Should I draft Brendan Donovan or Whit Merrifield?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Brendan Donovan 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	0.96	0.97
ADP	239.55	Undrafted
PROJ	199.00	192.00
AB	339	368
R	48	46
H	91	90
2B	15	18
3B	1	1
HR	7	7
RBI	38	42
SB	4	16
K	58	66
BB	38	23
AVG	.268	.245
OBP	.342	.297
SLG	.381	.356
OPS	.723	.653

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	179.0	71.0
AB	297	134
R	36	18
H	80	25
2B	18	4
3B	1	0
HR	8	3
RBI	41	9
SB	2	7
K	45	15
BB	21	14
AVG	.269	.187
OBP	.335	.269
SLG	.418	.284
OPS	.753	.552

Recent News
	Cardinals' Brendan Donovan: Nabs second steal Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Brendan Donovan, Lance Lynn spark Cardinals over Braves Published June 25th, 2024 via Morganton News Herald Cardinals' Brendan Donovan: Racks up three hits in win Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Fantasy Waiver Wire Pickups Week 14 featuring Jarred Kelenic and Brendan Donovan Published June 24th, 2024 via Sportskeeda Brendan Donovan Collects Three Hits, Homers On Thursday Published June 24th, 2024 via MSN Ten Hochman: STL's Donnie Baseball? Cardinals' Brendan Donovan an RBI machine of late Published June 24th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Brendan Donovan Stays Red Hot, Homers Again On Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 Cardinals' Brendan Donovan: Homers again in win Published June 22nd, 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 Whit Merrifield's RBI single \| 06/12/2024 \| Philadelphia Phillies Published June 12th, 2024 via MLB.com Phillies' Whit Merrifield: Replaces resting Sosa in lineup Published June 12th, 2024 via CBS Sports Whit Merrifield's hilarious quote puts his struggles with Phillies into perspective Published June 11th, 2024 via That Balls Outta Here Whit Merrifield's RBI single \| 06/09/2024 \| Philadelphia Phillies Published June 9th, 2024 via MLB.com Whit Merrifield Hits Third Home Run Of The Season Published June 9th, 2024

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