Should I draft Carlos Santana or Jarred Kelenic?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Carlos Santana or Jarred Kelenic.

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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Carlos Santana

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Jarred Kelenic

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MIN · 1B

ATL · LF,RF,CF

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.55	1.09
ADP	253.71	257.23
PROJ	253.00	198.00
AB	425	418
R	56	54
H	97	96
2B	20	23
3B	0	2
HR	17	15
RBI	58	55
SB	2	12
K	89	134
BB	58	43
AVG	.228	.230
OBP	.320	.303
SLG	.395	.402
OPS	.716	.705

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	172.0	105.0
AB	275	227
R	32	27
H	69	64
2B	15	12
3B	0	1
HR	12	9
RBI	39	26
SB	2	3
K	49	71
BB	28	15
AVG	.251	.282
OBP	.329	.327
SLG	.436	.463
OPS	.765	.789

Recent News
	Carlos Santana Props: July 3, Twins vs. Tigers Published July 3rd, 2024 via For The Win Twins' Carlos Santana: Three hits in win Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Carlos Santana Props: June 28, Twins vs. Mariners Published June 27th, 2024 via For The Win Carlos Santana's RBI double \| 06/27/2024 \| Minnesota Twins Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Carlos Santana's tumbling catch \| 06/26/2024 \| Minnesota Twins Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Carlos Santana - Stats - Batting Published June 26th, 2024 via FanGraphs Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Carlos Santana smashing, Joey Loperfido and Heston Kjerstad finally emerging Published June 25th, 2024 via Yahoo Sports Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Carlos Santana smashing, Joey Loperfido and Heston Kjerstad finally emerging Published June 25th, 2024 via NBC Sports	Jarred Kelenic's running catch \| 07/02/2024 \| Atlanta Braves Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com How good can Jarred Kelenic be for the Braves? Published July 1st, 2024 via MSN Braves Nation: Jarred Kelenic 'looks forward to coming to the ballpark' Published July 1st, 2024 via The Atlanta Journal Constitution Seattle Mariners' Fans are Losing Their Minds Over What Jarred Kelenic is Doing Published June 30th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Jarred Kelenic's Rising Stardom: Fantasy Baseball Insight \| National \| newsbug.info Published June 30th, 2024 via Newsbug.info Jarred Kelenic's Rising Stardom: Fantasy Baseball Insight \| National \| bluemountaineagle.com Published June 30th, 2024 via Blue Mountain Eagle Jarred Kelenic's Rising Stardom: Fantasy Baseball Insight \| Sports \| bryantimes.com Published June 30th, 2024 via The Bryan Times Jarred Kelenic's Rising Stardom: Fantasy Baseball Insight \| Sports \| northwestsignal.net Published June 30th, 2024 via Napoleon Northwest Signal

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