Fantasy Baseball Player Notes

2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Notes

Position

Team

Randy Arozarena Note
	37. Randy Arozarena LF,RF Fantasy managers will likely remember Arozarena's remarkable postseason, when he slashed .377/.442/.831. But his regular season (.281/.382/.641) would make him a strong fantasy asset if he could repeat hit. Arozarena wasn't looked at as a high impact prospect, but he put on significant muscle before last year and it manifested itself in his power production. There's a 25-homer bat in his skill set, and the fact that he'll likely throw in 15-20 steals should give him a high floor regardless. Don't pay for the postseason, of course, but Arozarena should be a rock solid fantasy outfielder in 2021. 8 weeks ago

Austin Meadows Note
	51. Austin Meadows LF,RF Meadows missed time with an oblique injury last year, and, more importantly, because of complications from COVID-19. Meadows's strikeout rate ballooned to 32.9% and his average fell to just .205 in 2020. Even if you expected regression from his 2019 season, he's just much better than a player who put up the 87 wRC+ and .292 wOBA we saw last year. Though it's absolutely fair to write off Meadows's season entirely, it's a bit worrisome that he struggled so much against lefties (.143 batting average), as that could potentially open him up to a platoon situation if he struggles against them out of the gate. The best course of action is to discount him from his numbers in 2019 for certain, but still buy him as a strong third outfielder, which should bake in the risk of any continued struggles against his upside. 8 weeks ago

Brandon Lowe Note
	55. Brandon Lowe 1B,2B,RF Lowe actually lost a point on his batting average from 2019 (.269 from .270), but his profile looked far better in 2020. He cut his strikeout rate from 34.6% to 25.9%, and his swinging strike rate from 19.1% to 15.4%. Despite barreling the ball a whopping 17.5% of the time (top 2 percent in baseball), his average dropped a point because, well, he just didn't have an outrageously lucky BABIP like he did in 2019 (.377). Lowe improved his ISO and HR/FB rate, and was generally the best version of himself in 2020. Even mashing together his 2019 and 2020 seasons, Lowe has hit 31 homers and stole eight bases over 138 games. Batting near the top of a strong lineup, he should deliver another solid season at the thin second base position. 8 weeks ago

Willy Adames Note
	158. Willy Adames SS

Manuel Margot Note
	159. Manuel Margot LF,CF,RF

Wander Franco Note
	176. Wander Franco SS

Joey Wendle Note
	219. Joey Wendle 2B,3B,SS

Kevin Kiermaier Note
	241. Kevin Kiermaier CF

Yandy Diaz Note
	251. Yandy Diaz 1B,3B

Francisco Mejia Note
	273. Francisco Mejia C

Ji-Man Choi Note
	281. Ji-Man Choi 1B

Mike Zunino Note
	287. Mike Zunino C

Mike Brosseau Note
	300. Mike Brosseau 1B,2B,3B

Vidal Brujan Note
	375. Vidal Brujan 2B

Kevan Smith Note
	451. Kevan Smith C

Carlos Colmenarez Note
	481. Carlos Colmenarez

Heriberto Hernandez Note
	485. Heriberto Hernandez

Xavier Edwards Note
	487. Xavier Edwards SS

Greg Jones Note
	510. Greg Jones SS

Josh Lowe Note
	514. Josh Lowe 3B

Brett Phillips Note
	553. Brett Phillips CF,RF

Joseph Odom Note
	617. Joseph Odom C

Kevin Padlo Note
	689. Kevin Padlo 3B

Taylor Walls Note
	729. Taylor Walls SS

Esteban Quiroz Note
	804. Esteban Quiroz 2B