Should I draft Anthony Santander or Matt McLain?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Anthony Santander or Matt McLain.

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.

Change Players in Draft Analysis

Select Player to Draft

Toss Up

Anthony Santander

Change Player

Matt McLain

Change Player

BAL · RF,DH

CIN · SS,2B

Injury Alert

Matt McLain · Shoulder (Out)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	3.14	3.21
ADP	127.18	127.50
PROJ	348.00	326.00
AB	571	539
R	81	89
H	145	142
2B	34	33
3B	1	4
HR	28	23
RBI	91	78
SB	2	21
K	143	174
BB	52	60
AVG	.254	.264
OBP	.317	.343
SLG	.464	.468
OPS	.782	.810

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft Anthony Santander or Lane Thomas Draft Anthony Santander or Max Kepler Draft Anthony Santander or Xander Bogaerts Draft Anthony Santander or Willy Adames Draft Anthony Santander or Ketel Marte	Draft Matt McLain or Nolan Arenado Draft Matt McLain or Trea Turner Draft Matt McLain or Bryan Reynolds Draft Matt McLain or Nolan Jones Draft Matt McLain or Michael Harris

Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	207.0	0.0
AB	285	0
R	44	0
H	66	0
2B	13	0
3B	1	0
HR	21	0
RBI	53	0
SB	0	0
K	58	0
BB	24	0
AVG	.232	0.000
OBP	.302	0.000
SLG	.505	0.000
OPS	.807	0.000

Recent News
	Anthony Santander's sacrifice fly \| 06/24/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Anthony Santander deserves All-Star bid Published June 24th, 2024 via Our Esquina Orioles' Anthony Santander has 11 HRs - and counting - in June Published June 24th, 2024 via Baltimore Sun Orioles' Anthony Santander: Goes deep again Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Anthony Santander's two-run home run (20) \| 06/21/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com Anthony Santander's RBI single \| 06/21/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com Anthony Santander Powers Orioles to Victory with Three-Run Homer Published June 21st, 2024 via News-Press Now Orioles' Anthony Santander: Cranks homer Thursday Published June 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Matt McLain Hasn't Been Cleared To Swing Published June 24th, 2024 Matt McLain Close To Taking Swings Published June 24th, 2024 Reds News: Matt McLain 'close' to swinging, Conner Capel outrighted, Blake Dunn to IL Published June 24th, 2024 via Blog Red Machine Reds' Matt McLain: Progressing in recovery Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Reds' Matt McLain: Progress in recovery Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Cincinnati Reds Update: Matt McLain Injury Progress, Connor Phillips Struggles, Alex Blandino Transition Published June 20th, 2024 via BVM Sports Reds News: Matt McLain update, Connor Phillips' disastrous start, Alex Blandino Published June 20th, 2024 via Blog Red Machine Reds second baseman Matt McLain has shoulder surgery and will be sidelined for extended period Published June 6th, 2024 via MSN

New Seasons Now Available

Free Tools

Use our free tools to become a fantasy expert and dominate your league!

Get started in seconds
Sync unlimited leagues for free - no paywalls!
Customized for your league, roster and scoring settings
Support for football, baseball, basketball and hockey
Roto and point-based support
Live Draft Syncing
Draft decision analysis
Intuitive Mock Drafts
Insights on H2H matchups
Most scoring statistics supported
No manual entry required
Much, much more!!

Browser Extension