Who Should I Draft?
Randy Arozarena or Salvador Perez (2022)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Salvador Perez C,DH - KC  | Randy Arozarena DH,LF,RF - TB  | |
Expert |
74% Recommended by 32 of 43 experts |
26% Recommended by 11 of 43 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 32 | # 40 |
| Best Rank | # 9 | # 26 |
| Worst Rank | # 81 | # 65 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 29 | # 66 |
| Best Rank | # 26 | # 49 |
| Worst Rank | # 49 | # 132 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 74 | 88 |
| Home Runs | 36 | 23 |
| RBI | 98 | 73 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 19 |
| Batting Average | .267 | .263 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | IL10 | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 30 | # 34 |
| Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros | # 30 | # 38 |
| Scott Engel The Game Day | # 28 | # 59 |
| Jody Smith FullTime Fantasy | # 28 | # 39 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 22 | # 40 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 27 | # 36 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 31 | # 46 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 32 | # 39 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 25 | # 52 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 30 | # 37 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 28 | # 41 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 38 | # 40 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 26 | # 38 |
| Christopher Welsh FantasyPros | # 29 | # 38 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 34 | # 38 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 31 | # 39 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 28 | # 37 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 26 | # 34 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 28 | # 41 |
| Bart Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football | # 34 | # 38 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 29 | # 39 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 24 | # 50 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 10 | # 65 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 24 | # 55 |
| Nate Miller Fantasy Six Pack | # 33 | # 35 |
| Brad Camara RotoBaller | # 33 | # 37 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 9 | # 55 |
| Scott Youngson Pitcher List | # 35 | # 37 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 27 | # 36 |
| Scott Bogman FantasyPros | # 28 | # 42 |
| Travis Argo Fantasy Six Pack | # 26 | # 43 |
| Fred Zinkie Yahoo! Sports | # 23 | # 47 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 29 | # 26 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 31 | # 28 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 45 | # 33 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | ‐ | # 33 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 45 | # 33 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 38 | # 37 |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 39 | # 38 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 51 | # 42 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 81 | # 42 |
| Greg Smith Superflex.Guide | # 54 | # 44 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 61 | # 52 |
| Salvador Perez C,DH - KC | Randy Arozarena DH,LF,RF - TB | |
| 2021 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 620 | 529 |
| Runs | 88 | 94 |
| Hits | 169 | 145 |
| Singles | 97 | 90 |
| Doubles | 24 | 32 |
| Triples | 0 | 3 |
| Home Runs | 48 | 20 |
| RBI | 121 | 69 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 20 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 10 |
| Walks | 28 | 56 |
| Strikeouts | 170 | 170 |
| Batting Average | .273 | .274 |
| On Base Pct | .316 | .356 |
| Slugging Pct | .544 | .459 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .859 | .815 |
| Salvador Perez C,DH - KC | Randy Arozarena DH,LF,RF - TB | |
| 2022 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 541 | 532 |
| Runs | 74 | 88 |
| Hits | 145 | 140 |
| Singles | 83 | 83 |
| Doubles | 25 | 29 |
| Triples | 1 | 3 |
| Home Runs | 36 | 23 |
| RBI | 98 | 73 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 19 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 8 |
| Walks | 25 | 54 |
| Strikeouts | 142 | 162 |
| Batting Average | .267 | .263 |
| On Base Pct | .300 | .331 |
| Slugging Pct | .513 | .455 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .813 | .786 |
| Salvador Perez C,DH - KC | Randy Arozarena DH,LF,RF - TB | |
| News | ||
| Royals C Salvador Perez has been placed on the 10-day IL with a sprained left thumb. Sebastian Rivero has been called up. Vince DiSilvio Tue, May 17th | Rays outfielder Randy Arozarena went 1-for-3 with a strikeout and solo homer against the Tigers on Tuesday. He also hit a sac fly in the contest. Tampa Bay ultimately defeated Detroit by a score of 8-1. Andersen Pickard Tue, May 17th | |
| Salvador Perez went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in Kansas City's 5-3 extra inning loss to the White Sox on Monday night. Luke Monaldo Tue, May 17th | Rays outfielder Randy Arozarena went 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts against the Blue Jays on Friday evening. He did steal second base in the contest but wasn't able to score. Tampa Bay ultimately defeated Toronto by a score of 5-2. Andersen Pickard Sat, May 14th | |
| Royals catcher Salvador Perez went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer against the Rockies on Saturday. He also struck out once in the contest. Kansas City ultimately fell to Colorado by a score of 10-4. Andersen Pickard Sun, May 15th | Rays outfielder Randy Arozarena went 0-for-3 with a walk and strikeout against the Angels on Wednesday evening. He also stole second base in the contest. Tampa Bay ultimately defeated Los Angeles by a score of 4-2. Andersen Pickard Thu, May 12th | |
| Salvador Perez with 2-for-6 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in a 14-10 Royals win in Colorado on Friday. Luke Monaldo Sat, May 14th | Tampa Bay Rays Randy Arozarena went 4-for-5 from the plate with three singles and a double during a 8-7 comeback win over the Mariners. Kyle Williams - Dog Day Sports Sat, May 7th | |
| Kansas City Royals DH Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 at the plate on Thursday, hitting an RBI single in the Royals' 3-1 loss to the Rangers. Josh Thiessen Fri, May 13th | Randy Arozarena went 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI on Sunday against the Twins. Dan Harris Sun, May 1st | |
| Notes | ||
| Perez tied for the MLB lead with 48 home runs in 2021 and had a league-leading 121 RBI. After missing the entire 2019 season due to Tommy John surgery and playing 37 of 60 games in 2020, Perez played 161 games last year (40 as a DH) and went to the plate 665 times. He's bound to get fewer PAs this season, and some HR pullback is probably inevitable, but the Statcast numbers show that Perez crushes the ball when he makes contact. His career batting averages have been all over the map, and he doesn't run, but the power and run production are legit. Perez deserves to be the first catcher off the board, but he might be drafted too early after last season's homer-fest. Pat Fitzmaurice - FantasyPros | The playoff hero of 2020 provided a satisfying encore by being named 2021 AL Rookie of the Year, though there was some slippage. After belting 10 HRs in 20 playoff games two seasons ago, Arozarena hit 20 homers in 141 games last season and struck out 170 times. A modest flyball rate and ordinary Statcast numbers suggest that Arozarena probably won't provide elite power numbers. Last year's 37% hit rate fueled a .274 batting average that may not be sustainable. On the bright side, he had 20 SBs on 30 attempts. There are a multiple paths to value here, but still, Arozarena is a high-profile player likely to be overdrafted. Pat Fitzmaurice - FantasyPros | |
