Should I draft Jeimer Candelario or DJ LeMahieu?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Jeimer Candelario or DJ LeMahieu.

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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Jeimer Candelario

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Jeimer Candelario · Hamstring (Day To Day)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.13	1.40
ADP	232.07	256.30
PROJ	293.00	241.00
AB	496	492
R	70	63
H	125	121
2B	32	20
3B	1	1
HR	22	11
RBI	71	48
SB	3	2
K	125	105
BB	49	57
AVG	.252	.246
OBP	.317	.326
SLG	.454	.358
OPS	.771	.684

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	149.0	23.0
AB	269	77
R	30	7
H	66	14
2B	17	1
3B	2	0
HR	14	0
RBI	39	7
SB	3	0
K	70	17
BB	18	11
AVG	.245	.182
OBP	.298	.281
SLG	.480	.195
OPS	.778	.476

Recent News
	Jeimer Candelario To Miss Third Straight Game Published June 28th, 2024 Jeimer Candelario Absent On Thursday Published June 27th, 2024 Reds' Jeimer Candelario: Remaining out Thursday Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jeimer Candelario, Will Benson Not In Wednesday's Lineup Published June 27th, 2024 via MSN Reds' Jeimer Candelario: Dealing with hamstring tendinitis Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jeimer Candelario Dealing With Knee Tendonitis Published June 26th, 2024 Jeimer Candelario, Will Benson Not In Wednesday’s Lineup Published June 26th, 2024 Reds' Jeimer Candelario: Battling knee tendinitis Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Why Yankees need patience with DJ LeMahieu's struggles - for now Published June 28th, 2024 via New York Post Gleyber Torres And DJ LeMahieu Benched As Yankees Face Blue Jays Tonight Published June 27th, 2024 via Pinstripes Nation Yankees' DJ LeMahieu: Out of Yankees lineup Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Why Yankees remain 'encouraged' about DJ LeMahieu despite poor production Published June 27th, 2024 via The New York Times Yankees' DJ LeMahieu continues to be grounded by biggest weakness Published June 26th, 2024 via NJ.com Yankees' Aaron Boone confident in DJ LeMahieu despite struggles Published June 25th, 2024 via ClutchPoints Yankees need DJ LeMahieu and Gleyber Torres to have their Luis Gil moment Published June 25th, 2024 via New York Post Aaron Boone: Yankees 'gotta exercise patience' with struggling DJ LeMahieu Published June 25th, 2024 via New York Daily News

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