Who Should I Draft?
Ronald Acuna Jr. or Christian Yelich (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Ronald Acuna Jr. LF,CF,RF - ATL  | Christian Yelich LF,RF - MIL  | |
Expert |
73% Recommended by 33 of 45 experts |
27% Recommended by 12 of 45 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 1 | # 2 |
| Best Rank | # 1 | # 1 |
| Worst Rank | # 3 | # 4 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 2 | # 3 |
| Best Rank | # 1 | # 3 |
| Worst Rank | # 2 | # 3 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 41 | 39 |
| Home Runs | 13 | 13 |
| RBI | 34 | 37 |
| Stolen Bases | 11 | 9 |
| Batting Average | .286 | .316 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 1 | # 2 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 1 | # 2 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 1 | # 3 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 1 | # 2 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 1 | # 4 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 1 | # 3 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 1 | # 3 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 1 | # 3 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 1 | # 2 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 1 | # 3 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 1 | # 3 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 1 | # 3 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 1 | # 2 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 2 | # 3 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 2 | # 3 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 1 | # 3 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 1 | # 3 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 2 | # 3 |
| Bill Dubiel RotoBaller | # 2 | # 3 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 1 | # 2 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 1 | # 3 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 1 | # 3 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 1 | # 3 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 2 | # 3 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 1 | # 3 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 1 | # 3 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 1 | # 2 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 1 | # 3 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 2 | # 3 |
| George Kurtz FantasyData | # 2 | # 4 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 1 | # 4 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 2 | # 3 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 2 | # 3 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 2 | # 1 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 2 | # 1 |
| Bobby Sylvester FantasyPros | # 2 | # 1 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 2 | # 1 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 2 | # 1 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 2 | # 1 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 2 | # 1 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 3 | # 2 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 3 | # 2 |
| Staff Rankings FullTime Fantasy | # 3 | # 1 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 3 | # 1 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 3 | # 2 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. LF,CF,RF - ATL | Christian Yelich LF,RF - MIL | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 626 | 489 |
| Runs | 127 | 100 |
| Hits | 175 | 161 |
| Singles | 110 | 85 |
| Doubles | 22 | 29 |
| Triples | 2 | 3 |
| Home Runs | 41 | 44 |
| RBI | 101 | 97 |
| Stolen Bases | 37 | 30 |
| Caught Stealing | 9 | 2 |
| Walks | 76 | 80 |
| Strikeouts | 188 | 118 |
| Batting Average | .280 | .329 |
| On Base Pct | .365 | .429 |
| Slugging Pct | .518 | .671 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .883 | 1.100 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. LF,CF,RF - ATL | Christian Yelich LF,RF - MIL | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 214 | 201 |
| Runs | 41 | 39 |
| Hits | 61 | 64 |
| Singles | 37 | 37 |
| Doubles | 10 | 13 |
| Triples | 1 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 13 | 13 |
| RBI | 34 | 37 |
| Stolen Bases | 11 | 9 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 2 |
| Walks | 25 | 29 |
| Strikeouts | 63 | 49 |
| Batting Average | .286 | .316 |
| On Base Pct | .360 | .403 |
| Slugging Pct | .523 | .575 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .883 | .978 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. LF,CF,RF - ATL | Christian Yelich LF,RF - MIL | |
| News | ||
| Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. went 1-for-2 with a walk, a run scored, and a stolen base in Tuesday's win over the Houston Astros. The steal was his second of the Spring. Mike Maher - The Birds Blitz Wed, Mar 11th | Christian Yelich will make his spring debut Friday against the Giants. Brad Camara Fri, Mar 6th | |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. went 1-for-3 with two RBI in Tuesday's spring game against the Twins. Steve Painter Tue, Feb 25th | Christian Yelich signed a seven-year, $188.5 million extension with the Brewers on Thursday. Brad Camara Thu, Mar 5th | |
| Braves manager Brian Snitker announced that Ronald Acuna will hit leadoff for the duration of the 2020 season. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sat, Jan 25th | Outfielder Christian Yelich and the Milwaukee Brewers are close to an agreement on a new contract worth more than $200 million, according to a report from MLB insider Ken Rosenthal. Mike Maher - The Birds Blitz Tue, Mar 3rd | |
| Christian Yelich (knee) is expected to make his 2020 Cactus League debut late this week. Brad Camara Sun, Mar 1st | ||
| Christian Yelich told reporters that he's good to go and feeling great, adding that he should be ready to go for the start of Spring Training. Blaine Blontz Sat, Jan 11th | ||
| Notes | ||
| In a category-based leagues, don't overthink it - even in a shortened season. You're taking Acuña first overall. The only concern is the high strikeout rate, but you can still bank on a .285 average with 15 homers and nearly 15 steals in the shortened season. He's going to hold down the top spot for years to come. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | The late start to the season helps Yelich and his managers, as his knee is no longer a concern. There's a care to be made for taking him anywhere from first to fifth overall, but his production over the past few years doesn't lie. He'll give you a .300 average with double-digit homers and steals in a solid lineup. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| We knew Acuna would develop into an elite fantasy option one day, but few saw it happening this quickly. He combined power (41 homers), speed (37 stolen bases), and his spot batting atop an outstanding lineup (127 runs, 101 RBI) to put up one of the all-around great seasons. He'll stick in the leadoff spot this year, which should ensure that he continues to run early and often, and there's little reason to expect his numbers to dip much from last year. In points leagues, where his strikeout rate is a bit of a negative, his stock falls just a tad, but otherwise, no one would fault you if you made him the top pick in the draft. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Yelich followed up his preposterous 2018 season with an even better one in 2019, batting .329 with 44 home runs and 30 steals in just 130 games. His ridiculous 35% HR/FB rate regressed as expected, but only to a still nonsensical 32.8%, best in MLB. The issue with Yelich for 2020 has nothing to do with his talent, but is instead all about the fractured kneecap that prematurely ended his season. He's reportedly on track to be ready by Opening Day, but there's obviously a modicum of risk to factor in. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| Acuna went 41/37 in homers/steals last season as a sophomore but the batting average is likely going to be 20-30 points below Trout and the homers may end up 10 behind. Most are taking Acuna first anyways because of the difference in steals and frankly, you can't go wrong with either. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | Although Trout and Acuna were both phenomenal last year, it was Yelich who finished as the #1 fantasy player in baseball. Despite missing 30 games, he still hit 44 homers with 30 steals and a .329 batting average. Don't be shocked if he goes 50/30 with a batting crown this year. Bobby Sylvester - FantasyPros | |
| I wrote in 2019 that Acuna was being under drafted. This season I am seeing regression (in stolen bases specifically) that won't much matter to his overall ADP with one exception, he is my #2 rather than first overall, even though he has more potential to be the best statistical performer in 2020. Draft him 1.1 if you want, but Trout is the safer top pick. Can't go wrong with either choice. Chris Mitchell - FantasyData | ||
