3rd | |
| 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 | Elite pitching means more in 60 than 162. That's why Scherzer is ahead of elite sluggers like Bregman and Arenado. I expect a bounceback from 2019's relatively disappointing, but still very good year. Chris Mitchell - FantasyData | |
| 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 | The concerns with Scherzer aren't production-based, as he was still his normal, elite self in 2019 when he pitched. When, being the key word, as he dealt with injuries during the regular season and postseason that forced him to miss starts. Scherzer is similar to Verlander in the sense that you'll take him if you are comfortable taking on risk with an early pick. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| 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 | Scherzer struggled a bit through the first month of the season, but went on a patented run in May and June that made him look like the Scherzer of old. Unfortunately, a back injury largely derailed his second half, as he was limited to just over 20 innings over July and August. Scherzer is entering his age-36 season and is a max effort pitcher, so the fact that we finally saw a bit of a breakdown (Scherzer has reached at least 200 innings in his six previous seasons) is concerning. But his numbers are still elite and he should be taken as one of the first pitchers off the board despite the back scare. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| Have we just gotten bored of drafting him in the top 5? Not worried about his numbers even if traded Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | Skipping at ADP due to age and first time injury concerns in 2019. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | |
| Was elite on a per game basis in 2019. Injury concerns starting to mount Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | ||
