Should I draft Christian Encarnacion-Strand or Carlos Santana?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Christian Encarnacion-Strand or Carlos Santana.

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

Strong Recommendation

Christian Encarnacion-Strand

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CIN · 1B,DH

MIN · 1B

Injury Alert

Christian Encarnacion-Strand · Wrist (Out For Season)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.22	0.55
ADP	153.50	253.71
PROJ	283.00	253.00
AB	491	425
R	70	56
H	127	97
2B	24	20
3B	1	0
HR	27	17
RBI	83	58
SB	3	2
K	145	89
BB	38	58
AVG	.259	.228
OBP	.310	.320
SLG	.477	.395
OPS	.786	.716

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	32.0	172.0
AB	116	275
R	13	32
H	22	69
2B	6	15
3B	0	0
HR	2	12
RBI	16	39
SB	0	2
K	35	49
BB	4	28
AVG	.190	.251
OBP	.220	.329
SLG	.293	.436
OPS	.513	.765

Recent News
	Red Reposter - TJ Friedl's hamstring, Christian Encarnacion-Strand to 60-day IL Published June 27th, 2024 via MSN Reds News: Christian Encarnacion-Strand's surgery, former Cincy pitcher joins rival Published June 26th, 2024 via Blog Red Machine Reds' Christian Encarnacion-Strand to undergo wrist surgery Published June 25th, 2024 via Victoria Advocate Reds' Christian Encarnacion-Strand to undergo wrist surgery Published June 25th, 2024 via The Hastings Tribune Christian Encarnacion-Strand To Have Hand Surgery Published June 25th, 2024 Christian Encarnacion-Strand will have season-ending surgery on wrist Published June 25th, 2024 via The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati Reds' Christian Encarnacion-Strand To Undergo Season-Ending Wrist Surgery on July 11 Published June 25th, 2024 via BVM Sports Reds' Christian Encarnacion-Strand to have surgery on wrist Published June 25th, 2024 via ESPN	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

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