Should I draft Anthony Rendon or Whit Merrifield?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Anthony Rendon or Whit Merrifield.

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	1.21	0.98
ADP	Undrafted	257.75
PROJ	205.00	192.00
AB	345	368
R	46	46
H	85	90
2B	18	18
3B	0	1
HR	9	7
RBI	47	42
SB	2	16
K	67	66
BB	47	23
AVG	.246	.245
OBP	.340	.297
SLG	.377	.356
OPS	.717	.653

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	29.0	70.0
AB	75	138
R	9	19
H	20	25
2B	3	4
3B	0	0
HR	0	3
RBI	3	9
SB	3	7
K	15	18
BB	6	15
AVG	.267	.181
OBP	.325	.271
SLG	.307	.275
OPS	.632	.546

Recent News
	Angels Have a Timetable for Anthony Rendon's Return Published July 2nd, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Los Angeles Angels Halfway Check-Up: Mike Trout, Anthony Rendon, Pitchers Returning, Logan O'Hoppe Published July 1st, 2024 via 13newsnow.com WVEC Angels Notes: Injury Updates, Winning Ways, Anthony Rendon's Eventual Return Published June 30th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Anthony Rendon Seen Taking Grounders On Friday, Set To Face Live Pitching Published June 29th, 2024 Angels Have a Target Date for Anthony Rendon's Return Published June 29th, 2024 via Yardbarker Angels' Anthony Rendon: Set to face live pitching Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Exclusive: Angels Fans React to Anthony Rendon's Return as Playoffs Slip Away Published June 29th, 2024 via BVM Sports Anthony Rendon's absurd assertion will have Angels fans dying of laughter Published June 29th, 2024 via Halo Hangout	Phillies' Whit Merrifield: Taking seat Tuesday Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Former Blue Jays utility player Whit Merrifield signs one-year deal with the Phillies Published July 1st, 2024 via MSN Could the Phillies DFA Whit Merrifield when IL players return or team makes trade? Published July 1st, 2024 via BVM Sports What Should the Phillies Do with Whit Merrifield? Published June 30th, 2024 via Philadelphia Sports Nation Phillies' Whit Merrifield: Playing time trending up Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Whit Merrifield reveals reason he decided to sign with Phillies Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN Former Blue Jays utility player Whit Merrifield signs one-year deal with the Phillies Published June 24th, 2024 via MSN Whit Merrifield throws out Gabriel Moreno \| 06/21/2024 \| Philadelphia Phillies Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com

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