Should I draft Dominic Smith or Emmanuel Rivera?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Dominic Smith or Emmanuel Rivera.

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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Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.27	-0.24
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	75.00	65.00
AB	165	137
R	18	17
H	39	33
2B	7	7
3B	0	1
HR	4	3
RBI	18	16
SB	0	1
K	32	30
BB	13	10
AVG	.236	.241
OBP	.298	.298
SLG	.352	.372
OPS	.650	.670

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	68.0	26.0
AB	139	125
R	14	9
H	29	24
2B	6	5
3B	0	0
HR	3	0
RBI	22	7
SB	1	1
K	30	32
BB	17	12
AVG	.209	.192
OBP	.308	.277
SLG	.317	.232
OPS	.625	.509

Recent News
	Dominic Smith's diving catch to turn two \| 06/25/2024 \| Boston Red Sox Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Dominic Smith Boosting Boston Red Sox Amid Injury Woes Published June 25th, 2024 via BVM Sports Dominic Smith is Helping Bridge Injury Gap for Red Sox Published June 25th, 2024 via Last Word On Sports Dominic Smith's solo homer (3) \| 06/22/2024 \| Boston Red Sox Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com Dominic Smith: Home Run Statcast Analysis \| 06/22/2024 \| Boston Red Sox Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com Red Sox Vs. Reds Lineups: Wilyer Abreu, Dominic Smith Start Published June 22nd, 2024 via NESN Dominic Smith's RBI double \| 06/19/2024 \| Boston Red Sox Published June 19th, 2024 via MLB.com Dominic Smith's RBI single \| 06/18/2024 \| Boston Red Sox Published June 18th, 2024 via MLB.com	Emmanuel Rivera retires Dylan Moore in the 9th \| 06/22/2024 Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com Marlins' Emmanuel Rivera: Back on bench against righty Published June 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports Emmanuel Rivera's smooth play \| 06/16/2024 \| Miami Marlins Published June 16th, 2024 via MLB.com Emmanuel Rivera's smooth play \| 06/16/2024 \| Miami Marlins Published June 16th, 2024 via MLB.com Emmanuel Rivera's RBI single \| 06/12/2024 \| Miami Marlins Published June 12th, 2024 via MLB.com Emmanuel Rivera closes out a scoreless inning \| 06/08/2024 Published June 8th, 2024 via MLB.com Emmanuel Rivera closes out a scoreless inning Published June 8th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports Emmanuel Rivera closes out a scoreless inning Published June 8th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports

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