Should I draft Ryan Mountcastle or Anthony Rizzo?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Ryan Mountcastle or Anthony Rizzo.

PLEASE NOTE this is a draft choice comparison analysis based upon Preseason Projections only. As the baseball season is already underway, you may instead prefer to view our breakdown of a trade for these players which is based upon several more factors including in-season performance.

Change Players in Draft Analysis

Select Player to Draft

Slight Recommendation

Ryan Mountcastle

Change Player

Anthony Rizzo

Change Player

BAL · 1B,DH

NYY · 1B

Injury Alert

Anthony Rizzo · Forearm (Out)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.02	1.07
ADP	224.60	257.21
PROJ	242.00	250.00
AB	448	428
R	60	63
H	116	104
2B	21	18
3B	0	0
HR	19	20
RBI	67	60
SB	3	3
K	118	106
BB	36	48
AVG	.259	.243
OBP	.320	.321
SLG	.433	.425
OPS	.753	.746

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft Ryan Mountcastle or Adam Duvall Draft Ryan Mountcastle or Gio Urshela Draft Ryan Mountcastle or Wilmer Flores Draft Ryan Mountcastle or Jeimer Candelario Draft Ryan Mountcastle or Robbie Grossman	Draft Anthony Rizzo or LaMonte Wade Draft Anthony Rizzo or Jon Berti Draft Anthony Rizzo or Darell Hernaiz Draft Anthony Rizzo or JJ Bleday Draft Anthony Rizzo or Luis Urias

Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	174.0	121.0
AB	298	264
R	43	32
H	81	59
2B	21	7
3B	1	0
HR	11	8
RBI	40	28
SB	2	0
K	68	48
BB	20	19
AVG	.272	.224
OBP	.316	.289
SLG	.460	.341
OPS	.776	.630

Recent News
	Ryan Mountcastle's sacrifice fly \| 06/27/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle: Tallies three hits Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Ryan Mountcastle, Colton Cowser Out On Monday Published June 24th, 2024 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. falls behind Ryan Mountcastle in All-Star voting Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Ryan Mountcastle Leads AL 1B All-Star Voting, Orioles Dominate Preliminary Rounds Published June 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports Ryan Mountcastle leading first basemen on MLB All-Star Ballot Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle: Exiting lineup Monday Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Ryan Mountcastle's diving catch \| 06/23/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com	Yankees Urged to Pursue Trade for $30 Million Anthony Rizzo Replacement Published June 27th, 2024 via MSN 'Patient Hitter' Named Yankees Trade Target After Anthony Rizzo's Injury Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN Anthony Rizzo's Difficult Season Continues After Broken Arm Diagnosis Published June 25th, 2024 via uSports.org Yankees trade with A's boosts lineup amidst Giancarlo Stanton, Anthony Rizzo injuries Published June 23rd, 2024 via BVM Sports Yankees make trade with A's to address Giancarlo Stanton, Anthony Rizzo injuries Published June 23rd, 2024 via Yanks Go Yard Yankees Could Land White Sox Slugger This Summer To Replace Anthony Rizzo Published June 23rd, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Yankees promoting prospect Ben Rice to replace injured Anthony Rizzo Published June 22nd, 2024 via Yahoo New Zealand News Yankees Showing Interest In Former All-Star To Replace Anthony Rizzo Published June 22nd, 2024 via Sports Illustrated

New Seasons Now Available

Free Tools

Use our free tools to become a fantasy expert and dominate your league!

Get started in seconds
Sync unlimited leagues for free - no paywalls!
Customized for your league, roster and scoring settings
Support for football, baseball, basketball and hockey
Roto and point-based support
Live Draft Syncing
Draft decision analysis
Intuitive Mock Drafts
Insights on H2H matchups
Most scoring statistics supported
No manual entry required
Much, much more!!

Browser Extension