Who Should I Draft?
Ronald Acuna Jr. or Jacob deGrom (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Ronald Acuna Jr. LF,CF,RF - ATL  | Jacob deGrom SP - NYM  | |
Expert |
93% Recommended by 52 of 56 experts |
7% Recommended by 4 of 56 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 1 | # 6 |
| Best Rank | # 1 | # 1 |
| Worst Rank | # 5 | # 22 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 1 | # 6 |
| Best Rank | # 1 | # 5 |
| Worst Rank | # 2 | # 7 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 122 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 40 | 21 |
| RBI | 96 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 29 | ‐ |
| Batting Avg | .280 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 176 | 251 |
| Wins | ‐ | 14 |
| Saves | ‐ | 0 |
| ERA | ‐ | 2.77 |
| WHIP | ‐ | 1.00 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | IL60 | IL60 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 1 | # 7 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 1 | # 6 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 1 | # 10 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 1 | # 22 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 1 | # 8 |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 3 | # 7 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 1 | # 3 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 2 | # 6 |
| Scott White CBS Sports | # 1 | # 5 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 1 | # 10 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 1 | # 3 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 1 | # 7 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 1 | # 7 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 1 | # 5 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 1 | # 6 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 4 | # 10 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 1 | # 6 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 1 | # 3 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 1 | # 6 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 1 | # 5 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 1 | # 7 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 1 | # 6 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 3 | # 5 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 1 | # 9 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 1 | # 6 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 1 | # 6 |
| Frank Stampfl CBS Sports | # 1 | # 5 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 1 | # 6 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 1 | # 8 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 1 | # 6 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 1 | # 6 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 2 | # 9 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 2 | # 6 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 1 | # 7 |
| Jorge B. Edwards Fantasy In Frames | # 2 | # 6 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 1 | # 7 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 1 | # 6 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 2 | # 8 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 2 | # 6 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 1 | # 6 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 1 | # 6 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 2 | # 3 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 5 | # 6 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 1 | # 4 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 1 | # 16 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 1 | # 6 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 1 | # 6 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 1 | # 8 |
| SportsLine - Computer Simulation CBS Sports | # 1 | # 6 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 1 | # 8 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 2 | # 6 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 1 | # 6 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 2 | # 1 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 3 | # 1 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 3 | # 1 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 3 | # 1 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. LF,CF,RF - ATL | Jacob deGrom SP - NYM | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| Runs | 46 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 14 | 7 |
| RBI | 29 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 8 | ‐ |
| Batting Avg | .250 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 60 | 104 |
| Wins | ‐ | 4 |
| Saves | ‐ | 0 |
| ERA | ‐ | 2.38 |
| WHIP | ‐ | 0.96 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. LF,CF,RF - ATL | Jacob deGrom SP - NYM | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| Runs | 122 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 40 | 21 |
| RBI | 96 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 29 | ‐ |
| Batting Avg | .280 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 176 | 251 |
| Wins | ‐ | 14 |
| Saves | ‐ | 0 |
| ERA | ‐ | 2.77 |
| WHIP | ‐ | 1.00 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. LF,CF,RF - ATL | Jacob deGrom SP - NYM | |
| News | ||
| Braves OF Ronald Acuna Jr. (ACL) says he'll start jogging sometime in November or December. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Oct 18th | The New York Mets are not picking up the option of manager Luis Rojas. Ari Koslow Mon, Oct 4th | |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. will miss the rest of the season after he suffered a complete tear of his right ACL. Dan Harris Sat, Jul 10th | The Mets have officially shut down Jacob deGrom (elbow) for the remainder of 2021. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Tue, Sep 28th | |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. was carted off the field in the Braves game against Miami on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 10th | Mets RHP Jacob deGrom (elbow) threw off the "mid-slope" mound on Saturday. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Sep 20th | |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. went 3-for-5 with a solo homer, two singles, a walk, and two additional runs scored in Wednesday's game against the Pirates. Steve Painter Wed, Jul 7th | Mets' SP Jacob deGrom threw a ten-pitch bullpen session off of a mound for the first time since his shutdown in July. Jack Mannis Tue, Sep 14th | |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. went 2-for-5 with two singles, a run scored, and three strikeouts in Monday's game against the Pirates. Steve Painter Mon, Jul 5th | Mets RHP Jacob deGrom told reporters on Thursday that his elbow ligament is "perfectly fine." Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Thu, Sep 9th | |
| Notes | ||
| Acuna missed some time last year and batted a mere .250. And thus ends the negative things you can say about him. He walked at an absurd 18.8% clip, which led him to a .406 OBP despite the poor average. He was one of the league leaders in quality of contact, wOBA, and xWOBA, and we now know after the last two years that he will run often on the bases so long as he continues to bat leadoff, which he should. In other words, from a fantasy perspective, Acuna is an absolute monster. He's a top-three pick and will (deservedly) go first overall in many leagues, and there's still upside given that he just turned 23 years old. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | deGrom barely missed out on winning his third straight Cy Young Award last year, but it was yet another dominant season. For the third straight year, he came in with a WHIP under 1.00, an ERA under 2.50, and a strikeout percentage above 31%. deGrom is getting up there in age, but it's worth remembering that he has fewer miles on his arm than most pitcher entering their age-33 season, given that he didn't transition to pitching until late in his college career and missed significant time with injuries during his time in the minors. deGrom has shown no decline in his game, and should hopefully (finally) begin to pile on more wins this year pitching for a better team in front of an improved bullpen. He should be the first or second starting pitcher taken and is an obvious first-round pick. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| The fantasy baseball community isn't talking enough about how Acuña nearly doubled his walk rate last summer (10.6% to 18.8%) while also hitting the ball harder than ever (47.4% in 2019 to 57.0% in 2020). Yes, it was a small sample, but these are also signs that the talented 23-year-old is improving as a hitter. Seemingly doing more damage and becoming more selective at the expense of batting average, Acuña's 40/40 upside keeps him in the conversation for No. 1 overall come draft day. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | ||
