Should I draft Jeimer Candelario or Joc Pederson?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Jeimer Candelario or Joc Pederson.

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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CIN · 1B,3B

ARI · LF,DH

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.13	1.24
ADP	232.96	Undrafted
PROJ	293.00	225.00
AB	496	350
R	70	53
H	125	89
2B	32	16
3B	1	2
HR	22	17
RBI	71	56
SB	3	1
K	125	92
BB	49	47
AVG	.252	.254
OBP	.317	.342
SLG	.454	.457
OPS	.771	.800

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	150.0	136.0
AB	276	203
R	30	31
H	67	58
2B	17	12
3B	2	0
HR	14	11
RBI	40	35
SB	3	4
K	72	62
BB	19	25
AVG	.243	.286
OBP	.297	.378
SLG	.471	.507
OPS	.768	.886

Recent News
	Jeimer Candelario's RBI groundout \| 07/02/2024 \| Cincinnati Reds Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Reds' Jeimer Candelario: Returns as DH Published July 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Jeimer Candelario Back For The Reds As Designated Hitter Published June 30th, 2024 Reds' Jeimer Candelario: Returning from four-game absence Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jeimer Candelario Still Out On Saturday Published June 29th, 2024 Reds' Jeimer Candelario: Sitting Saturday as expected Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jeimer Candelario To Miss Third Straight Game Published June 28th, 2024 Reds' Jeimer Candelario: Aiming for Sunday return Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Diamondbacks' Joc Pederson: Smacks homer in loss Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Philadelphia Phillies Trade Rumors Swirl Around Outfielder Joc Pederson and Top Prospects in Deal with Diamondbacks Published June 29th, 2024 via BVM Sports Diamondbacks' Joc Pederson: Not starting versus lefty Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Diamondbacks' Joc Pederson: Sitting down against lefty Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports A Braves-Diamondbacks trade that doesn't include Joc Pederson but helps OF Published June 27th, 2024 via FanSided Another Blue Jays target off the board as slugger Joc Pederson signs with Diamondbacks Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN How Joc Pederson chooses his bats Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com Joc Pederson Homers In Win Over Phillies Published June 22nd, 2024

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