Who Should I Draft?
Willson Contreras or Yasmani Grandal (2021)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Willson Contreras C,DH - CHC  | Yasmani Grandal C,1B - CWS  | |
Expert |
68% Recommended by 34 of 50 experts |
32% Recommended by 16 of 50 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 |
| 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-4 with a run scored Saturday versus the Pirates. He also stole his second base of the season. Jamie Mellor Sun, Apr 11th | Yasmani Grandal went 2-for-4 with a walk, a solo home run, three RBI and an additional run scored in Monday's 6-0 win over the Mariners. Brad Camara Tue, Apr 6th | |
| Willson Contreras is absent from Wednesday's lineup against the Brewers. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, Apr 7th | Yasmani Grandal may hit second in the White Sox lineup during the regular season, according to manager Tony La Russa. Matt Flipi Thu, Mar 18th | |
| 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 | White Sox manager Tony La Russa says Yasmani Grandal (knee) will catch Dallas Keuchel on Thursday. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, Mar 17th | |
| 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 | White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal (knee) acknowledged on Saturday that he might not be ready for the start of the season. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sun, Mar 14th | |
| Willson Contreras agreed to a one-year, $6.65 million deal with the Cubs to avoid arbitration. Jon Mathisen Fri, Jan 15th | Chicago White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal is scheduled to serve as the designated hitter in the teams "B" games on Friday and Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 12th | |
| 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 | ||
