Fantasy Baseball Player Notes

2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Notes

Position

Team

Mike Trout Note
	3. Mike Trout CF For one of the first times since he took the league by storm, Trout is not the consensus top pick this year. It's hardly his fault, though it's fair to point out some of the negatives with his 2020 season. He batted a career-low .281, and posted his worst walk- and strikeout-rates since 2015. He also stole only one base. But Trout's move down the overall baseball rankings is due more to his competition for the top spot, rather than his numbers. He was still among the league leaders in quality of contact and every expected statcast metric, and was on pace to hit 50 home runs over the course of a full season. Trout is entering his age-30 season, so although we've seen him rebound from poor stolen base years before, it now seems unlikely that he'll ever get back to much past low-double digits. That keeps him out of the top spot in rotisserie rankings, but his incredibly high floor makes him a top-five overall draft pick. 19 hours ago

Anthony Rendon Note
	21. Anthony Rendon 3B

Raisel Iglesias Note
	102. Raisel Iglesias RP Iglesias bounced back from a sub-par 2019 to post an excellent 2020 season, with a 2.74 ERA, a 0.91 WHIP, and the lowest walk rate of his career. He'll now move to the Angels where he'll keep his role as a closer. Iglesias's numbers should be solid as usual, and his precise value should hinge on whether the Angels use him in more of a multi-inning role like the Reds historically did (which limited Iglesias's save totals), or deploy him as a more traditional ninth-inning option. Either way, Iglesias will be the Angels' stopper, and hence, should be drafted as a strong top-10 RP option. 19 hours ago

Dylan Bundy Note
	124. Dylan Bundy SP

Shohei Ohtani Note
	154. Shohei Ohtani DH,SP

Andrew Heaney Note
	175. Andrew Heaney SP

David Fletcher Note
	194. David Fletcher SS

Jared Walsh Note
	233. Jared Walsh 1B

Jo Adell Note
	243. Jo Adell RF

Griffin Canning Note
	255. Griffin Canning SP

Justin Upton Note
	334. Justin Upton LF

Mike Mayers Note
	346. Mike Mayers RP

Jose Iglesias Note
	383. Jose Iglesias SS

Kurt Suzuki Note
	384. Kurt Suzuki C

Max Stassi Note
	416. Max Stassi C

Ty Buttrey Note
	574. Ty Buttrey RP

Jose Quintana Note
	579. Jose Quintana SP

Felix Pena Note
	596. Felix Pena RP

Jaime Barria Note
	600. Jaime Barria SP