Who Should I Draft?
Rafael Devers or Jack Flaherty (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Jack Flaherty SP - STL  | Rafael Devers 3B - BOS  | |
Expert |
53% Recommended by 29 of 55 experts |
47% Recommended by 26 of 55 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 30 | # 28 |
| Best Rank | # 22 | # 16 |
| Worst Rank | # 69 | # 84 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 32 | # 40 |
| Best Rank | # 27 | # 35 |
| Worst Rank | # 34 | # 45 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | ‐ | 95 |
| Home Runs | 23 | 31 |
| RBI | ‐ | 101 |
| Stolen Bases | ‐ | 5 |
| Batting Avg | ‐ | .282 |
| Strikeouts | 205 | 138 |
| Wins | 12 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| ERA | 3.48 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.11 | ‐ |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 27 | # 32 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 26 | # 33 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 27 | # 29 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 46 | # 84 |
| Scott White CBS Sports | # 32 | # 41 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 24 | # 33 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 29 | # 32 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 22 | # 35 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 34 | # 35 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 29 | # 36 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 32 | # 33 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 22 | # 34 |
| Frank Stampfl CBS Sports | # 23 | # 42 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 35 | # 42 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 23 | # 42 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 27 | # 39 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 27 | # 28 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 30 | # 34 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 33 | # 34 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 23 | # 29 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 22 | # 45 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 32 | # 33 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 28 | # 36 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 41 | # 43 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 31 | # 40 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 23 | # 40 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 30 | # 34 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 30 | # 42 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 22 | # 28 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 41 | # 16 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 39 | # 19 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 31 | # 19 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 69 | # 20 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 29 | # 20 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 26 | # 22 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 29 | # 23 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 31 | # 24 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 32 | # 26 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 28 | # 26 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 50 | # 26 |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 51 | # 28 |
| SportsLine - Computer Simulation CBS Sports | # 41 | # 28 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 33 | # 28 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 32 | # 30 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 36 | # 30 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 35 | # 31 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 47 | # 31 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 34 | # 31 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 38 | # 31 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 35 | # 32 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 33 | # 32 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 52 | # 35 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 58 | # 35 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 42 | # 38 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 55 | # 43 |
| Jack Flaherty SP - STL | Rafael Devers 3B - BOS | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| Runs | ‐ | 32 |
| Home Runs | 6 | 11 |
| RBI | ‐ | 43 |
| Stolen Bases | ‐ | 0 |
| Batting Avg | ‐ | .263 |
| Strikeouts | 49 | 67 |
| Wins | 4 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| ERA | 4.91 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.21 | ‐ |
| Jack Flaherty SP - STL | Rafael Devers 3B - BOS | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| Runs | ‐ | 95 |
| Home Runs | 23 | 31 |
| RBI | ‐ | 101 |
| Stolen Bases | ‐ | 5 |
| Batting Avg | ‐ | .282 |
| Strikeouts | 205 | 138 |
| Wins | 12 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| ERA | 3.48 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.11 | ‐ |
| Jack Flaherty SP - STL | Rafael Devers 3B - BOS | |
| News | ||
| Jack Flaherty pitched six shutout innings against the Brewers on Thursday afternoon, yielding only four hits and two walks while striking out six. Flaherty won his seventh consecutive decision and now leads the majors in wins with a 7-0 record. Lucas Spence Thu, May 13th | Rafael Devers hit a three-run homer in Sunday's loss to the Angels. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, May 17th | |
| Jack Flaherty was sensational on Friday night, pitching seven scoreless innings against Colorado while scattering three hits and a walk and striking out six batters while picking up his league-leading sixth win of the season. Flaherty also went 1-for-2 with a solo home run at the plate. Lucas Spence Fri, May 7th | Rafael Devers went 2-for-4 with a home run, and a two run double on Sunday. Liam Gibney Mon, May 10th | |
| Jack Flaherty remained unbeaten on Saturday, picking up his fifth win by pitching six innings and giving up six hits, three earned runs, and two walks while striking out a season-high nine batters in a 12-5 win over the Pirates. Lucas Spence Sat, May 1st | Rafael Devers came up big for the Red Sox in their 12-9 victory over Detroit. He went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and scored once. Liam Gibney Fri, May 7th | |
| Jack Flaherty was in mid-season form on Sunday, pitching seven strong innings and limiting the Reds to just three hits and one run in a 5-2 victory. Flaherty recorded six strikeouts and improved his record to 4-0 on the season. Lucas Spence Sun, Apr 25th | Red Sox 3B Rafael Devers (shoulder) is absent from Tuesday's lineup against the Tigers. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Tue, May 4th | |
| Jack Flaherty pitched six innings in a victory over the Nationals on Monday, giving up six hits, five runs (two earned), two walks and notching five strikeouts to improve to 3-0 on the season. Lucas Spence Mon, Apr 19th | Rafael Devers went 1-for-3 with a home run and a walk on Friday. Liam Gibney Sat, May 1st | |
| Notes | ||
| Flaherty ended up with a 4.91 ERA, but that hardly represents his actual performance, given that he allowed nine runs in a three-inning start in September. If you take out that outing, Flaherty had just a 3.13 ERA, and he didn't allow more than three earned runs in any of his eight other starts. Given that Flaherty's season was shorter than most due to the Cardinals' COVID-19 issues, it's fair to essentially throw out at that one abysmal outing, considering his other numbers were relatively consistent from 2019. Indeed, his swinging strike rate improved, as did his K/9 rate and ground ball percentage. With his devastating slider, Flaherty should still be considered one of the top pitchers in the real and fantasy game, and is capable of fronting a fantasy staff. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Devers' 2020 season was . . . fine. That's about the best you can say about it. He still hit the ball hard, ranking in the 96th percentile in average exit velocity, and he increased his barrel rate significantly. His counting stat paces from his breakout 2019 season went down, but not dramatically so (other than his batting average), and fantasy managers never felt like Devers was a drain on their teams. But, at the same time, his already poor walk rate declined, his strikeout rate jumped to a career worst, and he didn't even attempt a single stolen base. Devers is just 24 years old, so there is plenty of upside for him. The safest course of action is to build in some natural regression from Devers' strong 2019 season, and pencil him in for roughly 30 home runs and 200 combined runs and RBI. That still makes him an asset to any fantasy team. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| The word that keeps coming up for Flaherty's fantasy analysis is rhythm. In the second half of 2019, which is when Flaherty put together one of the most impressive second halves in baseball history, he had rhythm. Meanwhile, the Cardinals' 2020 season lacked anything resembling a routine. Flaherty and his teammates dealt with a COVID-19 outbreak as well as a plethora of doubleheaders late in the year to make up for lost time. And yet, if it wasn't for one disastrous start, Flaherty still would've been a borderline ace last summer. When you take out his worst start of the year, Flaherty's ERA drops from 4.91 to 3.13. I'm betting that 2021 goes more smoothly for St. Louis. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | Just like in 2019, Devers got off to a slow start last season. He posted a weak .543 OPS over his first 14 games before coming to life with an .868 mark over his final 43 contests. Devers' O-swing has increased every year that he has been in the league, up to 42.3% in 2020. His breakout 2019 saw him make contact on an unsustainable number of pitchers outside the zone. The young third baseman is able to do damage on anything he makes contact with, but he needs to decrease the amount of strikeout to become a consistently elite hitter. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | |
| Devers would be more appealing if he stole bases more often, but batting in the middle of the mediocre Red Sox lineup does not scream huge season. He is a fine pick, but not someone primed to break out. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | ||
