Should I draft Nick Castellanos or Josh Naylor?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Nick Castellanos or Josh Naylor.

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	2.47	2.82
ADP	113.30	128.23
PROJ	303.00	351.00
AB	572	507
R	75	60
H	149	144
2B	32	33
3B	1	0
HR	24	20
RBI	89	90
SB	6	7
K	158	83
BB	36	40
AVG	.261	.284
OBP	.305	.339
SLG	.446	.468
OPS	.751	.806

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	88.0	162.0
AB	216	196
R	28	30
H	45	47
2B	4	9
3B	1	0
HR	7	15
RBI	24	41
SB	1	3
K	54	35
BB	17	22
AVG	.208	.240
OBP	.271	.324
SLG	.333	.515
OPS	.605	.840

Recent News
	Everyone's Making Same Nick Castellanos Joke After Donald Trump Verdict Published May 30th, 2024 via The Spun Phillies takeaways on Castellanos' uptick, Walker's splitter, bullpen depth options Published May 30th, 2024 via The New York Times Castellanos, Schwarber homer as Phillies beat Giants Published May 29th, 2024 via TSN Nick Castellanos, Cristopher Sánchez lead Phillies' win over Giants Published May 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Nick Castellanos' two-run homer (7) \| 05/29/2024 \| Philadelphia Phillies Published May 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Nick Castellanos' two-run homer (7) \| 05/29/2024 Published May 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Three hits, home run in win Published May 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports The Phillies have a Nick Castellanos problem Published May 29th, 2024 via PhillyVoice.com	Josh Naylor Talks About Turning Around Recent Struggles, Guardians News Published May 29th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Josh Naylor crushes two bombs, plates 5 in another Guardians triumph Published May 29th, 2024 via Sportsnet.ca Josh Naylor Homers Twice, Plates Five Tuesday Published May 29th, 2024 Josh Naylor's two-homer outing \| 05/28/2024 Published May 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Josh Naylor powers Guardians past Rockies \| Baseball \| citizentribune.com Published May 28th, 2024 via Citizentribune Guardians' Josh Naylor: Powers up in win Published May 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Josh Naylor homers twice, Fry hits tie-breaking homer to lead Guardians to 13-7 win over Rockies Published May 28th, 2024 via ABC News Josh Naylor hits two home runs in Guardians win over Rockies Published May 28th, 2024 via MLB.com

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