Fantasy Baseball Player Notes
2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Notes
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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.
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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.
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65.
Andrew Heaney
SP
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69.
Shohei Ohtani
DH,SP
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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.
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170.
Jose Quintana
RP
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196.
Mike Mayers
RP
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228.
Alex Cobb
SP
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314.
Ty Buttrey
RP
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331.
Patrick Sandoval
SP
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351.
Felix Pena
RP
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363.
Jaime Barria
SP
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366.
Alex Claudio
RP
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394.
Junior Guerra
RP
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426.
Dillon Peters
SP
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450.
Packy Naughton
SP
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489.
Jose Suarez
SP
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528.
Gerardo Reyes
RP
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611.
Kyle Keller
RP
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640.
Jose Quijada
RP
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651.
Jesse Chavez
RP
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654.
Brendan McCurry
RP
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690.
Aaron Slegers
RP
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727.
Jake Faria
RP
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749.
Luke Bard
RP
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