Should I draft Jeimer Candelario or Luis Matos?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Jeimer Candelario or Luis Matos.

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

SF · CF,RF

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.13	0.81
ADP	232.23	Undrafted
PROJ	293.00	201.00
AB	496	340
R	70	41
H	125	90
2B	32	18
3B	1	2
HR	22	6
RBI	71	36
SB	3	11
K	125	44
BB	49	27
AVG	.252	.265
OBP	.317	.321
SLG	.454	.382
OPS	.771	.703

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	149.0	72.0
AB	272	116
R	30	12
H	66	28
2B	17	4
3B	2	0
HR	14	4
RBI	39	24
SB	3	0
K	71	12
BB	19	4
AVG	.243	.241
OBP	.297	.265
SLG	.474	.379
OPS	.772	.644

Recent News
	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 Reds' Jeimer Candelario: Held out again Friday Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Giants' Luis Matos: Lifts fourth homer Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Luis Matos' RBI infield single \| 06/27/2024 Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Giants' Luis Matos: Getting regular playing time Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Luis Matos Homers In Win Wednesday Published June 27th, 2024 Giants' Luis Matos: Smacks third homer Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Luis Matos embracing patience following latest Triple-A stint Published June 27th, 2024 via San Francisco Chronicle Conforto, Villar go back-to-back, Matos hits tiebreaking blast as Giants beat Cubs 4-3 Published June 26th, 2024 via The Santa Rosa Press Democrat Matos hits tiebreaking blast as Giants beat Cubs Published June 26th, 2024 via TSN

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