Who Should I Draft?
Yordan Alvarez or Aaron Judge (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Aaron Judge RF - NYY  | Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU  | |
Expert |
60% Recommended by 31 of 52 experts |
40% Recommended by 21 of 52 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 33 | # 36 |
| Best Rank | # 2 | # 18 |
| Worst Rank | # 118 | # 76 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 41 | # 42 |
| Best Rank | # 40 | # 34 |
| Worst Rank | # 60 | # 58 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 34 | 30 |
| Home Runs | 13 | 12 |
| RBI | 30 | 35 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 1 |
| Batting Average | .272 | .287 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | IL60 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 34 | # 70 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 45 | # 76 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 28 | # 30 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 19 | # 22 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 2 | # 33 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 18 | # 20 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 43 | # 45 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 45 | # 46 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 27 | # 46 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 17 | # 67 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 42 | # 60 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 18 | # 24 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 47 | # 66 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 39 | # 46 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 19 | # 39 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 24 | # 73 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 33 | # 34 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 18 | # 19 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 19 | # 22 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 23 | # 55 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 23 | # 48 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 50 | # 69 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 19 | # 22 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 42 | # 47 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 53 | # 58 |
| M. Starks Powell New Life Fantasy | # 22 | # 68 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 22 | # 43 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 29 | # 30 |
| Brendan Tuma BettingPros | # 27 | # 50 |
| George Kurtz SportsGrid | # 17 | # 23 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 26 | # 27 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 76 | # 18 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 43 | # 19 |
| Site Rankings Sports Illustrated | # 89 | # 20 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 31 | # 21 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 28 | # 23 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 44 | # 23 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 40 | # 24 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 35 | # 24 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 42 | # 25 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 56 | # 25 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 42 | # 25 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 58 | # 27 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 29 | # 27 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 30 | # 28 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 43 | # 28 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 67 | # 28 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 50 | # 33 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 53 | # 42 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 62 | # 51 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 60 | # 54 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 118 | # 55 |
| Aaron Judge RF - NYY | Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 378 | 313 |
| Runs | 75 | 58 |
| Hits | 103 | 98 |
| Singles | 57 | 45 |
| Doubles | 18 | 26 |
| Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 27 | 27 |
| RBI | 55 | 78 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 0 |
| Walks | 64 | 52 |
| Strikeouts | 141 | 94 |
| Batting Average | .273 | .313 |
| On Base Pct | .381 | .412 |
| Slugging Pct | .540 | .655 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .921 | 1.067 |
| Aaron Judge RF - NYY | Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 175 | 168 |
| Runs | 34 | 30 |
| Hits | 47 | 48 |
| Singles | 26 | 26 |
| Doubles | 8 | 10 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 13 | 12 |
| RBI | 30 | 35 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 0 |
| Walks | 32 | 24 |
| Strikeouts | 66 | 48 |
| Batting Average | .272 | .287 |
| On Base Pct | .384 | .377 |
| Slugging Pct | .531 | .565 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .915 | .941 |
| Aaron Judge RF - NYY | Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU | |
| News | ||
| Aaron Judge went 1-for-3 with a home run and one walk during Friday's 2-1 win in Game 5 of the ALDS. The Yankees lost the series to the Rays 3-2. Brad Camara Sat, Oct 10th | Yordan Alvarez (knees) has resumed running. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Oct 26th | |
| Aaron Judge went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Monday's 9-3 Game 1 win over the Rays. Brad Camara Tue, Oct 6th | Yordan Alvarez underwent arthroscopic surgery on both knees on Wednesday. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Fri, Aug 28th | |
| Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the Yankees' Game 1 victory over the Indians on Tuesday night. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Wed, Sep 30th | The Astros transferred Yordan Alvarez (knee) to the 45-day IL. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sun, Aug 23rd | |
| Aaron Judge went 2-for-4 with an RBI single and a run scored in Friday’s extra-inning loss to the Marlins by a 4-3 score. John Aubin Sat, Sep 26th | Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez is having surgery next week to repair a partially torn patella tendon and will miss the rest of the season, according to a report from The Athletic's Jake Kaplan. Mike Maher Wed, Aug 19th | |
| Aaron Judge went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and one RBI during Tuesday's 12-1 win over the Blue Jays. John Aubin Wed, Sep 23rd | Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez could miss the rest of the season due to a knee issue, manager Dusty Baker revealed Wednesday. Alvarez began the year on the COVID-19 injured list and appeared in just two games before being sidelined with a knee issue. Mike Maher Wed, Aug 19th | |
| Notes | ||
| Staying healthy is a skill, and it's one that Aaron Judge hasn't possessed over the past couple of seasons. Could his size contribute to that? He's missed significant portions of the past two seasons, and he was dealing with an injury that caused his stock to drop during draft season. There's no denying the power and overall contributions that he brings, but he, like teammate Giancarlo Stanton, gives owners pause about taking them thanks to durability concerns. The tried and true rule is to not take injured players in the draft as there is enough risk baked into players already. Pass on Judge unless he has a clean bill of health. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | A TON of potential to be a monster in 2020. He has 50 HR , .300 BA type potential but I am not fully sold and as a DH only in many leagues, I can't go all in on him yet. 2021 he may be a TOp 10 guy. Chris Mitchell - FantasyData | |
| Judge has a stress fracture in his rib, which showed "slight improvement" based on a CT scan in mid-April. But he is also dealing with a collapsed lung, and there is still no timetable for when he may be ready for baseball activity. Even with the postponement of the season, there's no guarantee that Judge will be ready to play at any point this season. Draft him with a heavy dose of pessimism and you should be fine. Dan Harris - FantasyPros | Ignore the eligibility concerns. Ignore the cheating scandal. Don't totally ignore the knees, but do pay attention to the results. Alvarez put on a historic performance last year across the majors and minors, and there's really nothing to his profile that suggests it wasn't all legit. Before last season, he was really good in the minors, but not quite this good. Fortunately, we can chalk that up to another year of development. Alvarez won't give you steals, but the rest of the numbers are up there with the elite options in fantasy. Yeah, we're talking about a top-five pick if he does it again. He has the pedigree, and he's had the success early in his career. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| Has played over 112 games once in four year. Very good player, but not taking on that injury risk in the second or third round. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | Yordan is getting the sophomore discount, meaning you don't have to pay up to get top five player potential. If all goes well, Alvarez will be a monster in all areas except SBs. Perfect third round pick if looking for upside and power. Hits the ball ridiculously hard. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | |
| Ranked in the top 1% in baseball in barrel%, hard hit rate, and exit velocity in 2019 Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | Swatted 50 homers and 42 doubles between minors and majors in 2019 Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | |
