Who Should I Draft?
Raimel Tapia or Andrew Benintendi (2022)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Andrew Benintendi LF - KC  | Raimel Tapia CF,LF,RF - TOR  | |
Expert |
98% Recommended by 42 of 43 experts |
2% Recommended by 1 of 43 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 107 | # 162 |
| Best Rank | # 60 | # 99 |
| Worst Rank | # 163 | # 272 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 193 | # 366 |
| Best Rank | # 171 | # 282 |
| Worst Rank | # 244 | # 333 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 67 | 55 |
| Home Runs | 17 | 6 |
| RBI | 70 | 41 |
| Stolen Bases | 10 | 15 |
| Batting Average | .270 | .268 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 111 | # 192 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 96 | # 204 |
| Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros | # 112 | # 118 |
| Scott Engel The Game Day | # 129 | # 185 |
| Jody Smith FullTime Fantasy | # 107 | # 159 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 117 | ‐ |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 147 | # 272 |
| Greg Smith Superflex.Guide | # 76 | ‐ |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 100 | # 135 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 109 | # 130 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 116 | # 137 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 118 | # 211 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 139 | # 187 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 118 | # 123 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 103 | # 173 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 99 | # 185 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 94 | ‐ |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 111 | # 160 |
| Christopher Welsh FantasyPros | # 110 | # 177 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 115 | # 153 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 106 | # 157 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 111 | # 136 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 163 | # 173 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 128 | ‐ |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 92 | # 236 |
| Bart Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football | # 129 | # 188 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 109 | # 166 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 96 | # 199 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 75 | # 244 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 119 | # 142 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 119 | # 134 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 146 | # 175 |
| Nate Miller Fantasy Six Pack | # 120 | # 173 |
| Brad Camara RotoBaller | # 126 | # 161 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 60 | # 161 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 88 | # 131 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 112 | # 166 |
| Scott Youngson Pitcher List | # 100 | # 124 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 90 | # 133 |
| Scott Bogman FantasyPros | # 115 | # 140 |
| Travis Argo Fantasy Six Pack | # 132 | # 199 |
| Fred Zinkie Yahoo! Sports | # 84 | # 240 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 116 | # 99 |
| Andrew Benintendi LF - KC | Raimel Tapia CF,LF,RF - TOR | |
| 2021 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 493 | 487 |
| Runs | 63 | 69 |
| Hits | 136 | 133 |
| Singles | 90 | 99 |
| Doubles | 27 | 26 |
| Triples | 2 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 17 | 6 |
| RBI | 73 | 50 |
| Stolen Bases | 8 | 20 |
| Caught Stealing | 9 | 6 |
| Walks | 36 | 40 |
| Strikeouts | 97 | 70 |
| Batting Average | .276 | .273 |
| On Base Pct | .324 | .327 |
| Slugging Pct | .442 | .372 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .766 | .699 |
| Andrew Benintendi LF - KC | Raimel Tapia CF,LF,RF - TOR | |
| 2022 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 496 | 411 |
| Runs | 67 | 55 |
| Hits | 134 | 110 |
| Singles | 86 | 79 |
| Doubles | 28 | 23 |
| Triples | 3 | 3 |
| Home Runs | 17 | 6 |
| RBI | 70 | 41 |
| Stolen Bases | 10 | 15 |
| Caught Stealing | 6 | 4 |
| Walks | 48 | 31 |
| Strikeouts | 109 | 77 |
| Batting Average | .270 | .268 |
| On Base Pct | .334 | .319 |
| Slugging Pct | .440 | .374 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .775 | .693 |
| Andrew Benintendi LF - KC | Raimel Tapia CF,LF,RF - TOR | |
| News | ||
| Andrew Benintendi went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in Kansas City's 7-6 loss the Twins on Sunday. Luke Monaldo Mon, May 23rd | Raimel Tapia went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and three RBI in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Dan Harris Sat, May 7th | |
| Andrew Benintendi went 3-for-3 with a double, a walk and an RBI in Kansas City's 9-2 loss to Minnesota on Saturday. Luke Monaldo Sun, May 22nd | Raimel Tapia went 4-for-5 with a double on Friday against the Astros. Chris Clegg Sat, Apr 30th | |
| Andrew Benintendi went 2-for-5 with a double in Kansas City's 7-4 loss to the White Sox on Thursday. Luke Monaldo Fri, May 20th | Raimel Tapia went 2-4 out of the leadoff spot in Friday's win against Houston. Chris Clegg Sat, Apr 23rd | |
| Andrew Benintendi is not in the Royals' lineup for their game on Sunday against the Rockies. Dan Harris Sun, May 15th | Raimel Tapia was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays in a trade that sent Randal Grichuk to Colorado. Chris Clegg Thu, Mar 24th | |
| Andrew Benintendi went 3-for-6 with a home run, a triple, three RBIs and two runs scored in a 14-10 Royals win in Colorado on Friday. Luke Monaldo Sat, May 14th | ||
| Notes | ||
| Benintendi was the classic "needs a change of scenery" player and got relatively back on track with the Royals. He looked almost identical to the disappointing but absolutely usable version of himself that he showed in 2019, and his underlying rates were nearly identical. He did walk at a career-worst rate but he also got his strikeout rate down under control, and had he avoided injury, he surely would have put up a 20-10 season. There's every reason to expct him to be able to do that again, but expect his other counting stats to remain mediocre with Kansas City's lineup. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Tapia moves from Colorado to Toronto, and although that's an obvious downgrade in terms of home park, it's pretty much as neutral a change as Tapia could have hoped for. He'll still play his home games in an extreme hitter-friendly environment, and he'll see a major upgrade in his surrounding lineup. The problem for Tapia, however, remains the same. He has extremely meager power numbers, and not enough speed to be a true difference-maker in the stolen base category (though he did swipe 20 last year). He'll almost certainly bat in the lower third of the lineup with Toronto, as he likely would have with the Rockies anyway, and his probable increase in runs scored should be canceled out by his likely drop in batting average (his xBA has been in the .250s in each of the last three seasons). There's little upside with Tapia, but he won't hurt you, so he's a decent bench option if you're light on steals. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
