Who Should I Draft?
Shane Bieber or Francisco Lindor (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Shane Bieber SP - CLE  | Francisco Lindor SS - NYM  | |
Expert |
96% Recommended by 53 of 55 experts |
4% Recommended by 2 of 55 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 12 | # 16 |
| Best Rank | # 4 | # 7 |
| Worst Rank | # 16 | # 35 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 9 | # 16 |
| Best Rank | # 8 | # 15 |
| Worst Rank | # 10 | # 19 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | ‐ | 97 |
| Home Runs | 24 | 30 |
| RBI | ‐ | 86 |
| Stolen Bases | ‐ | 18 |
| Batting Avg | ‐ | .271 |
| Strikeouts | 243 | 106 |
| Wins | 15 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| ERA | 3.18 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.05 | ‐ |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 12 | # 14 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 14 | # 17 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 13 | # 19 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 14 | # 26 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 14 | # 15 |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 10 | # 16 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 9 | # 19 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 10 | # 11 |
| Scott White CBS Sports | # 4 | # 18 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 5 | # 18 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 16 | # 26 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 10 | # 16 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 16 | # 18 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 13 | # 14 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 11 | # 21 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 8 | # 17 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 13 | # 18 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 12 | # 16 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 9 | # 25 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 12 | # 16 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 11 | # 16 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 10 | # 16 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 10 | # 28 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 10 | # 21 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 13 | # 26 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 11 | # 16 |
| Frank Stampfl CBS Sports | # 9 | # 14 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 9 | # 20 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 10 | # 17 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 8 | # 24 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 10 | # 16 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 10 | # 12 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 8 | # 17 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 12 | # 16 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 8 | # 15 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 10 | # 15 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 11 | # 16 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 7 | # 33 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 9 | # 23 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 16 | # 18 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 7 | # 19 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 12 | # 16 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 8 | # 17 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 13 | # 15 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 8 | # 15 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 11 | # 27 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 10 | # 15 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 11 | # 16 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 9 | # 25 |
| SportsLine - Computer Simulation CBS Sports | # 11 | # 15 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 12 | # 18 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 10 | # 16 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 11 | # 35 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 11 | # 7 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 16 | # 8 |
| Shane Bieber SP - CLE | Francisco Lindor SS - NYM | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| Runs | ‐ | 30 |
| Home Runs | 7 | 8 |
| RBI | ‐ | 27 |
| Stolen Bases | ‐ | 6 |
| Batting Avg | ‐ | .259 |
| Strikeouts | 122 | 41 |
| Wins | 8 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| ERA | 1.63 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 0.87 | ‐ |
| Shane Bieber SP - CLE | Francisco Lindor SS - NYM | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| Runs | ‐ | 97 |
| Home Runs | 24 | 30 |
| RBI | ‐ | 86 |
| Stolen Bases | ‐ | 18 |
| Batting Avg | ‐ | .271 |
| Strikeouts | 243 | 106 |
| Wins | 15 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| ERA | 3.18 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.05 | ‐ |
| Shane Bieber SP - CLE | Francisco Lindor SS - NYM | |
| News | ||
| Cleveland Indians right-hander Shane Bieber allowed three runs over 4 2/3 innings of work in a 3-2 loss to Seattle on Sunday. Bieber struck out seven and walked four. Matthew Terelle Sun, May 16th | Francisco Lindor went 1-4 with one run, one RBI, and three strikeouts. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Sun, May 16th | |
| Cleveland right-hander Shane Bieber turned in an excellent outing on Tuesday. Bieber allowed two runs over 6 2/3 innings in a 3-2 win over the Cubs. He struck out eight and walked three. Matthew Terelle Tue, May 11th | Francisco Lindor went 1-4 with one run and a single. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Thu, May 13th | |
| Cleveland right-hander Shane Bieber allowed four runs (three earned) over six innings of work in a 5-4 win over the Royals on Wednesday. He struck out nine and walked one. Matthew Terelle Thu, May 6th | Francisco Lindor went 2-3 with one double, one single, one run scored, one RBI, and one walk. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Sun, May 9th | |
| Cleveland right-hander Shane Bieber allowed three runs over six innings of work in a 5-3 win over the White Sox on Friday. Bieber struck out 11 and walked one. Matthew Terelle Sat, May 1st | Francisco Lindor went 2-5 with one home run, one single, two RBIs, and two runs scored. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Sat, May 8th | |
| Cleveland right-hander Shane Bieber allowed two runs over seven innings in a 2-1 loss to the Yankees on Saturday. Bieber struck out nine and walked three in the loss. Matthew Terelle Sat, Apr 24th | Francisco Lindor went 1-3 with one single, one run scored, three walks, and one strikeout. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Fri, May 7th | |
| Notes | ||
| Bieber took the huge gains he had made in 2019 and kicked the into hyperdrive en route to a Cy Young season. He had a miniscule 1.63 ERA and a 0.87 WHIP, and took his strikeout percentage to 41.1%, which ranked first among qualified starters. Everything was exceptional for Bieber, as he held batters to just a .167 batting average, barely allowed home runs, and earned eight wins in just 12 starts. He may struggle to again find wins given the Indians' depleted lineup, but there is nothing else to think twice about with Bieber. He's part of the ultra-elite tier in starting pitching with Jacob deGrom and Gerrit Cole, and should be a first-round selection, especially since he seems to have had no ill effects from his battle with COVID-19. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Lindor's season wasn't particularly impressive, as his surface numbers regressed fairly significantly from his previous three seasons. But, under the hood, not much changed. His walk rate and strikeout rate were largely steady, and his statcast data remained on par with his career marks. He also got much better to close the year, batting .285 with a 122 wRC+ over his final 39 games. Just 27 years old and now with a stronger lineup with the Mets, Lindor should put up numbers closer to his 2017-2019 levels, especially since he'll be playing for a new contract after this season. He'll come at a bit of a discount in the second round this year, and he's well worth your investment at that price. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| If you were to judge Lindor by his 2020 triple slash line, then you'd think he had a disappointing season. To an extent, that's true! Lindor's .258/.335/.415 performance last summer certainly wasn't what fantasy managers were expecting. However, this looks like a case of someone who would've rebounded over the course of a full season. Lindor posted a career-high 41.1% hard-hit rate as well as a career-best air contact (55.8%), which measures fly balls and line drives. His arrival in New York will keep him in the conversation for
the first two rounds of fantasy drafts this spring. Brendan Tuma - FantasyPros | ||
