Fantasy Baseball Player Notes
2022 Fantasy Baseball Draft Notes
|
58.
Franmil Reyes
DH,RF
Reyes crushes the ball and has the potential to become one of MLB's elite power hitters. The problem is that he hits the ball on the ground way too often. He had a 46% groundball rate in 2021 and a 36% flyball rate. That's a low flyball rate for a power hitter, and yet it's the highest of Reyes's four-year career. His 64% contact rate last year suggests there's worrisome BA downside here. Reyes doesn't steal bases. His run totals have been unimpressive and don't figure to improve with the bottom of the Cleveland batting order looking so anemic. And Reyes is only DH-eligible in most leagues. Reyes could lead the AL in homers if he makes launch-angle adjustments, but let someone else chase that dream.
|
|
107.
Seiya Suzuki
RF
Suzuki signed with the Cubs this offseason, and will come over from the Hiroshima Toyo Carp after dominating last year in Japan. He hit 38 home runs and had a 1.073 OPS, and he has a career .315 batting average and .985 OPS in the NPS. Projecting players coming over from Japan is fraught with difficulties, but the general consensus is that Suzuki has 30-homer power with the ability to hit for average and steal double-digit bases. Whether that manifests itself in his first year remains to be seen, but there are few players with similar upside going at his ADP. Draft him as a fourth outfielder, but hope he plays like a second or third option.
|
|
114.
Ian Happ
LF,CF,RF,DH
There was a lot of good with Happ's 2021 season. He reached a career-high in home runs, runs scored, and stolen bases, and he kept his walk rate in the double digits. But he also batted a career worst .226 and ranked in the bottom nine percent of the league with a 29.2% strikeout rate. Happ should be a starter for the Cubs, of course, but with the addition of Seiya Suzuki and with Clint Frazier on board, Chicago may be a little less patient with his slumps. Make sure you're taken care of in batting average and have depth if you draft Happ, because with his production come some pretty glaring risks.
|
|
172.
Nick Madrigal
2B
|
|
177.
Patrick Wisdom
3B,1B,LF
|
|
256.
Yan Gomes
C
|
|
269.
Nico Hoerner
2B,SS
|
|
398.
Brennen Davis
CF
|
|
433.
David Bote
2B,3B
|
|
460.
Zach McKinstry
2B,RF,3B,SS
|
|
497.
P.J. Higgins
C,1B
|
|
499.
Tyler Payne
C
|
|
|
535.
Erick Castillo
C
|
|
591.
Alfonso Rivas
LF,RF,1B
|
|
623.
Nelson Velazquez
RF,CF,LF
|
|
635.
Trent Giambrone
2B
|
