Should I draft Christian Encarnacion-Strand or Nick Senzel?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Christian Encarnacion-Strand or Nick Senzel.

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

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CIN · 1B,DH

WSH · 3B,DH,LF

Injury Alert

Christian Encarnacion-Strand · Wrist (Out For Season)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.54	0.83
ADP	153.49	Undrafted
PROJ	283.00	184.00
AB	491	380
R	70	52
H	127	91
2B	24	16
3B	1	1
HR	27	9
RBI	83	40
SB	3	8
K	145	85
BB	38	33
AVG	.259	.240
OBP	.310	.302
SLG	.477	.358
OPS	.786	.660

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	32.0	89.0
AB	116	194
R	13	23
H	22	41
2B	6	10
3B	0	0
HR	2	7
RBI	16	18
SB	0	1
K	35	52
BB	4	27
AVG	.190	.211
OBP	.220	.311
SLG	.293	.371
OPS	.513	.682

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	Nick Senzel Retreats To The Bench Sunday Published June 30th, 2024 Nationals' Nick Senzel: Heading to bench Sunday Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Nick Senzel's Defensive Woes Haunt Him at Third Base with the Reds and Nationals Published June 28th, 2024 via BVM Sports Visualizing Nick Senzel's HR swing \| 06/24/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Nationals' Nick Senzel: Swats homer in loss Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Nick Senzel's two-run home run (7) \| 06/24/2024 Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Nationals' Nick Senzel, MacKenzie Gore get into shoving match in wild dugout scene Published June 21st, 2024 via MSN How MacKenzie Gore and Nick Senzel responded to MLB dugout scrap Published June 21st, 2024 via MSN

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