Should I draft Josh Smith or Garrett Cooper?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Josh Smith or Garrett Cooper.

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	-0.24	-0.23
ADP	257.44	Undrafted
PROJ	59.00	87.00
AB	130	188
R	17	23
H	28	47
2B	5	8
3B	1	1
HR	3	7
RBI	12	25
SB	3	0
K	33	56
BB	16	17
AVG	.215	.250
OBP	.306	.311
SLG	.339	.415
OPS	.645	.726

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	119.0	21.0
AB	197	104
R	30	6
H	56	21
2B	15	5
3B	1	1
HR	4	1
RBI	24	10
SB	4	0
K	42	34
BB	18	7
AVG	.284	.202
OBP	.371	.266
SLG	.432	.298
OPS	.802	.564

Recent News
	Order up! See photos as Texas Rangers Josh Jung, Josh Smith work a shift at Hurtado Barbecue Published June 7th, 2024 via The Dallas Morning News Josh Smith Homers, Gets On Base Four Times Published June 6th, 2024 Rangers' Josh Smith: Stuffs stat sheet Wednesday Published June 5th, 2024 via CBS Sports Josh Smith's solo homers (4) \| 06/05/2024 \| Texas Rangers Published June 5th, 2024 via MLB.com Rangers' Josh Smith: Homers in loss Published June 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Josh Smith's solo home run (3) \| 05/31/2024 \| Texas Rangers Published May 31st, 2024 via MLB.com Josh Smith's solo home run (3) \| 05/31/2024 \| Texas Rangers Published May 31st, 2024 via MLB.com Rangers' Josh Smith: Logs third steal Published May 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Red Sox's Garrett Cooper: Heads to bench in O'Neill's return Published June 5th, 2024 via CBS Sports Red Sox's Garrett Cooper: Not in Wednesday's lineup Published May 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Garrett Cooper Back In Action Sunday Published May 26th, 2024 Red Sox's Garrett Cooper: Back in lineup Sunday Published May 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Red Sox lineup: Tyler O'Neill out, Garrett Cooper DH in series finale Published May 26th, 2024 via MassLive.com Red Sox's Garrett Cooper: Pinch hits Friday Published May 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Garrett Cooper Scratched From Wednesday's Lineup Published May 22nd, 2024 Garrett Cooper (shoulder) scratched Wednesday Published May 22nd, 2024 via FantasyPros

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