Who Should I Draft?
Starling Marte or Jack Flaherty (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Starling Marte CF - MIA  | Jack Flaherty SP - STL  | |
Expert |
62% Recommended by 34 of 55 experts |
38% Recommended by 21 of 55 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 24 | # 27 |
| Best Rank | # 15 | # 13 |
| Worst Rank | # 63 | # 88 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 30 | # 24 |
| Best Rank | # 27 | # 19 |
| Worst Rank | # 38 | # 24 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 33 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 8 | 9 |
| RBI | 28 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 10 | ‐ |
| Batting Avg | .285 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 40 | 79 |
| Wins | ‐ | 5 |
| Saves | ‐ | 0 |
| ERA | ‐ | 3.56 |
| WHIP | ‐ | 1.14 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 24 | # 31 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 17 | # 20 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 31 | # 46 |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 34 | # 39 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 27 | # 28 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 24 | # 26 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 39 | # 46 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 23 | # 88 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 20 | # 29 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 23 | # 67 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 27 | # 43 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 22 | # 29 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 24 | # 26 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 24 | # 27 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 29 | # 34 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 27 | # 28 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 22 | # 26 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 23 | # 43 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 17 | # 29 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 28 | # 36 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 29 | # 39 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 25 | # 26 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 26 | # 34 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 22 | # 36 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 23 | # 26 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 30 | # 48 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 22 | # 28 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 28 | # 33 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 23 | # 25 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 21 | # 30 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 23 | # 33 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 15 | # 19 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 24 | # 27 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 24 | # 32 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 22 | # 18 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 24 | # 23 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 24 | # 13 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 27 | # 25 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 27 | # 18 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 27 | # 22 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 27 | # 25 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 28 | # 26 |
| Brandon Funston The Athletic | # 30 | # 28 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 31 | # 24 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 33 | # 21 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 33 | # 25 |
| Site Rankings Sports Illustrated | # 34 | # 25 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 35 | # 27 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 36 | # 24 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 36 | # 26 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 38 | # 26 |
| George Kurtz SportsGrid | # 38 | # 28 |
| M. Starks Powell New Life Fantasy | # 48 | # 19 |
| Brendan Tuma BettingPros | # 55 | # 30 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 63 | # 17 |
| Starling Marte CF - MIA | Jack Flaherty SP - STL | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| Runs | 97 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 23 | 25 |
| RBI | 82 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 25 | ‐ |
| Batting Avg | .295 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 94 | 231 |
| Wins | ‐ | 11 |
| Saves | ‐ | 0 |
| ERA | ‐ | 2.75 |
| WHIP | ‐ | 0.97 |
| Starling Marte CF - MIA | Jack Flaherty SP - STL | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| Runs | 33 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 8 | 9 |
| RBI | 28 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 10 | ‐ |
| Batting Avg | .285 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 40 | 79 |
| Wins | ‐ | 5 |
| Saves | ‐ | 0 |
| ERA | ‐ | 3.56 |
| WHIP | ‐ | 1.14 |
| Starling Marte CF - MIA | Jack Flaherty SP - STL | |
| News | ||
| The Miami Marlins exercised Starling Marte's 2021 club option. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, Oct 28th | Jack Flaherty took the loss in Game 3 of the Wild Card Round on Friday when he gave up one run on six hits with eight strikeouts and two walks across six innings in the Cardinals 4-0 loss to the Padres. Jon Mathisen Fri, Oct 2nd | |
| Starling Marte's $12.5 million option for 2021 has been picked up by the Marlins, per beat writer Barry Jackson. Jon Mathisen Mon, Oct 19th | Jack Flaherty allowed three earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out five over five innings in the Cardinals 3-0 loss to the Brewers in Game One on Friday. Flaherty allowed a solo home run to Christian Yelich in the third inning and at least one Brewer reached base in every inning except the first. The Cardinals fell to 28-27 with the loss. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Sat, Sep 26th | |
