Who Should I Draft?
Salvador Perez or Tommy Pham (2021)
Experts' Pick | Experts' Pick | |
| Salvador Perez C - KC  | Tommy Pham CF,DH,LF - SD  | |
Expert |
50% Recommended by 25 of 50 experts |
50% Recommended by 25 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 69 | # 68 |
| Best Rank | # 32 | # 33 |
| Worst Rank | # 149 | # 105 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 84 | # 134 |
| Best Rank | # 76 | # 118 |
| Worst Rank | # 104 | # 158 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 57 | 76 |
| Home Runs | 26 | 18 |
| RBI | 77 | 66 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 19 |
| Batting Average | .263 | .267 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 68 | # 67 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 80 | # 77 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 78 | # 75 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 74 | # 61 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 89 | # 55 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 58 | # 55 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 101 | # 78 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 88 | # 65 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 72 | # 70 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 85 | # 64 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 63 | # 62 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 67 | # 65 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 67 | # 66 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 88 | # 77 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 77 | # 59 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 85 | # 59 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 114 | # 94 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 93 | # 64 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 68 | # 50 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 74 | # 72 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 88 | # 74 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 69 | # 65 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 149 | # 33 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 55 | # 53 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 76 | # 65 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 32 | # 105 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 44 | # 87 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 46 | # 69 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 47 | # 67 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 48 | # 62 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 62 | # 74 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 63 | # 76 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 63 | # 76 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 64 | # 82 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 66 | # 77 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 66 | # 75 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 67 | # 71 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 67 | # 77 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 67 | # 70 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 67 | # 73 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 68 | # 77 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 68 | # 71 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 68 | # 71 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 68 | # 70 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 70 | # 78 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 71 | # 73 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 73 | # 74 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 78 | # 98 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 83 | # 95 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 83 | # 90 |
| Salvador Perez C - KC | Tommy Pham CF,DH,LF - SD | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 150 | 109 |
| Runs | 22 | 13 |
| Hits | 50 | 23 |
| Singles | 27 | 18 |
| Doubles | 12 | 2 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 11 | 3 |
| RBI | 32 | 12 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 6 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 3 | 15 |
| Strikeouts | 36 | 27 |
| Batting Average | .333 | .211 |
| On Base Pct | .353 | .312 |
| Slugging Pct | .633 | .312 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .986 | .624 |
| Salvador Perez C - KC | Tommy Pham CF,DH,LF - SD | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 457 | 490 |
| Runs | 57 | 76 |
| Hits | 119 | 130 |
| Singles | 70 | 86 |
| Doubles | 24 | 22 |
| Triples | 1 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 26 | 18 |
| RBI | 77 | 66 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 19 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 5 |
| Walks | 19 | 67 |
| Strikeouts | 105 | 121 |
| Batting Average | .263 | .267 |
| On Base Pct | .292 | .356 |
| Slugging Pct | .483 | .431 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .774 | .787 |
| Salvador Perez C - KC | Tommy Pham CF,DH,LF - SD | |
| News | ||
| Salvador Perez went 2-for-5 with an RBI in Wednesday’s 9-8 win over the Rays. Brad Camara Thu, Apr 22nd | Tommy Pham went 1-4 with with a single and a strikeout in the Padres' loss to the Brewers on Tuesday. Matt Flipi Wed, Apr 21st | |
| Salvador Perez went 1-for-5 with a two-run homer during Sunday’s 2-0 win over the Blue Jays. Brad Camara Sun, Apr 18th | Tommy Pham went 1-3 with a double, a walk, 2 RBI, and 2 strikeouts in the Padres' win over the Dodgers on Sunday. Matt Flipi Mon, Apr 19th | |
| 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 | Tommy Pham went 1-3 with a single, a walk, and an RBI in the Padres' loss to the Pirates on Wednesday. Matt Flipi Thu, Apr 15th | |
| 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 | Tommy Pham went 1-4 with a single and a strikeout in the Padres' win over the Pirates on Monday. Matt Flipi Mon, Apr 12th | |
| 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 | Tommy Pham went 1-4 with two strikeouts in the Padres' win over the Giants on Tuesday. Matt Flipi Wed, Apr 7th | |
| Notes | ||
| 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 | Pham had a terrible 2020 season, during which he slashed .211/.312/.312 and hit just three home runs. A broken hamate bone limited him to just 31 games, and to make matters worse, he was stabbed in the lower back during an altercation in the offseason. But even entering his age-33 season, there are reasons to be optimistic about his 2021 outlook. Pham had averaged roughly 22 home runs and 22 steals with a .284 batting average the three years prior to last, and he had the highest hard-hit rate of his career in 2020. Indeed, his expected batting average of .266 was 55 points higher than his actual average. There's reason to expect Pham to return to his 20-20 ways if he can remain healthy, and batting in a loaded Padres lineup, he should add plenty of counting stats. 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 | ||
