Who Should I Draft?
Willson Contreras or Eric Hosmer (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Willson Contreras C,DH - CHC  | Eric Hosmer 1B - SD  | |
Expert |
58% Recommended by 29 of 50 experts |
42% Recommended by 21 of 50 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 90 | # 88 |
| Best Rank | # 57 | # 63 |
| Worst Rank | # 184 | # 151 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 117 | # 150 |
| Best Rank | # 90 | # 141 |
| Worst Rank | # 132 | # 169 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 64 | 73 |
| Home Runs | 19 | 22 |
| RBI | 65 | 90 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 5 |
| Batting Average | .256 | .265 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 73 | # 90 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 70 | # 86 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 80 | # 81 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 57 | # 88 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 90 | # 122 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 83 | # 86 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 86 | # 101 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 85 | # 120 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 84 | # 86 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 104 | # 151 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 84 | # 86 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 72 | # 92 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 81 | # 85 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 67 | # 70 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 79 | # 93 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 99 | # 100 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 87 | # 94 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 75 | # 99 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 86 | # 91 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 65 | # 83 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 88 | # 94 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 72 | # 124 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 79 | # 100 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 88 | # 89 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 88 | # 112 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 88 | # 89 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 66 | # 84 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 86 | # 90 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 80 | # 100 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 78 | # 68 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 80 | # 75 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 84 | # 80 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 86 | # 68 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 95 | # 81 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 97 | # 86 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 98 | # 83 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 101 | # 86 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 103 | # 101 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 105 | # 102 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 107 | # 94 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 108 | # 97 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 108 | # 88 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 113 | # 63 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 115 | # 80 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 120 | # 97 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 121 | # 79 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 141 | # 110 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 166 | # 70 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 184 | # 69 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | ‐ | # 78 |
| Willson Contreras C,DH - CHC | Eric Hosmer 1B - SD | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 189 | 143 |
| Runs | 37 | 23 |
| Hits | 46 | 41 |
| Singles | 29 | 26 |
| Doubles | 10 | 6 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 7 | 9 |
| RBI | 26 | 36 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 4 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 0 |
| Walks | 20 | 9 |
| Strikeouts | 57 | 28 |
| Batting Average | .243 | .287 |
| On Base Pct | .356 | .333 |
| Slugging Pct | .407 | .518 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .763 | .851 |
| Willson Contreras C,DH - CHC | Eric Hosmer 1B - SD | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 421 | 557 |
| Runs | 64 | 73 |
| Hits | 107 | 146 |
| Singles | 64 | 98 |
| Doubles | 21 | 25 |
| Triples | 2 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 19 | 22 |
| RBI | 65 | 90 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 5 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 2 |
| Walks | 47 | 46 |
| Strikeouts | 118 | 133 |
| Batting Average | .256 | .265 |
| On Base Pct | .330 | .322 |
| Slugging Pct | .450 | .430 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .780 | .752 |
| Willson Contreras C,DH - CHC | Eric Hosmer 1B - SD | |
| News | ||
| Willson Contreras went 1-for-4 with a run scored Saturday versus the Pirates. He also stole his second base of the season. Jamie Mellor Sun, Apr 11th | Eric Hosmer went 2-5 with a home run and an RBI in the Padres' win over the Rangers on Saturday. Matt Flipi Sun, Apr 11th | |
| Willson Contreras is absent from Wednesday's lineup against the Brewers. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, Apr 7th | Eric Hosmer went 0-4 with 2 strikeouts in the Padres' loss to the Giants on Monday. Matt Flipi Tue, Apr 6th | |
| Willson Contreras went 1-for-3 but his one hit was a two-run homer. He was also hit in the head by a pitch but remained in the game. Jamie Mellor Tue, Apr 6th | Eric Hosmer will not be featured in the Padres' lineup on Saturday when they face the Diamondbacks. Matt Flipi Sat, Apr 3rd | |
| Willson Contreras was the lone offensive bright spot in the Cubs' 5-3 loss to Pittsburgh in the season's first game. Despite officially going 0-for3, he scored twice as well as driving in one. The biggest surprise was Contreras also recorded a stolen base. Jamie Mellor Fri, Apr 2nd | Eric Hosmer went 3-3 with a home run and 3 RBI in the Padres win on Friday. Matt Flipi Sat, Apr 3rd | |
| Willson Contreras agreed to a one-year, $6.65 million deal with the Cubs to avoid arbitration. Jon Mathisen Fri, Jan 15th | Padres' 1B Eric Hosmer goes 3-4 with a solo homer and a double in San Diego's Opening Day win over the Diamondbacks. Jack Mannis Thu, Apr 1st | |
| Notes | ||
| Contreras has established a pretty decent baseline for what fantasy managers can expect over the course of a full season. He'll likely give you a floor of 15 home runs and 110 combined runs and RBI, with upside for more. Those numbers don't sound impressive, but they're enough to make Contreras a top-five catcher easily. Given his safety, there's an argument to be made to take him as high as second overall at the position. But, even so, there's no need to select him before the eighth round or so, as there's not an appreciable difference in the production of the next seven or eight catchers beyond J.T. Realmuto. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Hosmer made no secret of his effort to attempt to (finally) stop pounding the ball into the ground so much last year, and it worked to perfection. His ground ball rate fell from roughly 57% the previous three seasons to just 46.2%, and his flyball rate rose from about 21% in the same span to 34.2%. The result was an impressive nine home runs in just 38 games in an injury-shortened season. Hosmer still hits the ball hard and if he can maintain the changes to his profile into 2021, he'll make an incredibly cheap corner infielder who can chip in pretty much everywhere. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | |
| At this point Contreras is who he is. I understand the appeal, but when you can get someone like Travis d'Arnaud several rounds later, there is really no reason to draft Contreras at ADP. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | ||
