Who Should I Draft?
Willson Contreras or Yasmani Grandal (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Willson Contreras C,DH - CHC  | Yasmani Grandal C,1B - CWS  | |
Expert |
69% Recommended by 35 of 51 experts |
31% Recommended by 16 of 51 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 90 | # 96 |
| Best Rank | # 57 | # 68 |
| Worst Rank | # 184 | # 189 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 117 | # 126 |
| Best Rank | # 90 | # 115 |
| Worst Rank | # 132 | # 128 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 64 | 67 |
| Home Runs | 19 | 24 |
| RBI | 65 | 71 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 2 |
| Batting Average | .256 | .236 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 73 | # 82 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 70 | # 78 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 80 | # 102 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 57 | # 71 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 90 | # 104 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 83 | # 90 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 86 | # 113 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 85 | # 94 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 95 | # 100 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 84 | # 85 |
| Tim McCullough Baseball Prospectus | # 84 | # 90 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 104 | # 106 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 121 | # 136 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 84 | # 87 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 72 | # 88 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 81 | # 89 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 67 | # 125 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 79 | # 106 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 87 | # 172 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 105 | # 108 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 75 | # 81 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 65 | # 104 |
| Jorge B. Edwards Fantasy In Frames | # 81 | # 86 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 98 | # 100 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 78 | # 87 |
| Brendan Tuma FantasyPros | # 79 | # 85 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 88 | # 93 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 184 | # 189 |
| Lucas Spence Pitcher List | # 101 | # 109 |
| Jordan Eisen Field of Vision Sports | # 88 | # 96 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 86 | # 93 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 88 | # 94 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 66 | # 87 |
| Chris Clegg Fantrax | # 86 | # 88 |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 80 | # 89 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 72 | # 68 |
| Brad Camara FantasyPros | # 80 | # 71 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 86 | # 84 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 88 | # 87 |
| Jake Ciely The Athletic | # 97 | # 93 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 99 | # 97 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 103 | # 75 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 107 | # 89 |
| Nicklaus Gaut RotoBaller | # 108 | # 89 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 108 | # 107 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 113 | # 86 |
| Luke Gloeckner Mr. Cheatsheet | # 115 | # 110 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 120 | # 109 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 141 | # 133 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 166 | # 156 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | ‐ | # 117 |
| Willson Contreras C,DH - CHC | Yasmani Grandal C,1B - CWS | |
| 2020 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 189 | 161 |
| Runs | 37 | 27 |
| Hits | 46 | 37 |
| Singles | 29 | 22 |
| Doubles | 10 | 7 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 7 | 8 |
| RBI | 26 | 27 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 0 |
| Walks | 20 | 30 |
| Strikeouts | 57 | 58 |
| Batting Average | .243 | .230 |
| On Base Pct | .356 | .351 |
| Slugging Pct | .407 | .422 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .763 | .773 |
| Willson Contreras C,DH - CHC | Yasmani Grandal C,1B - CWS | |
| 2021 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 421 | 442 |
| Runs | 64 | 67 |
| Hits | 107 | 103 |
| Singles | 64 | 58 |
| Doubles | 21 | 20 |
| Triples | 2 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 19 | 24 |
| RBI | 65 | 71 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 1 |
| Walks | 47 | 78 |
| Strikeouts | 118 | 135 |
| Batting Average | .256 | .236 |
| On Base Pct | .330 | .352 |
| Slugging Pct | .450 | .444 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .780 | .796 |
| Willson Contreras C,DH - CHC | Yasmani Grandal C,1B - CWS | |
| News | ||
| Willson Contreras went 1-for-3 with a walk Friday versus St Louis. He drove in a run during Game 1 of the doubleheader. Jamie Mellor Sat, Sep 25th | Yasmani Grandal was 0-for-2 on Tuesday, but he salvaged his day with three walks. Ethan Biddle - The Work of Ethan Biddle Tue, Sep 21st | |
| Willson Contreras went 0-for-1 versus Minnesota Wednesday. He would drive in a run with his pinch-hit ground out. Jamie Mellor Thu, Sep 23rd | Yasmani Grandal was 3-for-4 on Saturday, coming up a triple shy of the cycle while also walking once. He still managed to score three times and drive in one run though. Ethan Biddle - The Work of Ethan Biddle Sun, Sep 12th | |
| Willson Contreras went 2-for-3 with a walk versus the Minnesota Tuesday. He would hit a solo homer, his 21st of the season. He would also add another run scored. Jamie Mellor Wed, Sep 22nd | Yasmani Grandal went 2-for-4 on Wednesday, hitting his sixth double of the season while also striking out once. Ethan Biddle - The Work of Ethan Biddle Thu, Sep 9th | |
| Willson Contreras went 0-for-0 with a walk versus Milwaukee Sunday. His 14-pitch walk started the winning five-run eighth-inning rally where he scored the first one. Jamie Mellor Mon, Sep 20th | Yasmani Grandal was 3-for-3 on the day, hitting a two-run shot in the first inning while also hitting two singles later in the ball game. It wouldn't be a Grandal game if he also didn't draw a walk, which he did in the eighth inning. Ethan Biddle - The Work of Ethan Biddle Sun, Sep 5th | |
| Willson Contreras went 1-for-4 with a walk versus the Brewers Saturday. He would hit his 20th homer of the season and drive in two runs. Jamie Mellor Sun, Sep 19th | Yasmani Grandal went 2-for-3 on Wednesday, singling and doubling while also drawing a walk. He would score two runs for the White Sox as well. Ethan Biddle - The Work of Ethan Biddle Thu, Sep 2nd | |
| 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 | Grandal is getting up there in age for a catcher, and there were a few warning signs for the veteran. He struck out nearly 30% of the time last season, well above his typical rate, and his expected batting average, slugging percentage, and wOBA were some of the worst of his career. At the same time, he continued to walk at a near-elite clip, and again provided plenty of power from a position where pop is hard to find. The good news for Grandal is that both his large contract and his elite pitch framing skills should keep him in the lineup as often as possible, which will help to pad his counting stats, though his recovery from a knee injury may cause Chicago to take it easy with him at the outset. He's just a tad outside of the elite range at the position, but he's a locked in fantasy starter. 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 | ||
