Fantasy Baseball Player Notes

2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Notes

Position

Team

Ke'Bryan Hayes Note
	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. 3 days ago

Richard Rodriguez Note
	226. 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. 3 days ago

Bryan Reynolds Note
	259. Bryan Reynolds LF,CF

Mitch Keller Note
	316. 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. 3 days ago

Colin Moran Note
	362. Colin Moran 1B,DH

Adam Frazier Note
	421. Adam Frazier 2B,LF

Gregory Polanco Note
	433. Gregory Polanco RF

JT Brubaker Note
	451. JT Brubaker SP

Jacob Stallings Note
	466. Jacob Stallings C

Kevin Newman Note
	524. Kevin Newman 2B,SS

Tyler Anderson Note
	604. Tyler Anderson SP

Jared Oliva Note
	633. Jared Oliva LF

Erik Gonzalez Note
	655. Erik Gonzalez 3B,SS

Steven Brault Note
	681. Steven Brault SP

Chad Kuhl Note
	684. Chad Kuhl SP

Kyle Crick Note
	696. Kyle Crick RP

Anthony Alford Note
	720. Anthony Alford CF

James Marvel Note
	731. James Marvel SP

Todd Frazier Note
	802. Todd Frazier 1B,3B

Brian Goodwin Note
	841. Brian Goodwin LF,CF,RF

Cole Tucker Note
	843. Cole Tucker CF,RF

Chase De Jong Note
	861. Chase De Jong SP

Oneil Cruz Note
	879. Oneil Cruz SS

Jose Soriano Note
	881. Jose Soriano SP

Dustin Fowler Note
	882. Dustin Fowler CF

Luis Oviedo Note
	930. Luis Oviedo SP

Chris Stratton Note
	945. Chris Stratton RP

Michael Feliz Note
	946. Michael Feliz RP

Sam Howard Note
	970. Sam Howard RP

Max Kranick Note
	993. Max Kranick SP

Chasen Shreve Note
	996. Chasen Shreve RP

David Bednar Note
	1065. David Bednar RP

Edgar Santana Note
	1096. Edgar Santana RP

Geoff Hartlieb Note
	1118. Geoff Hartlieb RP

Nick Mears Note
	1133. Nick Mears RP

Blake Cederlind Note
	1140. Blake Cederlind RP

Cody Ponce Note
	1141. Cody Ponce SP

Austin Davis Note
	1149. Austin Davis RP

Tyler Bashlor Note
	1200. Tyler Bashlor RP

Clay Holmes Note
	1216. Clay Holmes RP

Miguel Yajure Note
	1222. Miguel Yajure RP

Sean Poppen Note
	1253. Sean Poppen RP

Tony Wolters Note
	1265. Tony Wolters C

Carson Fulmer Note
	1271. Carson Fulmer RP

Michael Perez Note
	1272. Michael Perez C

Phillip Evans Note
	1291. Phillip Evans 3B

Wil Crowe Note
	1299. Wil Crowe SP

Andrew Susac Note
	1334. Andrew Susac C

Joe Hudson Note
	1340. Joe Hudson C

John Ryan Murphy Note
	1342. John Ryan Murphy C

Will Craig Note
	1426. Will Craig 1B

Wilmer Difo Note
	1458. Wilmer Difo 2B

Troy Stokes Jr. Note
	1461. Troy Stokes Jr. LF

Kevin Kramer Note
	1487. Kevin Kramer LF