| OF Starling Marte (hand) will not be on the Marlins’ roster for the NLDS against the Braves. Brad Camara Tue, Oct 6th | Jack Flaherty tossed six innings, allowing one run on two hits and two walks while striking out 11 to record his second win of the season as the Cardinals beat the Pirates 2-1 on Sunday. Flaherty allowed a leadoff double to Bryan Reynolds in the fourth inning and the Pirates brought him around to score on a sacrifice fly later in the frame. Flaherty threw 102 pitches, 61 of them for strikes, and the Cardinals improved to 26-24 with the victory. They are now one game ahead of both the Reds and Brewers for Second Place in the NL Central in what figures to be one of the final week's most exciting playoff races. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Mon, Sep 21st | |
| Marlins manager Don Mattingly says the team has not yet made a decision on whether or not Starling Marte (hand) will be on the NLDS roster. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Oct 5th | Jack Flaherty allowed nine earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out six over three innings pitched in Tuesday's loss to the Brewers. Flaherty threw 81 pitches, 48 of them for strikes, and gave up back-to-back home runs in the first inning to Christian Yelich and Ryan Braun. The Brewers added two runs in the third on a Daniel Vogelbach double and seven runs in the fourth, five of which were charged to Flaherty. He allowed four singles and a walk before being relieved without recording an out in that inning. The Cardinals fell to 21-22 with the loss and have a half game lead over the Cincinnati Reds, and one game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers for Second Place in the NL Central. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Wed, Sep 16th | |
| Marlins' manager Don Mattingly said the Marlins have "no determination" on the status of OF Starling Marte (hand) for this week's NLDS matchup with the Braves. Brad Camara Sun, Oct 4th | Jack Flaherty threw five innings allowing two runs on four hits and two walks with six strike outs as the Cardinals beat the Tigers 12-2 in Game One on Thursday. Flaherty allowed a Jeimer Candelario home run in the fourth inning, which accounted for all of the Tigers scoring. The Cardinals moved to 19-17 after the victory. Lucas Babits-Feinerman Fri, Sep 11th | |
| Notes | ||
| Rinse. Wash. Repeat. Every draft season, we as a collective fantasy community get excited about drafting Starling Marte on our teams. When the season is over, we end up feeling pretty meh about it. Rinse. Wash. Repeat. He's in a new ballpark with a better team, sure, but let's not forget that he's 31 years old, and with speed as his main value driver, we can expect that to start to decline rapidly, potentially this season. What's more, Marte has only had two seasons with more than 600 plate appearances in his career despite being a regular presence toward the top of the Pittsburgh lineup. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | 2019 shocked me and ranking him THIS high confirms that belief, but I can't move him ahead of the leagues Aces after one great season. Close, but not yet. Chris Mitchell - FantasyData | |
| Marte set career-highs in home runs, runs scored, RBI, and slugging percentage in 2019, and now gets an upgrade in supporting cast and home park with the move to the Diamondbacks. The Pirates ranked 20th in 2019 in runs scored, while the Diamondbacks ranked 11th, and PNC Park was one of the worst parks for righty batters last season. Marte may not be able to grow his 2019 numbers at this point given his age, but his change in teams certainly doesn't hurt. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | When Jacob deGrom posted his historic 2018 numbers en route to his Cy Young, we knew that there would be regression coming in 2019. Carrying over a 1.70 ERA, 1.94 average against, and a 0.91 WHIP wasn't sustainable, and we knew that. For his encore in 2019, he posted a 2.43 ERA, .205 average against, and a 0.97 WHIP. So when people mention that Flaherty's second half is the driving force around his price tag, they aren't wrong. His second half was historic - especially compared to his first half of 2019, where he struggled mightly. But even with regression to his second-half numbers - 0.91 ERA, .142 average against, and 0.71 WHIP - Flaherty has the pedigree, sample size, and stuff to be the ace for your team. Don't overthink it." Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| I am a huge 5-tool chasing type of guy and with a move to Arizona, I want shares of Marte to see if he can be a 30/30/.285 "Dude" in 2020. 20/20 feels like a lock, 25/25 is a reasonable hope while 30/30 is a reach worth dreaming on. Chris Mitchell - FantasyData | If ever there were a tale of two halves, it was Flaherty's 2019 season. A 4.64 ERA with a 1.23 WHIP in the first half, followed by a preposterous 0.91 ERA and 0.71 WHIP in the second half. His strikeout rate jumped, his walk rate dropped, and he saw a gain of almost a mile per hour on his fastball. The real Flaherty likely lies somewhere in between his first and second halves, but that should be a top-10 pitcher in 2020. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| Set a career high in homers last season in what was likely the best overall season of his career. The HRs may get knocked down under 20 again if the ball changes, but should be a solid contributor everywhere. Not a big fan of reaching for him at all, because his ceiling is not like others in the early rounds. Safe pick. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | Posted a 0.93 ERA, a 0.70 WHIP, and 11 K/9 over final 16 starts Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | |
| More valuable in roto leagues due to stolen bases Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | ||
