Should I draft Brendan Donovan or Eloy Jimenez?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Brendan Donovan or Eloy Jimenez.

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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Please note dynasty rankings are based upon our 2024 Preseason Projections and do not consider in-season performance.

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

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Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.07	1.29
ADP	242.94	201.37
PROJ	199.00	294.00
AB	339	488
R	48	60
H	91	134
2B	15	24
3B	1	0
HR	7	23
RBI	38	78
SB	4	0
K	58	109
BB	38	38
AVG	.268	.275
OBP	.342	.331
SLG	.381	.465
OPS	.723	.796

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	186.0	76.0
AB	315	167
R	38	15
H	84	40
2B	19	7
3B	1	0
HR	8	5
RBI	42	13
SB	2	3
K	50	32
BB	25	15
AVG	.267	.240
OBP	.337	.301
SLG	.410	.371
OPS	.747	.672

Recent News
	Brendan Donovan Props: July 5, Cardinals vs. Nationals Published July 4th, 2024 via For The Win Brendan Donovan Props: July 4, Cardinals vs. Pirates Published July 4th, 2024 via For The Win How Brendan Donovan has turned around a slow start at the plate: Cardinals Extra Published July 3rd, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis Cardinals Should Offer Brendan Donovan a 6-Year, $66M Extension Deal Published July 3rd, 2024 via BVM Sports The Cardinals need to prioritize a Brendan Donovan extension Published July 3rd, 2024 via Red Bird Rants Cardinals' Brendan Donovan: On base four times in win Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Extended interview: Cardinals' Brendan Donovan on team's 2-0 win over Reds Published June 30th, 2024 via KSDK.com Brendan Donovan sparks St. Louis Cardinals' winning streak with remarkable performance Published June 29th, 2024 via BVM Sports	White Sox's Eloy Jimenez: On bench Wednesday Published July 3rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Why White Sox keep playing Eloy Jimenez as he continues to recover Published June 29th, 2024 via Chicago Sun-Times Eloy Jimenez Takes A Seat On Saturday Published June 29th, 2024 White Sox's Eloy Jimenez: Sitting Saturday Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports White Sox place Eloy Jimenez, Steven Wilson on IL Published June 28th, 2024 via MSN White Sox's Eloy Jimenez: Heading to bench Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports White Sox's Eloy Jimenez: Three-game hitting streak Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Eloy Jimenez Remains In The Lineup Published June 24th, 2024

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