Should I draft Joey Ortiz or Christian Encarnacion-Strand?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Joey Ortiz or Christian Encarnacion-Strand.

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

Strong Recommendation

Joey Ortiz

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Christian Encarnacion-Strand

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MIL · 3B,2B

CIN · 1B,DH

Injury Alert

Christian Encarnacion-Strand · Wrist (Out For Season)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.24	2.22
ADP	256.67	153.50
PROJ	171.00	283.00
AB	331	491
R	41	70
H	85	127
2B	20	24
3B	3	1
HR	7	27
RBI	38	83
SB	5	3
K	72	145
BB	27	38
AVG	.257	.259
OBP	.314	.310
SLG	.399	.477
OPS	.713	.786

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	153.0	32.0
AB	216	116
R	32	13
H	58	22
2B	13	6
3B	2	0
HR	7	2
RBI	28	16
SB	5	0
K	43	35
BB	35	4
AVG	.269	.190
OBP	.373	.220
SLG	.444	.293
OPS	.817	.513

Recent News
	Brewers' Joey Ortiz: Idle Tuesday Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Joey Ortiz, Brewers frustrated by call at first base against Rockies Published July 1st, 2024 via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel WATCH: Brewers manager Pat Murphy gets ejected after umpires rule Joey Ortiz out of baseline Published July 1st, 2024 via Sportskeeda Joey Ortiz Returning On Monday Published July 1st, 2024 Brewers' Joey Ortiz: Returning to Milwaukee lineup Published July 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Brewers' Joey Ortiz: Returns to Milwaukee lineup Published July 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Joey Ortiz Out Again On Sunday Published June 30th, 2024 Brewers' Joey Ortiz: Not starting Sunday Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Red Reposter - TJ Friedl's hamstring, Christian Encarnacion-Strand to 60-day IL Published June 27th, 2024 via MSN Reds News: Christian Encarnacion-Strand's surgery, former Cincy pitcher joins rival Published June 26th, 2024 via Blog Red Machine Reds' Christian Encarnacion-Strand to undergo wrist surgery Published June 25th, 2024 via Victoria Advocate Reds' Christian Encarnacion-Strand to undergo wrist surgery Published June 25th, 2024 via The Hastings Tribune Christian Encarnacion-Strand To Have Hand Surgery Published June 25th, 2024 Christian Encarnacion-Strand will have season-ending surgery on wrist Published June 25th, 2024 via The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati Reds' Christian Encarnacion-Strand To Undergo Season-Ending Wrist Surgery on July 11 Published June 25th, 2024 via BVM Sports Reds' Christian Encarnacion-Strand to have surgery on wrist Published June 25th, 2024 via ESPN

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