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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Please note dynasty rankings are based upon our 2024 Preseason Projections and do not consider in-season performance.

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

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Elly De La Cruz

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Nick Castellanos

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CIN · SS,3B

PHI · RF

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	7.39	1.76
ADP	37.31	111.97
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	207.0	155.0
AB	314	324
R	55	40
H	79	75
2B	16	13
3B	5	2
HR	14	11
RBI	37	42
SB	40	3
K	111	79
BB	39	24
AVG	.252	.232
OBP	.342	.289
SLG	.468	.386
OPS	.810	.675

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 Collects Four Hits Published June 30th, 2024 Trea Turner, Nick Castellanos spark Phillies' comeback win over Marlins Published June 30th, 2024 via The Delaware County Daily Times Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Has four hits, drives in three Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Nick Castellanos' four-hit performance \| 06/30/2024 \| Philadelphia Phillies Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Nick Castellanos' slick sliding grab \| 06/29/2024 \| Philadelphia Phillies Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Philadelphia Phillies Banking on Nick Castellanos to Fill Void Amidst Absences Published June 29th, 2024 via BVM Sports Time for Nick Castellanos to prove Phillies did not waste $100 million Published June 28th, 2024 via The Morning Call The Phillies paid Nick Castellanos $100 million. He needs to step up (again) with Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber out. Published June 28th, 2024 via The Philadelphia Inquirer

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