Should I draft Manny Machado or Yandy Diaz?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Manny Machado or Yandy Diaz.

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	6.67	3.46
ADP	50.01	120.05
PROJ	395.00	381.00
AB	541	545
R	86	88
H	147	157
2B	26	31
3B	1	0
HR	28	17
RBI	98	72
SB	7	1
K	111	91
BB	56	72
AVG	.272	.288
OBP	.345	.371
SLG	.479	.439
OPS	.824	.810

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	102.0	118.0
AB	217	226
R	26	22
H	51	55
2B	11	10
3B	0	1
HR	5	4
RBI	29	28
SB	3	0
K	52	35
BB	19	24
AVG	.235	.243
OBP	.297	.320
SLG	.355	.350
OPS	.651	.670

Recent News
	Padres Manager Calls on Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis to Step Up Published June 1st, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Manny Machado's RBI single \| 05/31/2024 \| San Diego Padres Published May 31st, 2024 via MLB.com Padres News: Manny Machado Perfectly Summarizes San Diego's 2024 Season Published May 31st, 2024 via Athlon Sports Manny Machado Has Interesting Analogy for Padres' 2024 Season Published May 30th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Josh Bell scores on an error by Manny Machado \| 05/29/2024 Published May 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Manny Machado's diving stop \| 05/29/2024 \| San Diego Padres Published May 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Padres pregame: Manny Machado streaking yet still grounded as Friars look to continue rise Published May 29th, 2024 via The San Diego Union-Tribune Padres' Manny Machado: Swipes bag Tuesday Published May 29th, 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 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 Yandy Diaz Homers in Loss to Red Sox Published May 22nd, 2024 via FantasyPros Rays' Yandy Diaz: Swats late homer Published May 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays Prediction: Can Yandy Diaz Stay Hot At Home Against Red Sox? Published May 22nd, 2024 via OddsChecker

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