Who Should I Draft?
Ozzie Albies or Jose Abreu (2021)
Experts' Pick | Experts' Pick | |
| Ozzie Albies 2B - ATL  | Jose Abreu 1B - CWS  | |
Expert |
50% Recommended by 25 of 50 experts |
50% Recommended by 25 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 20 | # 21 |
| Best Rank | # 17 | # 13 |
| Worst Rank | # 48 | # 38 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 36 | # 38 |
| Best Rank | # 30 | # 29 |
| Worst Rank | # 39 | # 39 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 93 | 86 |
| Home Runs | 24 | 33 |
| RBI | 81 | 111 |
| Stolen Bases | 14 | 2 |
| Batting Average | .281 | .281 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 25 | # 24 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 32 | # 13 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 22 | # 20 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 48 | # 20 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 25 | # 18 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 24 | # 19 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 21 | # 20 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 28 | # 22 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 21 | # 20 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 29 | # 26 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 28 | # 16 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 21 | # 20 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 21 | # 16 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 29 | # 24 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 21 | # 20 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 24 | # 23 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 27 | # 24 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 36 | # 21 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 32 | # 14 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 29 | # 23 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 20 | # 13 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 17 | # 16 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 20 | # 19 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 21 | # 19 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 26 | # 17 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 17 | # 34 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 18 | # 31 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 18 | # 25 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 18 | # 28 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 18 | # 28 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 18 | # 26 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 18 | # 31 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 19 | # 26 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 19 | # 21 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 20 | # 22 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 20 | # 24 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 20 | # 22 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 20 | # 23 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 20 | # 23 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 20 | # 33 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 21 | # 29 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 21 | # 23 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 21 | # 22 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 21 | # 31 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 21 | # 24 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 21 | # 25 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 24 | # 26 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 24 | # 25 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 26 | # 30 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 29 | # 38 |
| Ozzie Albies 2B - ATL | Jose Abreu 1B - CWS | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 118 | 240 |
| Runs | 21 | 43 |
| Hits | 32 | 76 |
| Singles | 21 | 42 |
| Doubles | 5 | 15 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 6 | 19 |
| RBI | 19 | 60 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 0 |
| Walks | 5 | 18 |
| Strikeouts | 30 | 59 |
| Batting Average | .271 | .317 |
| On Base Pct | .307 | .370 |
| Slugging Pct | .466 | .617 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .773 | .987 |
| Ozzie Albies 2B - ATL | Jose Abreu 1B - CWS | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 577 | 588 |
| Runs | 93 | 86 |
| Hits | 161 | 164 |
| Singles | 97 | 94 |
| Doubles | 34 | 34 |
| Triples | 5 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 24 | 33 |
| RBI | 81 | 111 |
| Stolen Bases | 14 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 4 | 1 |
| Walks | 43 | 41 |
| Strikeouts | 110 | 141 |
| Batting Average | .281 | .281 |
| On Base Pct | .332 | .328 |
| Slugging Pct | .482 | .511 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .814 | .838 |
| Ozzie Albies 2B - ATL | Jose Abreu 1B - CWS | |
| News | ||
| Ozzie Albies went 3-for-5 with a single, two doubles, and an RBI in Saturday's game against the Brewers. Steve Painter Sat, May 15th | Jose Abreu went 2-for-4, was hit by a pitch and scored the game-winning run in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Royals.
Brad Camara Mon, May 17th | |
| Ozzie Albies went 1-for-5 with a solo homer against the Brewers Friday. Steve Painter Sat, May 15th | Jose Abreu was removed from Friday's game after colliding with Royals' Hunter Dozier. Connor Rooney Fri, May 14th | |
| Ozzie Albies went 1-for-4 with a triple, RBI, and two runs scored in Sunday's game against the Phillies. Steve Painter Sun, May 9th | Jose Abreu went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run and three runs scored during Tuesday’s 9-3 win against the Twins. Brad Camara Wed, May 12th | |
| Ozzie Albies went 1-for-4 in Wednesday's game against the Nationals. Steve Painter Wed, May 5th | Jose Abreu went 2-for-4 with a double, three RBI and a run scored in Sunday's 9-3 with over the Royals. Brad Camara Mon, May 10th | |
| Ozzie Albies went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Friday's game against the Blue Jays. Steve Painter Fri, Apr 30th | Jose Abreu went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in Tuesday's 9-0 win over the Reds. Brad Camara Wed, May 5th | |
| Notes | ||
| A wrist injury limited Albies to just 29 games last season, and affected his performance early in the year before he went on the IL. In other words, there's little reason to draw conclusions from anything he did last year, including his drop in walk rate and increase in strikeout rate. Albies had established a rough 24-15 baseline from 2018-2019, and at 24 years old, there's no reason to expect that floor to decrease. With his power and speed combination, and his locked in strong RBI and runs scored numbers batting near the top of the Braves' lineup, Albies should be either the first second baseman drafted or the second behind DJ LeMahieu, depending on how you want to build your team. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | For most players, fantasy managers need to consider whether to discount a highly out-of-character dip in their numbers given the shortened season. For Abreu, it's the opposite - whether fantasy managers should give credence to an outstanding MVP season, during which Abreu vastly outperformed his numbers from every other season of his career. Everything was good for Abreu in 2020, everything. He hit the ball harder than ever and consistently. He got on base more. He had career-high paces in every category. Abreu will be entering his age-34 season, so there's no way you should expect a repeat performance, but it's worth noting that he has increased his average exit velocity and hard-hit percentage in each of the last five seasons. Abreu's cost doesn't match his numbers last year, of course, but you'll still have to pay a hefty price in drafts. Given his safety and and his newly-discovered upside, however, it's worth it. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
