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Who Should I Draft?

Matt Cain or Mike Napoli

Matt Cain
Matt Cain (SP)
San Francisco
Mike Napoli
Mike Napoli (C/1B)
Boston
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No experts recommend Mike Napoli over Matt Cain

ECR
35
118
Best Rank
19
55
Worst Rank
58
235
Composite ADP
38
100
33
134
29
134
39
78

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Average Auction Value
$25
$11

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AB
N/A
402
RUNS
N/A
65
HITS
N/A
103
1B
N/A
57
2B
N/A
20
3B
N/A
1
HRS
N/A
25
RBI
N/A
70
SB
N/A
2
CS
N/A
1
BB
N/A
56
SO
N/A
119
AVE
N/A
.258
OBP
N/A
.354
SLG
N/A
.502
OPS
N/A
.858
AB
N/A
352
RUNS
N/A
53
HITS
N/A
80
1B
N/A
45
2B
N/A
9
3B
N/A
2
HRS
N/A
24
RBI
N/A
56
SB
N/A
1
CS
N/A
0
BB
N/A
56
SO
N/A
125
AVE
N/A
.227
OBP
N/A
.333
SLG
N/A
.469
OPS
N/A
.812

“Cain should be good for 220 innings of 2.90 ERA and 15 wins. He might have the best Home splits in all of baseball.”

 

“K/9 increase was due to a conscious change; increased K/9 vs. LHB last year by a wide margin; threw Slider 14% MORE often against LHB with 2-strikes. His strikeout looking percentage increased by 13% - a very similar set of increases”

 

“Premier workhorse dinged for lower K/9 upside than those SPs above”

 

“You already know with Cain you are getting an ELITE pitcher with 200 K potential. 15+ Wins and an ERA under 3.00. Grab him with confidence.”

“Napoli is not near 100% with a hip injury. Despite being able to hit 24 HRs in a terrible year last season with Texas, and clubbing out 30 HRs in less than 120 games last season. Mike Nap comes into Boston as one of the preimere bats. Health is a huge concern this Spring with the hip, he may not even start the season. Will still need to be the Red Sox man, but keep in mind it is a long season and you always want to come in 100% healthy.”

 

“There's potential for great value here. A 4th round pick just last season, Napoli moves to Boston, where he'll spend plenty of time at 1B. ”

 

“On my 2013 all bust team.”

 

“if he proves to be healthy in spring training then he could move into a second tier option”

 
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