Should I draft Bryan De La Cruz or Kerry Carpenter?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Bryan De La Cruz or Kerry Carpenter.

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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MIA · DH,LF

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Injury Alert

Kerry Carpenter · Back (Out)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.84	1.84
ADP	253.34	201.84
PROJ	249.00	258.00
AB	503	493
R	56	60
H	138	127
2B	27	22
3B	0	2
HR	17	22
RBI	67	70
SB	3	4
K	129	133
BB	36	38
AVG	.274	.258
OBP	.326	.313
SLG	.429	.444
OPS	.755	.757

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	148.0	106.0
AB	335	145
R	38	21
H	80	41
2B	16	10
3B	0	4
HR	15	8
RBI	40	29
SB	1	0
K	93	38
BB	21	11
AVG	.239	.283
OBP	.286	.342
SLG	.421	.572
OPS	.707	.914

Recent News
	Bryan De La Cruz Blasts Homer On Sunday Published June 30th, 2024 Bryan De La Cruz Blasts Homer In Win Published May 15th, 2024 Bryan De La Cruz Homers In Loss Published April 17th, 2024 De La Cruz stays mashing, but Marlins drop series Published April 17th, 2024 via MLB.com Bryan De La Cruz Has First Three-Hit Game Of The Season Published April 8th, 2024 Bryan De La Cruz Off To Solid Spring Start Published March 7th, 2024 Overview, News, Stats, and Game Log Published February 13th, 2024 via NBC Sports 'It's no secret': Defensive improvement is a must for these 2 Marlins Published February 1st, 2024 via MLB.com	Kerry Carpenter Shut Down After Experiencing More Discomfort Published July 2nd, 2024 Detroit Tigers' Jack Flaherty, Kerry Carpenter suffer setbacks with back injuries Published July 2nd, 2024 via AOL Tigers' Kerry Carpenter: Suffers setback Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers slugger Kerry Carpenter getting treatment after back injury Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Mark Canha hits grand slam, Kerry Carpenter homers twice in Tigers' 8-2 victory over Astros Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Kerry Carpenter Continues Workouts Tuesday Published June 25th, 2024 Tigers' Kerry Carpenter: Progressing in baseball activities Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers Injury Updates: Jackson Jobe rehab start, Kerry Carpenter progress Published June 24th, 2024 via Motor City Bengals

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