After going 27/21 last year, Jason Heyward is nowhere close to matching last year’s numbers while Domonic Brown has already shattered his previous year’s power numbers combined. We match up the two in this week’s cage match.

It’s easy to get excited about Gerrit Cole, the first pick in the 2011 MLB draft. However, it’s best to take a more conservative approach with the youngster. While he does need to be owned in all fantasy formats, it’s probably a bad idea to expect him to hit the ground running like a Stephen Strasburg. The young right-hander definitely has the tools to succeed at the major league level. His hard, although straight fastball was clocked at 99 mph in his first start against the Giants this past week. He also sports a plus slider, although he needs to throw that more due to lack of movement on his heater. He was impressive in his debut, tossing 6 and a third innings of 2 run ball with 7 hits and no walks while fanning 2.