Fantasy Baseball Player Notes

2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Notes

Position

Team

Kris Bryant Note
	100. Kris Bryant 3B,LF,RF,1B,CF Bryant had a terrible 2020 season, but it seems like fantasy managers are forgetting how consistent he's been. Over the last four seasons, he has a 162-game pace of a .278 average, 29 home runs, 112 run scored, 80 RBI, and five steals. His quality of contact was awful last season, but hard contact has never really been his calling card anyway, and he battled back and wrist injuries. Bryant doesn't deserve a mulligan entirely for last season, but give it minimal weight in your evaluation. 19 weeks ago

Mike Yastrzemski Note
	113. Mike Yastrzemski CF,RF Yastrzemski followed up his impressive 2019 season with an even better one last year, during which he slashed .297/.400/.568. His breakout has come extremely late - he'll be 31 years old by the end of the season - but he makes fairly solid contact and walks a ton. He's not going to hit .297 again - his xBA was just .254 and he had a .370 BABIP. But with the changes in Oracle Park leading to more power, he should be in line for at least a 20-homer season with decent counting stats. That's not sexy, but it's someone you can plug in as your fourth or fifth outfielder. 19 weeks ago

Kevin Gausman Note
	134. Kevin Gausman SP Gausman had the best season of his career with the Giants last season, and accepted a qualifying offer to remain in San Francisco. Gausman not only put up an impressive 3.62 ERA, but he upped his strikeout rate by about nine points to 32.2%. He saw a nice velocity bump on his fastball and leaned into his excellent splitter a bit more than usual. The downside for Gausman is that he really is mostly a fastball/splitter pitcher, meaning that when his splitter isn't working, he's likely to get hit hard. But, we've now at least seen the upside over a full season, and he's a pretty ideal SP4/SP5 if you can get him in that range. 19 weeks ago

Buster Posey Note
	279. Buster Posey C Posey sat out the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and concern for the health of his adopted daughters, but he returns this year for what is almost certainly his final season with the Giants and perhaps his career. Posey is in his age-34 season, ancient for a catcher, and he's coming off two seasons during which he totaled a .741 OPS and a .688 OPS in 2018 and 2019 respectively. But he's healthy and appears refreshed, and the changes to Oracle Park last year should work in his benefit now. He's outside the top-12 catchers, but you can get away with him in a one-catcher league in a pinch. 19 weeks ago

Alex Dickerson Note
	281. Alex Dickerson LF

Tommy La Stella Note
	290. Tommy La Stella 1B,2B

Jake McGee Note
	300. Jake McGee RP

Brandon Belt Note
	306. Brandon Belt 1B

Mauricio Dubon Note
	325. Mauricio Dubon CF,SS,2B,3B

Austin Slater Note
	374. Austin Slater RF,DH,CF,LF

Anthony DeSclafani Note
	381. Anthony DeSclafani SP

Logan Webb Note
	385. Logan Webb SP

Evan Longoria Note
	392. Evan Longoria 3B

Donovan Solano Note
	399. Donovan Solano 2B

Wilmer Flores Note
	408. Wilmer Flores 1B,2B,DH,3B

Reyes Moronta Note
	440. Reyes Moronta RP

Alex Wood Note
	443. Alex Wood RP,SP

Johnny Cueto Note
	468. Johnny Cueto SP

Tyler Rogers Note
	507. Tyler Rogers RP

Brandon Crawford Note
	516. Brandon Crawford SS

Joey Bart Note
	518. Joey Bart C

Mike Tauchman Note
	591. Mike Tauchman LF,RF,CF

Tony Watson Note
	601. Tony Watson RP

Jarlin Garcia Note
	611. Jarlin Garcia RP

Curt Casali Note
	705. Curt Casali C

Darin Ruf Note
	710. Darin Ruf LF,1B

Trevor Oaks Note
	826. Trevor Oaks SP

Aaron Sanchez Note
	864. Aaron Sanchez SP

Jaylin Davis Note
	885. Jaylin Davis RF

Dedniel Nunez Note
	893. Dedniel Nunez SP

Heliot Ramos Note
	902. Heliot Ramos CF

Sean Hjelle Note
	958. Sean Hjelle SP

Tyler Beede Note
	986. Tyler Beede SP

Jose Alvarez Note
	1028. Jose Alvarez RP

Caleb Baragar Note
	1042. Caleb Baragar RP

Conner Menez Note
	1068. Conner Menez RP

Jay Jackson Note
	1072. Jay Jackson RP

Thairo Estrada Note
	1084. Thairo Estrada 2B,SS

John Brebbia Note
	1088. John Brebbia RP

Steven Duggar Note
	1096. Steven Duggar LF,CF

Zack Littell Note
	1099. Zack Littell RP

Trevor Gott Note
	1112. Trevor Gott RP

Sam Delaplane Note
	1114. Sam Delaplane RP

Jeremy Walker Note
	1127. Jeremy Walker RP

Dominic Leone Note
	1132. Dominic Leone RP

Trevor Hildenberger Note
	1148. Trevor Hildenberger RP

Silvino Bracho Note
	1177. Silvino Bracho RP

Michael Reed Note
	1256. Michael Reed LF

Braden Bishop Note
	1267. Braden Bishop RF

Rico Garcia Note
	1286. Rico Garcia RP

Camilo Doval Note
	1364. Camilo Doval RP

Melvin Adon Note
	1366. Melvin Adon RP

Chadwick Tromp Note
	1407. Chadwick Tromp C

LaMonte Wade Jr. Note
	1454. LaMonte Wade Jr. CF,1B,LF

Luis Alexander Basabe Note
	1480. Luis Alexander Basabe RF

Jason Vosler Note
	1490. Jason Vosler 3B