Who Should I Draft?
Wander Franco or Salvador Perez (2022)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Salvador Perez C,DH - KC  | Wander Franco 3B,SS - TB  | |
Expert |
70% Recommended by 30 of 43 experts |
30% Recommended by 13 of 43 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 32 | # 35 |
| Best Rank | # 9 | # 16 |
| Worst Rank | # 81 | # 62 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 29 | # 45 |
| Best Rank | # 26 | # 26 |
| Worst Rank | # 49 | # 604 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 74 | 94 |
| Home Runs | 36 | 18 |
| RBI | 98 | 82 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 9 |
| Batting Average | .267 | .288 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | IL10 | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 30 | # 41 |
| Pat Fitzmaurice FantasyPros | # 30 | # 34 |
| Scott Engel The Game Day | # 28 | # 42 |
| Jody Smith FullTime Fantasy | # 28 | # 37 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 22 | # 44 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 27 | # 29 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 32 | # 41 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 25 | # 42 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 30 | # 33 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 28 | # 35 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 26 | # 35 |
| Christopher Welsh FantasyPros | # 29 | # 33 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 34 | # 37 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 31 | # 34 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 28 | # 33 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 26 | # 29 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 28 | # 33 |
| Bart Wheeler Hail to Fantasy Football | # 34 | # 48 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 29 | # 37 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 24 | # 39 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 10 | # 35 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 29 | # 30 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 24 | # 43 |
| Nate Miller Fantasy Six Pack | # 33 | # 62 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 9 | # 33 |
| Scott Youngson Pitcher List | # 35 | # 50 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 27 | # 29 |
| Scott Bogman FantasyPros | # 28 | # 36 |
| Travis Argo Fantasy Six Pack | # 26 | # 54 |
| Fred Zinkie Yahoo! Sports | # 23 | # 39 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 81 | # 16 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 45 | # 17 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 31 | # 24 |
| Brad Camara RotoBaller | # 33 | # 25 |
| Josh Shepardson FantasyPros | # 39 | # 29 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 31 | # 30 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 38 | # 34 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 38 | # 34 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 45 | # 34 |
| Greg Smith Superflex.Guide | # 54 | # 35 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 51 | # 41 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 61 | # 41 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | ‐ | # 46 |
| Salvador Perez C,DH - KC | Wander Franco 3B,SS - TB | |
| 2021 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 620 | 281 |
| Runs | 88 | 53 |
| Hits | 169 | 81 |
| Singles | 97 | 51 |
| Doubles | 24 | 18 |
| Triples | 0 | 5 |
| Home Runs | 48 | 7 |
| RBI | 121 | 39 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Walks | 28 | 24 |
| Strikeouts | 170 | 37 |
| Batting Average | .273 | .288 |
| On Base Pct | .316 | .347 |
| Slugging Pct | .544 | .463 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .859 | .810 |
| Salvador Perez C,DH - KC | Wander Franco 3B,SS - TB | |
| 2022 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 541 | 573 |
| Runs | 74 | 94 |
| Hits | 145 | 165 |
| Singles | 83 | 104 |
| Doubles | 25 | 34 |
| Triples | 1 | 8 |
| Home Runs | 36 | 18 |
| RBI | 98 | 82 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 9 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 4 |
| Walks | 25 | 49 |
| Strikeouts | 142 | 84 |
| Batting Average | .267 | .288 |
| On Base Pct | .300 | .344 |
| Slugging Pct | .513 | .466 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .813 | .810 |
| Salvador Perez C,DH - KC | Wander Franco 3B,SS - TB | |
| News | ||
| Royals C Salvador Perez has been placed on the 10-day IL with a sprained left thumb. Sebastian Rivero has been called up. Vince DiSilvio Tue, May 17th | Rays shortstop Wander Franco went 1-for-3 with a single, walk, and run against the Tigers on Wednesday afternoon. He also stole a base in the process. Tampa Bay ultimately defeated Detroit by a score of 6-1. Andersen Pickard Wed, May 18th | |
| Salvador Perez went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in Kansas City's 5-3 extra inning loss to the White Sox on Monday night. Luke Monaldo Tue, May 17th | Rays shortstop Wander Franco went 0-for-3 with a walk against the Tigers on Monday evening. He stranded two runners on base as Tampa Bay ultimately fell to Detroit by a score of 3-2. Andersen Pickard Tue, May 17th | |
| Royals catcher Salvador Perez went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer against the Rockies on Saturday. He also struck out once in the contest. Kansas City ultimately fell to Colorado by a score of 10-4. Andersen Pickard Sun, May 15th | Rays shortstop Wander Franco couldn't get anything going against the Angels on Tuesday. He finished the day 0-for-2, falling hitless much like the rest of the Rays' lineup. Tampa Bay was ultimately defeated in Los Angeles by a score of 12-0. Andersen Pickard Wed, May 11th | |
| Salvador Perez with 2-for-6 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in a 14-10 Royals win in Colorado on Friday. Luke Monaldo Sat, May 14th | Tampa Bay Rays Wander Franco went 0-for-5 from the plate striking out once on Wednesday against the Athletics. Kyle Williams - Dog Day Sports Wed, May 4th | |
| Kansas City Royals DH Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 at the plate on Thursday, hitting an RBI single in the Royals' 3-1 loss to the Rangers. Josh Thiessen Fri, May 13th | Wander Franco went 2-for-4 with a run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base on Friday against the Twins. Dan Harris Fri, Apr 29th | |
| Notes | ||
| Perez tied for the MLB lead with 48 home runs in 2021 and had a league-leading 121 RBI. After missing the entire 2019 season due to Tommy John surgery and playing 37 of 60 games in 2020, Perez played 161 games last year (40 as a DH) and went to the plate 665 times. He's bound to get fewer PAs this season, and some HR pullback is probably inevitable, but the Statcast numbers show that Perez crushes the ball when he makes contact. His career batting averages have been all over the map, and he doesn't run, but the power and run production are legit. Perez deserves to be the first catcher off the board, but he might be drafted too early after last season's homer-fest. Pat Fitzmaurice - FantasyPros | The Rays' wunderkind signed an 11-year, $182 million contract in November and now simply has to go about the business of becoming the superstar everyone expects him to become. Franco scored 53 runs and had 39 RBI in only 70 games last season. He also displayed impressive plate patience and remarkable contact skills as a 20-year-old rookie. He's not a speed merchant, and the power might take time to develop, but Franco should score a lot of runs, drive in a lot of runs and produce something close to a .300 batting average. Pat Fitzmaurice - FantasyPros | |
