Should I draft Harrison Bader or Whit Merrifield?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Harrison Bader or Whit Merrifield.

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.

Change Players in Draft Analysis

Select Player to Draft

Strong Recommendation

Harrison Bader

Change Player

Whit Merrifield

Change Player

NYM · CF

PHI · 2B,LF,3B

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.63	0.98
ADP	257.40	257.75
PROJ	183.00	192.00
AB	354	368
R	47	46
H	86	90
2B	14	18
3B	2	1
HR	9	7
RBI	44	42
SB	17	16
K	78	66
BB	22	23
AVG	.243	.245
OBP	.288	.297
SLG	.370	.356
OPS	.658	.653

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft Harrison Bader or Dominic Fletcher Draft Harrison Bader or Whit Merrifield Draft Harrison Bader or Adam Frazier Draft Harrison Bader or Carlos Santana Draft Harrison Bader or Alek Thomas	Draft Whit Merrifield or Edouard Julien Draft Whit Merrifield or Brayan Rocchio Draft Whit Merrifield or Nate Lowe Draft Whit Merrifield or Ty France Draft Whit Merrifield or Ryan Jeffers

Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	132.0	70.0
AB	233	138
R	33	19
H	62	25
2B	14	4
3B	0	0
HR	6	3
RBI	31	9
SB	13	7
K	52	18
BB	13	15
AVG	.266	.181
OBP	.312	.271
SLG	.403	.275
OPS	.716	.546

Recent News
	Harrison Bader Leaves Early With Head/Neck Injury Published July 2nd, 2024 Harrison Bader exits Mets' game vs. Nationals after collision Published July 2nd, 2024 via NorthJersey.com Nimmo returns from hotel room scare to drive in 2 runs as the Mets beat the Nationals 7-2 in 10 Published July 2nd, 2024 via The Associated Press Mets' Harrison Bader day to day with injury to neck and upper back area after crashing into wall Published July 2nd, 2024 via KSL.com Mets' Harrison Bader: Nursing head injury Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Mets' Harrison Bader is day-to-day after crashing into fence in Tuesday's win Published July 2nd, 2024 via Yahoo Sports Mets' Bader day-to-day after crashing into OF wall Published July 2nd, 2024 via ESPN Mets' Harrison Bader leaves game at the Nationals after crashing into the outfield wall Published July 2nd, 2024 via Bennington Banner	Phillies' Whit Merrifield: Taking seat Tuesday Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Former Blue Jays utility player Whit Merrifield signs one-year deal with the Phillies Published July 1st, 2024 via MSN Could the Phillies DFA Whit Merrifield when IL players return or team makes trade? Published July 1st, 2024 via BVM Sports What Should the Phillies Do with Whit Merrifield? Published June 30th, 2024 via Philadelphia Sports Nation Phillies' Whit Merrifield: Playing time trending up Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Whit Merrifield reveals reason he decided to sign with Phillies Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN Former Blue Jays utility player Whit Merrifield signs one-year deal with the Phillies Published June 24th, 2024 via MSN Whit Merrifield throws out Gabriel Moreno \| 06/21/2024 \| Philadelphia Phillies Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com

New Seasons Now Available

Free Tools

Use our free tools to become a fantasy expert and dominate your league!

Get started in seconds
Sync unlimited leagues for free - no paywalls!
Customized for your league, roster and scoring settings
Support for football, baseball, basketball and hockey
Roto and point-based support
Live Draft Syncing
Draft decision analysis
Intuitive Mock Drafts
Insights on H2H matchups
Most scoring statistics supported
No manual entry required
Much, much more!!

Browser Extension