Fantasy Baseball Player Notes

2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Notes

Position

Team

Raisel Iglesias Note
	35. 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. 11 hours ago

Dylan Bundy Note
	47. Dylan Bundy SP Bundy largely made good on the enormous amount of buzz that surrounded him after he moved from the Orioles to the Angels. He set career bests in ERA (3.29), WHIP (1.04), strikeout rate (27%), and walk rate (6.4%). Bundy's fastball, though it continued to trend down in velocity, was more effective than in years' past, in part because he cut way down on his usage of the pitch (just 33.6%, after throwing it at least 42.4% of the time in every previous season). His slider remained one of the best pitches in the game, and his remaining secondary pitches improved, too. At some point, Bundy's fastball velocity is going to become an issue, but there's little reason to expect that to come in 2021. Draft him as as an SP3. 11 hours ago

Andrew Heaney Note
	65. Andrew Heaney SP

Shohei Ohtani Note
	69. Shohei Ohtani DH,SP

Griffin Canning Note
	97. Griffin Canning SP It's mostly about health with Canning, who offers a great deal of stability when he's on the mound. You can expect at worst a low 4.00 ERA, about a 1.30 WHIP, and roughly a strikeout per inning. But he did close last season notably strong, pitching to a 3.14 ERA, and a 1.19 WHIP, with a 14.5% swinging strike rate and a 10.4 K/9 mark over his final five starts. That's probably his ceiling, but it shows what he's capable of when he is healthy and gets into a groove. He's a fine pick at his cost (which is minimal), but bake in some injury risk. 11 hours ago

Jose Quintana Note
	170. Jose Quintana RP

Mike Mayers Note
	196. Mike Mayers RP

Alex Cobb Note
	228. Alex Cobb SP

Ty Buttrey Note
	314. Ty Buttrey RP

Patrick Sandoval Note
	331. Patrick Sandoval SP

Felix Pena Note
	351. Felix Pena RP

Jaime Barria Note
	363. Jaime Barria SP

Alex Claudio Note
	366. Alex Claudio RP

Junior Guerra Note
	394. Junior Guerra RP

Dillon Peters Note
	426. Dillon Peters SP

Packy Naughton Note
	450. Packy Naughton SP

Jose Suarez Note
	489. Jose Suarez SP

Gerardo Reyes Note
	528. Gerardo Reyes RP

Kyle Keller Note
	611. Kyle Keller RP

Jose Quijada Note
	640. Jose Quijada RP

Jesse Chavez Note
	651. Jesse Chavez RP

Brendan McCurry Note
	654. Brendan McCurry RP

Aaron Slegers Note
	690. Aaron Slegers RP

Jake Faria Note
	727. Jake Faria RP

Luke Bard Note
	749. Luke Bard RP