Who Should I Draft?
Yordan Alvarez or Manny Machado (2020)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU  | Manny Machado 3B,SS - SD  | |
Expert |
52% Recommended by 27 of 52 experts |
48% Recommended by 25 of 52 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 36 | # 34 |
| Best Rank | # 18 | # 13 |
| Worst Rank | # 76 | # 82 |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 42 | # 57 |
| Best Rank | # 34 | # 38 |
| Worst Rank | # 58 | # 60 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 30 | 31 |
| Home Runs | 12 | 12 |
| RBI | 35 | 36 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 3 |
| Batting Average | .287 | .275 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | IL60 | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Site Rankings Sports Illustrated | # 20 | # 40 |
| Alan Harrison The Fantasy Fix | # 27 | # 61 |
| Steve Gardner USA Today | # 23 | # 41 |
| Site Projections RotoChamp | # 33 | # 54 |
| Tim Young Brewer Rat | # 22 | # 31 |
| Jeff Boggis Fantasy Football Empire | # 28 | # 35 |
| KJ Fantasy Team Advice | # 19 | # 28 |
| Dave McKay The Fantasy Sports Brain | # 20 | # 40 |
| Chet Gresham The Fake Baseball | # 23 | # 36 |
| Joe Bond Fantasy Six Pack | # 28 | # 40 |
| Chris Meaney FTN | # 67 | # 82 |
| Heath Capps Fake Teams | # 24 | # 42 |
| Andrea LaMont Lenny Melnick Fantasy Sports | # 24 | # 42 |
| Mark Ross Athlon Sports | # 39 | # 40 |
| Matt Brandon Matt Brandon | # 21 | # 65 |
| Tyler Thompson Fantasy Six Pack | # 19 | # 35 |
| Jason Johnson Understanding Fantasy Baseball | # 28 | # 51 |
| Donkey Teeth Razzball | # 22 | # 42 |
| Dennis Sosic Fantasy Six Pack | # 22 | # 42 |
| Michael Petropoulos BRoto Fantasy | # 27 | # 32 |
| Todd D Clark The Fantasy Fix | # 30 | # 32 |
| Jacob W. Dunne New Life Fantasy | # 18 | # 39 |
| Sean Zerillo The Action Network | # 25 | # 26 |
| George Kurtz SportsGrid | # 23 | # 35 |
| Nate Miller FantasyPros | # 25 | # 39 |
| Staff Rankings Roto Ranks | # 24 | # 42 |
| Corbin Young FantasyData | # 25 | # 38 |
| Chris Mitchell FantasyData | # 27 | # 18 |
| Greg Smith The Fake Baseball | # 30 | # 19 |
| Muntradamus Beast Dome | # 33 | # 13 |
| Nick Mariano RotoBaller | # 34 | # 32 |
| Grey Albright Razzball | # 42 | # 36 |
| Ryan Amore Pitcher List | # 43 | # 32 |
| Andrew Gould FantasyPros | # 45 | # 32 |
| Rudy Gamble Razzball | # 46 | # 28 |
| Mario Mergola Sporfolio | # 46 | # 30 |
| Wayne Bretsky BretskyBall | # 46 | # 37 |
| Mick Ciallela Fantrax | # 47 | # 39 |
| Andrew Seifter FantasyPros | # 48 | # 27 |
| Brendan Tuma BettingPros | # 50 | # 46 |
| Pierre Camus RotoBaller | # 51 | # 35 |
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 54 | # 25 |
| Carmen Maiorano FantasyPros | # 55 | # 41 |
| Dan Harris FantasyPros | # 55 | # 39 |
| Ariel Cohen FanGraphs | # 58 | # 32 |
| Andy Singleton Expand The Boxscore | # 60 | # 32 |
| Adam Ronis Fantasy Alarm | # 66 | # 45 |
| M. Starks Powell New Life Fantasy | # 68 | # 26 |
| Max Freeze Freeze Stats | # 69 | # 27 |
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 70 | # 43 |
| Nick Pollack Pitcher List | # 73 | # 44 |
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 76 | # 54 |
| Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU | Manny Machado 3B,SS - SD | |
| 2019 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 313 | 587 |
| Runs | 58 | 81 |
| Hits | 98 | 150 |
| Singles | 45 | 95 |
| Doubles | 26 | 21 |
| Triples | 0 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 27 | 32 |
| RBI | 78 | 85 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 5 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 3 |
| Walks | 52 | 65 |
| Strikeouts | 94 | 128 |
| Batting Average | .313 | .256 |
| On Base Pct | .412 | .334 |
| Slugging Pct | .655 | .462 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | 1.067 | .796 |
| Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU | Manny Machado 3B,SS - SD | |
| 2020 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 168 | 214 |
| Runs | 30 | 31 |
| Hits | 48 | 59 |
| Singles | 26 | 35 |
| Doubles | 10 | 10 |
| Triples | 0 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 12 | 12 |
| RBI | 35 | 36 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 3 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Walks | 24 | 23 |
| Strikeouts | 48 | 43 |
| Batting Average | .287 | .275 |
| On Base Pct | .377 | .345 |
| Slugging Pct | .565 | .500 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .941 | .845 |
| Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU | Manny Machado 3B,SS - SD | |
| News | ||
| Yordan Alvarez (knees) has resumed running. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Mon, Oct 26th | Manny Machado went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk in the Padres 6-5 loss to the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLDS on Wednesday. Jon Mathisen Thu, Oct 8th | |
| Yordan Alvarez underwent arthroscopic surgery on both knees on Wednesday. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Fri, Aug 28th | Manny Machado went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in the Padres 11-9 victory over the Cardinals in Game 2 of their Wild Card series on Thursday. Jon Mathisen Fri, Oct 2nd | |
| The Astros transferred Yordan Alvarez (knee) to the 45-day IL. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sun, Aug 23rd | Manny Machado hit two more homers in Friday's win over the Mariners. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Sat, Sep 19th | |
| 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 | Manny Machado went 2-for-4 with a solo homer in the Padres' 7-5 loss to the Dodgers on Wednesday. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Thu, Sep 17th | |
| 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 | Manny Machado belted his 13th homer of the summer in the Padres' 6-1 win over the Giants on Thursday evening. Brendan Tuma - Too Much Tuma Fri, Sep 11th | |
| Notes | ||
| 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 | 30 home runs (in a 162 season adjusted for the 60 game sprint) is a LOCK for a guy that gets no respect AND qualifies at SS. I don't know what he has to do to get his respects but he has mine. I just wish he stole 20 bases so I could put him in the Top 10. Chris Mitchell - FantasyData | |
| 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 | You can't bank on the steals from Manny Machado anymore, and it's too hard to consider him an elite fantasy player after his well-known struggles out of Camden Yards. But you aren't paying for elite production here - you're paying for a bounce-back candidate who can give you first- to second-round production. The pressure is on the Padres' front office to win, so Machado is going to be surrounded by an even better offense in his second year in San Diego. Machado's 2019 was split into three good months and three really bad months. Bet on the talent in these situations ... at least for one more year. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| 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 | One of my favorite picks at ADP this season (also one of my highest owned players). Has played the most games of all players over the last five years so there is zero injury concern. He is a lock for 30+ HRs, his average should revert back to near his career avg (.279), and should be able to let loose a bit more after pressing a bit his first season in SD. Sign me up. Michael Petropoulos - BRoto Fantasy | |
| Swatted 50 homers and 42 doubles between minors and majors in 2019 Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | Willing to invest on a premium talent at a much lower cost than a season ago. Worth noting he hasn't been the same hitter outside of Camden Yards, however Brendan Tuma - BettingPros | |
