Fantasy Baseball Player Notes

2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Notes

Position

Team

J.D. Martinez Note
	1. J.D. Martinez BOS

Nelson Cruz Note
	2. Nelson Cruz FA

Yordan Alvarez Note
	3. Yordan Alvarez HOU

Jose Abreu Note
	4. Jose Abreu CWS

Jorge Soler Note
	5. Jorge Soler KC

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Note
	6. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR Guerrero Jr. comes into 2021 with fantasy managers asking the same question they asked the year before: can he stop hitting the ball on the ground so much? A 49.6% ground-ball rate was bad in 2019, but a 54.6% ground ball rate in 2020 was downright egregious. Guerrero Jr. hits the ball really, really hard. He was in the top seven percent of MLB in average exit velocity (92.5 MPH) and hard hit rate (50.8%). But until he learns to stop pounding the ball into the dirt, his power upside will be limited. There will be some fantasy manager in your league willing to bet on the upside, so if you want Guerrero Jr., you're going to have to draft him before his numbers say you should. This may indeed be the year that everything clicks. But you'll have to pay to find out. 3 days ago

Austin Meadows Note
	7. Austin Meadows TB

Luke Voit Note
	8. Luke Voit NYY

Michael Brantley Note
	9. Michael Brantley HOU After a few hours where it looked like Brantley was heading to the Blue Jays, he'll instead return to the Astros on a two-year contract. Despite his advancing age, Brantley remains one of the safest players in all of fantasy, batting at least .299 in each of the last six seasons in which he played at least 11 games. He both walked and struck out more than usual last season, but given that he played in just 46 games, there's little reason to draw any firm conclusions from that data. The bigger issue is that Brantley excels in only batting average, and although he'll offer something in each of the other four rotisserie categories, he won't be a difference-maker. Draft Brantley in the middle-to-later rounds if you need an average boost, but there's little upside. 1 day ago

Tommy Pham Note
	10. Tommy Pham SD

Franmil Reyes Note
	11. Franmil Reyes CLE

Nick Solak Note
	12. Nick Solak TEX

Carlos Santana Note
	13. Carlos Santana KC

Renato Nunez Note
	14. Renato Nunez FA

Rowdy Tellez Note
	15. Rowdy Tellez TOR

Shohei Ohtani Note
	16. Shohei Ohtani LAA

Miguel Andujar Note
	17. Miguel Andujar NYY

Avisail Garcia Note
	18. Avisail Garcia MIL

Miguel Cabrera Note
	19. Miguel Cabrera DET

Khris Davis Note
	20. Khris Davis OAK

Shin-Soo Choo Note
	21. Shin-Soo Choo FA

Daniel Vogelbach Note
	22. Daniel Vogelbach MIL

Omar Narvaez Note
	23. Omar Narvaez MIL

Edwin Encarnacion Note
	24. Edwin Encarnacion FA

Zack Collins Note
	25. Zack Collins CWS

Yandy Diaz Note
	26. Yandy Diaz TB

Ji-Man Choi Note
	27. Ji-Man Choi TB

Albert Pujols Note
	28. Albert Pujols LAA