Should I draft Colt Keith or Christian Encarnacion-Strand?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Colt Keith or Christian Encarnacion-Strand.

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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DET · 3B,2B

CIN · 1B,DH

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Christian Encarnacion-Strand · Wrist (Out For Season)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.36	1.54
ADP	Undrafted	153.49
PROJ	215.00	283.00
AB	418	491
R	53	70
H	103	127
2B	23	24
3B	2	1
HR	13	27
RBI	54	83
SB	2	3
K	102	145
BB	39	38
AVG	.246	.259
OBP	.316	.310
SLG	.404	.477
OPS	.720	.786

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	95.0	32.0
AB	246	116
R	22	13
H	57	22
2B	9	6
3B	0	0
HR	4	2
RBI	24	16
SB	4	0
K	47	35
BB	14	4
AVG	.232	.190
OBP	.278	.220
SLG	.317	.293
OPS	.595	.513

Recent News
	Tigers' Colt Keith: On bench against lefty Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers rookie Colt Keith savors long-awaited homer No. 1 Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Fantasy Baseball Trade Advice: Colt Keith, Jake Meyers, Brandon Pfaadt (2024) Published June 28th, 2024 via MSN Tigers lineup: Andy Ibanez at second base, Colt Keith at DH Published June 28th, 2024 via MLive.com Colt Keith, Tigers roll over White Sox Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN 'Days of Roar': How Detroit Tigers' Colt Keith saved his rookie season Published June 26th, 2024 via Detroit Free Press Detroit Tigers lineup vs. Philadelphia Phillies: Colt Keith hitting 2nd, Canha at cleanup Published June 26th, 2024 via AOL Colt Keith Getting A Day Off Published June 25th, 2024	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

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