Should I draft Jake McCarthy or Ildemaro Vargas?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Jake McCarthy or Ildemaro Vargas.

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	-0.02	-0.11
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	141.00	93.00
AB	272	193
R	36	20
H	68	47
2B	11	10
3B	4	0
HR	4	2
RBI	24	18
SB	20	1
K	62	21
BB	24	12
AVG	.250	.244
OBP	.312	.290
SLG	.364	.326
OPS	.676	.616

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	114.0	82.0
AB	188	154
R	27	14
H	53	39
2B	7	12
3B	2	0
HR	3	0
RBI	19	17
SB	12	5
K	38	18
BB	21	13
AVG	.282	.253
OBP	.369	.310
SLG	.388	.331
OPS	.757	.641

Recent News
	Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Sitting against lefty Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jake McCarthy Tallies Three Hits, Swipes Two Bags In Thursday’s Victory Published June 20th, 2024 Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Swipes two, scores two Published June 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports Video: Jake McCarthy - Arizona Diamondbacks' agent of chaos #mlb #arizonadiamondbacks Published June 20th, 2024 via Arizona Sports Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Out against left-hander Published June 19th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jake McCarthy's 2-run homer helps carry the Diamondbacks to a 9-3 win against the Padres Published June 18th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports Steals give McCarthy fantasy upside sans Carroll Published June 17th, 2024 via NBC Sports Why Jake McCarthy is again emerging as a key piece for the Diamondbacks Published June 17th, 2024 via The Arizona Republic	Ildemaro Vargas' RBI single Published June 19th, 2024 via MLB.com Ildemaro Vargas' RBI double \| 06/16/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published June 16th, 2024 via MLB.com Ildemaro Vargas' sliding catch \| 06/15/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published June 15th, 2024 via MLB.com Ildemaro Vargas' game-tying sacrifice fly \| 06/13/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published June 13th, 2024 via MLB.com Ildemaro Vargas' game-tying sacrifice fly \| 06/11/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published June 11th, 2024 via MLB.com Ildemaro Vargas' RBI single \| 06/07/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published June 7th, 2024 via MLB.com Ildemaro Vargas hits RBI forceout after review \| 06/03/2024 Published June 3rd, 2024 via MLB.com Nationals' Ildemaro Vargas: Nabs fifth steal Published June 3rd, 2024 via CBS Sports

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