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. 3 days ago

Anthony Rendon Note
	19. Anthony Rendon 3B

Raisel Iglesias Note
	106. 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. 3 days ago

Dylan Bundy Note
	124. Dylan Bundy SP

Shohei Ohtani Note
	152. Shohei Ohtani SP

Andrew Heaney Note
	172. Andrew Heaney SP

David Fletcher Note
	197. David Fletcher 2B,3B,SS,LF

Jared Walsh Note
	236. Jared Walsh 1B

Jo Adell Note
	247. Jo Adell LF,RF

Griffin Canning Note
	257. Griffin Canning SP

Justin Upton Note
	326. Justin Upton LF

Mike Mayers Note
	338. Mike Mayers RP

Jose Iglesias Note
	368. Jose Iglesias SS

Kurt Suzuki Note
	376. Kurt Suzuki C

Max Stassi Note
	415. Max Stassi C

Ty Buttrey Note
	574. Ty Buttrey RP

Jose Quintana Note
	578. Jose Quintana SP

Felix Pena Note
	596. Felix Pena SP,RP

Jaime Barria Note
	600. Jaime Barria SP,RP