Should I draft Braden Shewmake or Josh Smith?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Braden Shewmake or Josh Smith.

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	-0.28	-0.24
ADP	Undrafted	257.88
PROJ	42.00	59.00
AB	117	130
R	13	17
H	24	28
2B	5	5
3B	0	1
HR	2	3
RBI	11	12
SB	2	3
K	27	33
BB	8	16
AVG	.205	.215
OBP	.260	.306
SLG	.299	.339
OPS	.559	.645

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	17.0	165.0
AB	64	258
R	4	40
H	8	75
2B	2	18
3B	0	1
HR	1	7
RBI	4	33
SB	5	4
K	10	55
BB	1	27
AVG	.125	.291
OBP	.134	.386
SLG	.203	.450
OPS	.338	.836

Recent News
	White Sox's Braden Shewmake: Shut down at Triple-A Published June 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports White Sox's Braden Shewmake: Optioned to AAA Published May 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports White Sox's Braden Shewmake: Optioned to Triple-A Published May 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports Keibert Ruiz nabs Braden Shewmake after review \| 05/14/2024 Published May 15th, 2024 via MLB.com Keibert Ruiz nabs Braden Shewmake after review \| 05/14/2024 Published May 15th, 2024 via MLB.com Braden Shewmake's sacrifice fly to right \| 05/14/2024 \| Chicago White Sox Published May 14th, 2024 via MLB.com Braden Shewmake's RBI single \| 05/05/2024 \| Chicago White Sox Published May 5th, 2024 via MLB.com White Sox's Braden Shewmake: Gets fourth straight start Published May 5th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Josh Smith Props: July 2, Rangers vs. Padres Published July 1st, 2024 via For The Win Wyatt Langford, Josh Smith are Rangers' players of the month Published July 1st, 2024 via The Dallas Morning News Rangers' Josh Smith: Fills in at shortstop Published July 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Josh Smith Props: June 30, Rangers vs. Orioles Published June 30th, 2024 via For The Win Josh Smith Is Cutting Through the Heart and Breaking Out Published June 28th, 2024 via FanGraphs Josh Smith Props: June 28, Rangers vs. Orioles Published June 28th, 2024 via For The Win Josh Smith makes an incredible diving stop \| 06/27/2024 Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Texas Rangers' Josh Smith taken to hospital after getting hit in face with pitch Published June 27th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports

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