Who Should I Draft?
Salvador Perez or Matt Chapman (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Matt Chapman 3B - OAK  | Salvador Perez C - KC  | |
Expert |
80% Recommended by 40 of 50 experts |
20% Recommended by 10 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 61 | # 69 |
| Best Rank | # 46 | # 32 |
| Worst Rank | # 94 | # 149 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 98 | # 84 |
| Best Rank | # 93 | # 76 |
| Worst Rank | # 122 | # 104 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 88 | 57 |
| Home Runs | 32 | 26 |
| RBI | 89 | 77 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 2 |
| Batting Average | .251 | .263 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 51 | # 68 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 67 | # 80 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 48 | # 78 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 57 | # 74 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 62 | # 68 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 47 | # 89 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 49 | # 58 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 71 | # 101 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 48 | # 88 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 66 | # 72 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 62 | # 67 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 79 | # 85 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 55 | # 63 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 50 | # 63 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 66 | # 70 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 59 | # 67 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 60 | # 67 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 65 | # 67 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 55 | # 88 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 55 | # 77 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 59 | # 83 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 64 | # 85 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 64 | # 68 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 52 | # 114 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 65 | # 93 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 60 | # 74 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 68 | # 73 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 64 | # 66 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 66 | # 88 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 64 | # 69 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 62 | # 78 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 65 | # 67 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 72 | # 149 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 66 | # 67 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 46 | # 76 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 67 | # 83 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 64 | # 68 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 54 | # 63 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 59 | # 71 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 55 | # 68 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 54 | # 32 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 79 | # 44 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 79 | # 46 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 76 | # 47 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 79 | # 48 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 94 | # 55 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 68 | # 62 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 71 | # 64 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 69 | # 66 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 72 | # 68 |
| Matt Chapman 3B - OAK | Salvador Perez C - KC | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 142 | 150 |
| Runs | 22 | 22 |
| Hits | 33 | 50 |
| Singles | 12 | 27 |
| Doubles | 9 | 12 |
| Triples | 2 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 10 | 11 |
| RBI | 25 | 32 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 8 | 3 |
| Strikeouts | 54 | 36 |
| Batting Average | .232 | .333 |
| On Base Pct | .276 | .353 |
| Slugging Pct | .535 | .633 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .812 | .986 |
| Matt Chapman 3B - OAK | Salvador Perez C - KC | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 547 | 457 |
| Runs | 88 | 57 |
| Hits | 136 | 119 |
| Singles | 66 | 70 |
| Doubles | 33 | 24 |
| Triples | 4 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 32 | 26 |
| RBI | 89 | 77 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 1 |
| Walks | 59 | 19 |
| Strikeouts | 159 | 105 |
| Batting Average | .251 | .263 |
| On Base Pct | .324 | .292 |
| Slugging Pct | .502 | .483 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .826 | .774 |
| Matt Chapman 3B - OAK | Salvador Perez C - KC | |
| News | ||
| Matt Chapman went 1-for-2 with one RBI and one walk in the Athletics 7-0 win Saturday over Detroit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 17th | Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 with a walk-off solo home run in Game 2 of Saturday’s 3-2 win over the Blue Jays.
Brad Camara Sun, Apr 18th | |
| Matt Chapman went 1-for-4 with one RBI and two runs in the Athletics 3-0 win Friday over Detroit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 17th | Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and an additional run scored during Wednesday’s 6-1 win over the Angels. Brad Camara Wed, Apr 14th | |
| Matt Chapman went 1-for-5 with two RBIs and three strikeouts in the Athletics 8-4 win Thursday over Detroit. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 16th | Salvador Perez went 4-for-4 with an RBI single and one run scored in Monday's 10-3 loss to the Angels. Brad Camara Tue, Apr 13th | |
| Matt Chapman went 1-for-5 with one RBI and three strikeouts in the Athletics 7-5 win Tuesday over Arizona. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 14th | Salvador Perez went 1-for-3 with solo home run, one walk and two strikeouts in Wednesday’s 4-2 loss to the Indians. Brad Camara Wed, Apr 7th | |
| Matt Chapman went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs in the Athletics 9-5 win Monday over the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 13th | Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 7-3 loss to the Rangers. Brad Camara Sun, Apr 4th | |
| Notes | ||
| Chapman lost a significant chunk of his 2020 season to a torn labrum in his hip, and had surgery to repair the injury. It seems obvious that the injury was bothering him all year, as evidenced by his massive jump in strikeout rate (35.5%) and corresponding drop in walk rate. There's little reason to give Chapman's 2020 season any credence given what he'd shown the previous two years. Expect him to bounce back to the 30-homer bat with decent all-around production that we had come to expect, and enjoy the discount that his numbers from last year provide. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Perez returned from missing all of the 2019 season to put up monstrous numbers. He batted .333 with 11 home runs in just 37 games. Sure, his meager walk rate became even worst and he struck out more than ever, but his strong numbers were absolutely earned. He had an expected batting average of .325, an expected slugging percentage of .624, and barreled baseballs at a significantly higher rate than he ever had before. Perez will be 31 years old this year this year but considering that he's had just 156 plate appearances combined over the past two years (after having one of the heaviest workloads for a catcher over the previous six seasons), he should have some gas left in the tank. Draft him as a top-three catcher without hesitation. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| Salvy was tremendous in 2020, but we have seen his capabilities for years now, so why is everyone weighing the 2020 season so much in their catcher projections? Sure he will likely finish as a top 5 catcher barring health, but his ADP makes little sense, especially in 1C leagues. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | ||
| Perez is the consensus No. 2 catcher coming off draft boards so far. His career year in 2020 was backed up by his Statcast data, but it was also just a 37-game sample. Volume is one of Perez's calling cards as he typically plays a good amount more than other catchers. Entering 2021, one could make a case that volume plus his newfound skills make him an enviable target come draft day. However, I've yet to find what made 2020 so different for him other than it being a hot streak. I'd rather wait to fill my catcher slot than drafting one of the "elite" options. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | ||
