Should I draft Dominic Smith or Nelson Velazquez?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Dominic Smith or Nelson Velazquez.

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	0.88
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	75.00	206.00
AB	165	413
R	18	54
H	39	90
2B	7	18
3B	0	1
HR	4	23
RBI	18	57
SB	0	9
K	32	130
BB	13	37
AVG	.236	.218
OBP	.298	.284
SLG	.352	.433
OPS	.650	.718

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	68.0	93.0
AB	139	205
R	14	31
H	29	41
2B	6	8
3B	0	1
HR	3	8
RBI	22	27
SB	1	2
K	30	61
BB	17	19
AVG	.209	.200
OBP	.308	.274
SLG	.317	.366
OPS	.625	.640

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	Royals option OF Nelson Velazquez after rough start to 2024 Published June 25th, 2024 via MSN Michael Massey Reinstated, Nelson Velazquez Optioned Published June 24th, 2024 Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Sent back to Triple-A Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Back in lineup Sunday Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Sitting again Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Absent from lineup again Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Not starting Sunday Published June 16th, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Getting breather Friday Published June 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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