Who Should I Draft?
Tim Anderson or Whit Merrifield (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Tim Anderson SS - CWS  | Whit Merrifield 2B,CF,RF - KC  | |
Expert |
68% Recommended by 34 of 50 experts |
32% Recommended by 16 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 27 | # 28 |
| Best Rank | # 15 | # 16 |
| Worst Rank | # 44 | # 56 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 45 | # 41 |
| Best Rank | # 41 | # 28 |
| Worst Rank | # 53 | # 44 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 93 | 90 |
| Home Runs | 22 | 16 |
| RBI | 70 | 68 |
| Stolen Bases | 18 | 25 |
| Batting Average | .289 | .285 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 20 | # 26 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 19 | # 40 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 32 | # 41 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 25 | # 28 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 42 | # 56 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 15 | # 33 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 27 | # 34 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 25 | # 29 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 27 | # 28 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 29 | # 37 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 31 | # 39 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 17 | # 29 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 20 | # 28 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 21 | # 28 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 19 | # 29 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 19 | # 56 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 25 | # 28 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 22 | # 29 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 26 | # 29 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 28 | # 33 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 22 | # 26 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 23 | # 25 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 24 | # 29 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 23 | # 30 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 22 | # 29 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 22 | # 41 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 24 | # 33 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 27 | # 32 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 30 | # 32 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 20 | # 24 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 25 | # 36 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 28 | # 29 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 24 | # 38 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 28 | # 29 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 21 | # 16 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 22 | # 21 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 25 | # 23 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 27 | # 17 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 30 | # 28 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 30 | # 24 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 30 | # 24 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 31 | # 25 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 31 | # 28 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 32 | # 30 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 32 | # 28 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 33 | # 26 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 34 | # 28 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 41 | # 37 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 42 | # 33 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 44 | # 42 |
| Tim Anderson SS - CWS | Whit Merrifield 2B,CF,RF - KC | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 208 | 248 |
| Runs | 45 | 38 |
| Hits | 67 | 71 |
| Singles | 45 | 50 |
| Doubles | 11 | 12 |
| Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 10 | 9 |
| RBI | 21 | 31 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 12 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 3 |
| Walks | 10 | 12 |
| Strikeouts | 50 | 33 |
| Batting Average | .322 | .286 |
| On Base Pct | .358 | .328 |
| Slugging Pct | .529 | .444 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .886 | .772 |
| Tim Anderson SS - CWS | Whit Merrifield 2B,CF,RF - KC | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 596 | 614 |
| Runs | 93 | 90 |
| Hits | 171 | 174 |
| Singles | 114 | 118 |
| Doubles | 32 | 35 |
| Triples | 3 | 4 |
| Home Runs | 22 | 16 |
| RBI | 70 | 68 |
| Stolen Bases | 18 | 25 |
| Caught Stealing | 5 | 8 |
| Walks | 27 | 42 |
| Strikeouts | 141 | 107 |
| Batting Average | .289 | .285 |
| On Base Pct | .320 | .332 |
| Slugging Pct | .464 | .435 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .784 | .767 |
| Tim Anderson SS - CWS | Whit Merrifield 2B,CF,RF - KC | |
| News | ||
| Tim Anderson went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Wednesday’s 1-0 loss to the Reds. Brad Camara Wed, May 5th | Whit Merrifield went 1-for-2 with three walks, a run scored and a pair of stolen bases during Tuesday's 7-3 loss to Cleveland. Brad Camara Wed, May 5th | |
| Tim Anderson went 1-for-4 with a grand slam in Saturday's 7-3 win over Cleveland. Brad Camara Sat, May 1st | Whit Merrifield went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and a walk during Monday’s 8-6 loss to Cleveland. Brad Camara Tue, May 4th | |
| Tim Anderson went 2-for-5 with a run, an RBI and two stolen bases in Friday's 5-3 loss to Cleveland. Brad Camara Sat, May 1st | Whit Merrifield went 1-for-4 with three RBI in Saturday’s 11-3 win over the Twins. Brad Camara Sat, May 1st | |
| Tim Anderson went 1-for-3 with two walks and one run scored during Tuesday’s 5-2 loss to the Tigers. Brad Camara Wed, Apr 28th | Whit Merrifield went 0-for-4 with a strikeout in Friday’s 9-1 loss to the Twins. Brad Camara Sat, May 1st | |
| Tim Anderson went 2-for-5 with two runs scored in Friday's 9-7 win over the Rangers. Brad Camara Sat, Apr 24th | Whit Merrifield went 2-for-5 with one RBI, one run scored and two stolen bases during Sunday’s 4-0 win over the Tigers. Brad Camara Sun, Apr 25th | |
| Notes | ||
| Anderson doesn't seem like he should be that valuable in fantasy. He doesn't have a ton of power, he rarely walks, and his quality of contact is nothing to write home about. But he's hit .335 and .322 the last two seasons, and although both numbers significantly surpass his xBA, it's clear that Anderson is going to be a plus value in that category. He won't excel in any other area, but he will chip in about 20 homers and 15-20 steals which, along with his batting average, makes him an excellent value given that his ADP is always in check. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Merrifield has established an extremely strong floor, as he'll almost always be an asset in batting average, steals, and runs scored, and chip in for the remaining categories. There were some concern after his steals dropped to just 20 in 2019, but he bounced back to a 32-steal pace last year while also seeing a power spike. Merrifield is 32 years old and does not hit the ball particularly hard, but that's really irrelevant at this point. He is what he is, and with multi-position eligibility, what he is a major asset in fantasy and one of the top second basemen in fantasy. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
