Should I draft Yandy Diaz or Paul Goldschmidt?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Yandy Diaz or Paul Goldschmidt.

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.

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Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	3.53	4.21
ADP	119.70	70.27
PROJ	381.00	382.00
AB	545	587
R	88	92
H	157	157
2B	31	32
3B	0	0
HR	17	27
RBI	72	86
SB	1	9
K	91	156
BB	72	81
AVG	.288	.268
OBP	.371	.356
SLG	.439	.460
OPS	.810	.816

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	141.0	96.0
AB	282	269
R	27	33
H	73	61
2B	13	9
3B	1	0
HR	4	8
RBI	30	27
SB	0	3
K	43	86
BB	27	25
AVG	.259	.227
OBP	.326	.297
SLG	.355	.349
OPS	.681	.647

Recent News
	Rays' Yandy Diaz: Nine-game hitting streak Published June 16th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Yandy Diaz: Productive weekend series Published June 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Yandy Diaz 2017 MLB Batting Splits Published May 31st, 2024 via ESPN Yandy Diaz Drops To Two-Hole Published May 28th, 2024 Yandy Diaz Sitting On Saturday Published May 26th, 2024 via MSN Yandy Diaz Sitting On Saturday Published May 25th, 2024 Rays' Yandy Diaz: Getting breather Saturday Published May 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Yandy Diaz out of lineup Saturday Published May 25th, 2024 via FantasyPros	Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt: Blasts homer in win Published June 13th, 2024 via CBS Sports Paul Goldschmidt, Brendan Donovan homer and Cardinals beat Pirates 4-3 Published June 13th, 2024 via The Associated Press Seattle Mariners Urged to Acquire Former MVP Paul Goldschmidt for Offensive Boost Published June 13th, 2024 via BVM Sports Paul Goldschmidt Potentially Linked to AL West Team Published June 13th, 2024 via Last Word On Sports Paul Goldschmidt's two-run home run (8) \| 06/13/2024 Published June 13th, 2024 via MLB.com Daily Dinger: Best MLB Home Run Picks Today (Paul Goldschmidt Set to Go Deep?) Published June 13th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Cardinals Paul Goldschmidt linked to the evil empire ahead of MLB trade deadline Published June 13th, 2024 via FanSided Blockbuster Yankees Trade Idea Acquires Former NL MVP Published June 12th, 2024 via Heavy.com

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