Should I draft Christian Encarnacion-Strand or Ceddanne Rafaela?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Christian Encarnacion-Strand or Ceddanne Rafaela.

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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Christian Encarnacion-Strand · Wrist (Out For Season)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.54	1.08
ADP	153.49	255.61
PROJ	283.00	211.00
AB	491	405
R	70	55
H	127	105
2B	24	24
3B	1	3
HR	27	11
RBI	83	50
SB	3	18
K	145	101
BB	38	21
AVG	.259	.259
OBP	.310	.298
SLG	.477	.415
OPS	.786	.713

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	32.0	130.0
AB	116	283
R	13	39
H	22	68
2B	6	13
3B	0	2
HR	2	8
RBI	16	41
SB	0	10
K	35	79
BB	4	10
AVG	.190	.240
OBP	.220	.269
SLG	.293	.385
OPS	.513	.654

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 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 Christian Encarnacion-Strand to have season ending surgery Published June 25th, 2024 via redlegnation.com	Ceddanne Rafaela's diving catch \| 06/30/2024 \| Boston Red Sox Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Xander Bogaerts Sees This Potential In Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela Published June 29th, 2024 via NESN Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela: Three hits Friday Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Boston Red Sox Rookie Ceddanne Rafaela Joins Nomar Garciaparra in Franchise History Published June 29th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Xander Bogaerts sees himself in Red Sox rookie Ceddanne Rafaela Published June 28th, 2024 via Boston Herald Red Sox sitting Tyler O'Neill, Ceddanne Rafaela in first half finale vs. Jays Published June 26th, 2024 via MassLive.com Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela: Hitting bench Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Red Sox's Ceddanne Rafaela: Out of Boston lineup Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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