Fantasy Baseball Player Notes
2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Notes
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139.
Ke'Bryan Hayes
3B
Hayes had an outstanding 24-game run with the Pirates last year, hitting five home runs with an 1.124 OPS and a 55.4% hard-hit rate, which would have ranked seventh best in the majors had he had enough plate appearances. But that was far more offensve production than he had shown in the minors, where he totaled just a .752 OPS with 25 home runs in 461 career games. Hayes makes a ton of contact and should bat near the top of the Pirates order this year, so even if he regresses some offensively, he should still find enough counting stats to be useful. But don't expect 2020's power levels.
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227.
Richard Rodriguez
RP
So long as he remains with the Pirates, Rodriguez is likely to be the closer after locking down four saves last year. He's been a quality reliever for a few years in a row now, including last year when he put up a 2.70 ERA and a 0.86 WHIP with plenty of strikeouts. There's been speculation that the Pirates will look to deal Rodriguez before the season begins. But until and unless they do, he's a decent late-round selection who will likely total a handful of saves until he's inevitably dealt mid-season.
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258.
Bryan Reynolds
LF,CF,RF
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317.
Mitch Keller
SP
In his brief MLB career, Keller is the author of one of the unluckiest (2019) and luckiest (2020) seasons in recent memory. So, the best course of action is to essentially ignore his 69 major league innings and focus on his stuff and minor league career. If you do that, there's a lot to like. Keller has a mid-90s fastball to go along with an above average slider and curveball. Over more than 500 minor league innings, he had a 25.5% strikeout rate, a 3.12 ERA, and a 1.15 WHIP. He will likely struggle for wins on the Pirates, but he'll also get a long leash given the dearth of reliable options, and he should face mostly weak offenses in the NL Central. Keller likely won't be a star, but he'll probably outperform where you need to draft him.
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362.
Colin Moran
1B,2B,3B,DH
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421.
Adam Frazier
2B,LF
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433.
Gregory Polanco
RF
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451.
JT Brubaker
SP
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466.
Jacob Stallings
C
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514.
Carson Fulmer
RP
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526.
Kevin Newman
2B,SS
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606.
Tyler Anderson
SP
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635.
Jared Oliva
LF,Util
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657.
Erik Gonzalez
3B,SS
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683.
Steven Brault
SP,RP
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686.
Chad Kuhl
SP
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698.
Kyle Crick
RP
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722.
Anthony Alford
LF,CF
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733.
James Marvel
SP
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804.
Todd Frazier
1B,3B
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843.
Brian Goodwin
LF,CF,RF
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845.
Cole Tucker
SS,CF,RF
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863.
Chase De Jong
P,SP
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881.
Oneil Cruz
SS
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883.
Jose Soriano
SP
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884.
Dustin Fowler
CF
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931.
Luis Oviedo
SP
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946.
Chris Stratton
SP,RP
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947.
Michael Feliz
RP
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971.
Sam Howard
RP
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994.
Max Kranick
SP
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997.
Chasen Shreve
RP
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1066.
David Bednar
RP
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1097.
Edgar Santana
RP
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1119.
Geoff Hartlieb
RP
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1134.
Nick Mears
RP
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1141.
Blake Cederlind
RP
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1142.
Cody Ponce
SP
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1150.
Austin Davis
RP
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1201.
Tyler Bashlor
RP
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1217.
Clay Holmes
RP
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1223.
Miguel Yajure
RP
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1254.
Sean Poppen
RP
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1266.
Tony Wolters
C
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1272.
Michael Perez
C
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1291.
Phillip Evans
3B
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1299.
Wil Crowe
SP
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1334.
Andrew Susac
C
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1340.
Joe Hudson
C
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1342.
John Ryan Murphy
C
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1426.
Will Craig
1B
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1458.
Wilmer Difo
2B,SS
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1461.
Troy Stokes Jr.
LF,CF
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1487.
Kevin Kramer
2B,3B,LF,RF
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