Should I draft Jarren Duran or Paul Goldschmidt?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Jarren Duran or Paul Goldschmidt.

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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STL · 1B,DH

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.18	2.12
ADP	190.29	71.56
PROJ	269.00	382.00
AB	504	587
R	71	92
H	127	157
2B	35	32
3B	6	0
HR	13	27
RBI	56	86
SB	25	9
K	138	156
BB	42	81
AVG	.252	.268
OBP	.312	.356
SLG	.423	.460
OPS	.734	.816

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	240.0	123.0
AB	348	321
R	58	40
H	100	73
2B	23	12
3B	10	0
HR	10	11
RBI	40	33
SB	21	4
K	84	101
BB	32	29
AVG	.287	.227
OBP	.351	.296
SLG	.497	.368
OPS	.848	.663

Recent News
	Jarren Duran Adds Another Homer And Steal Tuesday Published July 3rd, 2024 Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Homers, steals in win Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Red Sox Notes: Jarren Duran 'Very Dangerous' During Power Surge Published July 2nd, 2024 via NESN Red Sox' 'very dangerous' Jarren Duran continues power surge, makes AL history Published July 2nd, 2024 via MassLive.com Jarren Duran's solo home run (10) \| 07/02/2024 \| Boston Red Sox Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Jarren Duran becomes first AL player ever to accomplish this feat Published July 2nd, 2024 via NBC Sports Boston Duran, Houck make MLB All-Star cases for each other, Wong Published July 2nd, 2024 via NBC Sports Boston Nine innings with the Red Sox, starting with the joy of watching Jarren Duran Published July 2nd, 2024 via Boston.com	Mariners the betting favorites to trade for Paul Goldschmidt Published July 2nd, 2024 via ClutchPoints Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt: Launches homer in loss Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt: Picks up fourth steal Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Paul Goldschmidt Getting An Off Day Monday Published June 24th, 2024 Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt: Rare day off Monday Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports 3 landing spots for Paul Goldschmidt if the Cardinals trade him Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN St. Louis Cardinals' Success Propels Paul Goldschmidt to Potential New York Yankees Trade Rumors Published June 23rd, 2024 via BVM Sports Paul Goldschmidt thinks MLB's UK return could resemble a Premier League derby Published June 23rd, 2024 via Yahoo Lifestyle UK

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