Should I draft Andrew McCutchen or Kerry Carpenter?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Andrew McCutchen or Kerry Carpenter.

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	0.15	1.43
ADP	Undrafted	201.84
PROJ	224.00	258.00
AB	385	493
R	54	60
H	91	127
2B	19	22
3B	0	2
HR	13	22
RBI	47	70
SB	7	4
K	95	133
BB	62	38
AVG	.236	.258
OBP	.346	.313
SLG	.387	.444
OPS	.733	.757

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	130.0	106.0
AB	256	145
R	42	21
H	61	41
2B	7	10
3B	1	4
HR	11	8
RBI	24	29
SB	2	0
K	74	38
BB	33	11
AVG	.238	.283
OBP	.337	.342
SLG	.402	.572
OPS	.739	.914

Recent News
	Pirates' Andrew McCutchen: Swats 11th homer Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Andrew McCutchen's homer lifts Pirates over Reds to claim key NL Central series win Published June 26th, 2024 via Butler Eagle Andrew McCutchen's two-run home run (11) \| 06/26/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Andrew McCutchen hits home run as Pirates beat Reds Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Pittsburgh Andrew McCutchen hits two-run homer, Pittsburgh Pirates beat Cincinnati Reds to win series Published June 26th, 2024 via TSN Pittsburgh Pirates Andrew McCutchen Joins Elite Group Published June 25th, 2024 via Yardbarker Andrew McCutchen Talks "Capable" 2024 Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 25th, 2024 via Just Baseball Andrew McCutchen, Pirates agree to deal Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com	Kerry Carpenter Continues Workouts Tuesday Published June 25th, 2024 Tigers' Kerry Carpenter: Progressing in baseball activities Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers Injury Updates: Jackson Jobe rehab start, Kerry Carpenter progress Published June 24th, 2024 via Motor City Bengals Kerry Carpenter's injury proving vital after Tigers' loss to White Sox Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com Kerry Carpenter Hopes To Begin Baseball Activities On Monday Published June 22nd, 2024 via MSN Tigers News: Kerry Carpenter Is Itching To Get Back To Detroit Tigers Published June 22nd, 2024 via Athlon Sports Kerry Carpenter Hopes To Begin Baseball Activities On Monday Published June 21st, 2024 Detroit Tigers' Kerry Carpenter cleared for baseball activities, wishes he could help offense Published June 21st, 2024 via Detroit Free Press

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