Should I draft Jared Young or Matt Carpenter?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Jared Young or Matt Carpenter.

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	-0.42	-0.45
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	26.00	73.00
AB	71	161
R	7	18
H	14	31
2B	3	8
3B	0	0
HR	2	6
RBI	8	23
SB	0	1
K	20	52
BB	8	26
AVG	.197	.193
OBP	.279	.311
SLG	.324	.354
OPS	.602	.665

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	0.0	30.0
AB	0	88
R	0	9
H	0	22
2B	0	3
3B	0	0
HR	0	2
RBI	0	8
SB	0	0
K	0	27
BB	0	9
AVG	0.000	.250
OBP	0.000	.330
SLG	0.000	.352
OPS	0.000	.682

Recent News
	PG's Jared Young sent to Triple-A by St. Louis Cardinals Published March 28th, 2024 via My PG Now Cardinals Waive Jared Young, Add Victor Scott II: MLB Update Published March 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Cardinals' Jared Young: Outrighted to Triple-A Published March 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' Jared Young: Optioned to Memphis Published March 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' Jared Young: Not doing enough to win roster spot Published March 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Le grand-père de Jared Young, Lyle, a lancé sa carrière de baseball Published December 31st, 2023 via Nouvellesdumonte Jared Young's grandpa Lyle kickstarted his baseball career Published December 31st, 2023 via Prince George Citizen PG's Jared Young eager for new opportunity with St. Louis Cardinals Published November 9th, 2023 via My PG Now	Cardinals' Matt Carpenter: Hitting bench in series finale Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals make big Matt Carpenter roster move Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Cardinals' Matt Carpenter: Not starting against southpaw Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' Matt Carpenter: Sitting during nightcap Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' Matt Carpenter: Playing time trending up Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' Alec Burleson reveals Matt Carpenter's blunt 2-word message that saved him Published June 22nd, 2024 via ClutchPoints Cardinals' Matt Carpenter: Losing out on DH starts Published June 16th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' Matt Carpenter: Not in St. Louis lineup Published June 13th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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