Should I draft Elly De La Cruz or Nick Castellanos?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Elly De La Cruz or Nick Castellanos.

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	4.68	2.51
ADP	37.07	111.01
PROJ	285.00	303.00
AB	505	572
R	84	75
H	125	149
2B	26	32
3B	6	1
HR	21	24
RBI	71	89
SB	37	6
K	182	158
BB	49	36
AVG	.248	.261
OBP	.316	.305
SLG	.448	.446
OPS	.763	.751

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	203.0	148.0
AB	305	315
R	54	40
H	77	70
2B	15	12
3B	4	2
HR	14	11
RBI	36	39
SB	39	2
K	107	76
BB	39	24
AVG	.253	.222
OBP	.345	.282
SLG	.466	.378
OPS	.810	.660

Recent News
	Elly De La Cruz Falls A Triple Shy Of The Cycle Monday Published June 25th, 2024 Elly De La Cruz Homers In Loss To Boston Saturday Published June 23rd, 2024 Adames homers, Perkins throws out tying run at the plate as Brewers edge Reds 5-4 Published June 16th, 2024 via The Associated Press Elly De La Cruz Hits 11th Homer Published June 7th, 2024 Elly De La Cruz Racks Up Four Hits, Four Steals on Thursday Published May 17th, 2024 Elly De La Cruz Out Of Lineup Against Arizona Published May 15th, 2024 Elly De La Cruz Hits A Home Run Monday Published April 30th, 2024 De La Cruz, Lodolo lead Reds over Padres Published April 29th, 2024 via TSN	Nick Castellanos' RBI groundout \| 06/26/2024 \| Philadelphia Phillies Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com 3 Players Who Could Provide the Phillies Nick Castellanos Insurance Published June 26th, 2024 via Section 215 Nick Castellanos returns to where he 'grew up' and wonders what might have been Published June 25th, 2024 via MLive.com Tigers News: Nick Castellanos Says He's 'Extremely Fortunate' Tigers Traded Him Published June 25th, 2024 via Athlon Sports Tigers suffer another lopsided loss in 'full-circle moment' for Castellanos Published June 24th, 2024 via Detroit News Phillies quick hits: Nick Castellanos heats up as Zack Wheeler, Cristopher Sánchez dismantle D-backs Published June 23rd, 2024 via PhillyVoice.com Nick Castellanos' RBI single \| 06/23/2024 \| Philadelphia Phillies Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Nick Castellanos Drives In Five In Saturday Win Published June 23rd, 2024

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