Who Should I Draft?
Tommy Edman or Max Kepler (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Max Kepler CF,RF - MIN  | Tommy Edman 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - STL  | |
Expert |
56% Recommended by 28 of 50 experts |
44% Recommended by 22 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 94 | # 100 |
| Best Rank | # 44 | # 44 |
| Worst Rank | # 158 | # 159 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 170 | # 145 |
| Best Rank | # 161 | # 125 |
| Worst Rank | # 206 | # 154 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 88 | 75 |
| Home Runs | 28 | 14 |
| RBI | 77 | 57 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 14 |
| Batting Average | .246 | .266 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 109 | # 110 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 95 | # 105 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 44 | # 131 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 98 | # 154 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 87 | # 122 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 67 | # 124 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 92 | # 94 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 95 | # 100 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 66 | # 83 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 89 | # 131 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 90 | # 109 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 92 | # 96 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 86 | # 116 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 70 | # 81 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 89 | # 116 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 103 | # 121 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 98 | # 115 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 94 | # 111 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 93 | # 129 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 84 | # 159 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 99 | # 108 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 96 | # 98 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 96 | # 114 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 98 | # 102 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 96 | # 142 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 93 | # 109 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 108 | # 109 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 78 | # 115 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 124 | # 44 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 110 | # 70 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 106 | # 72 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 115 | # 73 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 158 | # 75 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 103 | # 81 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 110 | # 83 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 96 | # 83 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 98 | # 83 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 113 | # 84 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 114 | # 87 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 94 | # 88 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 95 | # 89 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 105 | # 91 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 103 | # 92 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 101 | # 92 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 96 | # 94 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 115 | # 94 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 97 | # 94 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 99 | # 96 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 112 | # 104 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 137 | # 110 |
| Max Kepler CF,RF - MIN | Tommy Edman 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - STL | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 171 | 204 |
| Runs | 27 | 29 |
| Hits | 39 | 51 |
| Singles | 21 | 38 |
| Doubles | 9 | 7 |
| Triples | 0 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 9 | 5 |
| RBI | 23 | 26 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 4 |
| Walks | 22 | 16 |
| Strikeouts | 36 | 48 |
| Batting Average | .228 | .250 |
| On Base Pct | .321 | .317 |
| Slugging Pct | .439 | .368 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .760 | .685 |
| Max Kepler CF,RF - MIN | Tommy Edman 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - STL | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 531 | 521 |
| Runs | 88 | 75 |
| Hits | 129 | 138 |
| Singles | 69 | 95 |
| Doubles | 30 | 24 |
| Triples | 2 | 5 |
| Home Runs | 28 | 14 |
| RBI | 77 | 57 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 14 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 5 |
| Walks | 65 | 36 |
| Strikeouts | 108 | 109 |
| Batting Average | .246 | .266 |
| On Base Pct | .329 | .314 |
| Slugging Pct | .467 | .410 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .796 | .725 |
| Max Kepler CF,RF - MIN | Tommy Edman 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - STL | |
| News | ||
| Minnesota Twins outfielder Max Kepler went 0-for-1 with a walk and a steal in a 4-2 loss to the Red Sox on Tuesday. Matthew Terelle Tue, Apr 13th | Tommy Edman went 1-for-4 with an RBI and his third stolen base of the season in a 5-2 loss to Washington on Monday. Lucas Spence Tue, Apr 13th | |
| Minnesota Twins outfielder Max Kepler went 0-for-3 with a steal, a walk, and a strikeout in a 4-3 loss to the Mariners on Saturday. Matthew Terelle Sat, Apr 10th | Cardinals leadoff man Tommy Edman had a nice game on Wednesday, collecting three singles while stealing a base for the second straight game. Lucas Spence Wed, Apr 7th | |
| Max Kepler is hitting sixth and playing right field on Saturday against the Mariners. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sat, Apr 10th | Tommy Edman went 1-for-5 on Tuesday, scored one run, and stole his first base of the season. Lucas Spence Tue, Apr 6th | |
| Twins OF Max Kepler is “fine” after exiting early in Thursday’s game against the Mariners. Brad Camara Fri, Apr 9th | Tommy Edman went 1-for-3 on Monday, drawing a walk and scoring a run in the first inning and then hitting a solo home run in the fifth inning. Lucas Spence Mon, Apr 5th | |
| Twins OF Max Kepler exited Thursday’s game against the Mariners in the bottom of the sixth inning after being checked by a trainer. Brad Camara Thu, Apr 8th | Cardinals leadoff man Tommy Edman picked up a single in three at-bats in a blowout loss to the Reds on Sunday. Lucas Spence Sun, Apr 4th | |
| Notes | ||
| Kepler isn't a fancy player, but he's the kind of depth piece that fantasy managers need to survive a long season. The 36-homer season in 2019 is likely a mirage, as his barrel rate and hard-hit percentage were way out of line with his typical production. But he should be a fairly reliable 25-homer bat who will put up 150-160 combined runs and RBI with the occasional steal thrown in. His career batting average is just .237 but his xBA over the last two years is .257, so he shouldn't actively hurt you. Shrug your shoulders, draft him late, and take the reliable production. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | B/SS/ 3B/OF Grey Albright - Razzball | |
| After a highly successful 2019 season in which he hit 11 home runs and stole 15 bases in 92 games, Edman's numbers regressed in nearly every meaningful way last year. His batting average slipped from .304 to just .250, he hit just five home runs, and he went 2-for-6 in stolen base attempts. Edman was a bit unlucky last year, as his xBA and xSLG outperformed his actual numbers. And despite his down year on the basepaths, he was in the 95th percentile in sprint speed. He's likely to lead off for the Cardinals this year, and should be good for double digits in both home runs and steals, with plenty of runs scored. Considering he has multi-position eligibility, he should be drafted before the double-digit rounds. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | ||
| B, 3B, SS, OF Mick Ciallela - Fantrax | ||
