Should I draft Masataka Yoshida or Yandy Diaz?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Masataka Yoshida 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	2.95	3.53
ADP	169.23	120.06
PROJ	341.00	381.00
AB	498	545
R	64	88
H	150	157
2B	29	31
3B	2	0
HR	15	17
RBI	69	72
SB	4	1
K	72	91
BB	48	72
AVG	.301	.288
OBP	.367	.371
SLG	.458	.439
OPS	.825	.810

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	54.0	141.0
AB	97	282
R	13	27
H	25	73
2B	5	13
3B	0	1
HR	2	4
RBI	11	30
SB	0	0
K	14	43
BB	8	27
AVG	.258	.259
OBP	.339	.326
SLG	.371	.355
OPS	.711	.681

Recent News
	Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida: On bench Monday Published June 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports Red Sox lineups: Masataka Yoshida coming off bench in opener vs. Toronto Published June 17th, 2024 via Boston Herald Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida: Removed from Sunday's game Published June 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida: Lifted early Sunday Published June 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports Masataka Yoshida called safe at home after review \| 06/15/2024 Published June 15th, 2024 via MLB.com Masataka Yoshida's Bryce Harper Obsession Leads to Red Sox Return \| Recent Updates Published June 13th, 2024 via BVM Sports Masataka Yoshida's return to Red Sox resurfaces hilarious Bryce Harper obsession Published June 13th, 2024 via BoSox Injection Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida: Hitting bench Wednesday Published June 12th, 2024 via CBS Sports	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

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