Should I draft Josh Bell or Christian Encarnacion-Strand?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Josh Bell 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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Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.98	1.54
ADP	256.55	153.45
PROJ	317.00	283.00
AB	523	491
R	67	70
H	136	127
2B	26	24
3B	0	1
HR	21	27
RBI	76	83
SB	0	3
K	116	145
BB	65	38
AVG	.260	.259
OBP	.345	.310
SLG	.430	.477
OPS	.775	.786

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	139.0	32.0
AB	305	116
R	29	13
H	73	22
2B	14	6
3B	1	0
HR	8	2
RBI	34	16
SB	0	0
K	61	35
BB	24	4
AVG	.239	.190
OBP	.303	.220
SLG	.371	.293
OPS	.673	.513

Recent News
	Josh Bell Props: June 28, Marlins vs. Phillies Published June 28th, 2024 via For The Win Josh Bell's RBI double \| 06/27/2024 \| Miami Marlins Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Marlins' Josh Bell: Receiving first day off Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Marlins' Josh Bell resting Monday Published June 24th, 2024 via FanDuel Research Marlins' Josh Bell: Slugs eighth homer Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Josh Bell's solo home run (8) \| 06/21/2024 \| Miami Marlins Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com Jon Heyman predicts Marlins' Josh Bell reunion with Pirates at MLB Trade Deadline Published June 21st, 2024 via MSN Josh Bell and Jake Burger Traded to Marlins: Fantasy Baseball Impact Published June 21st, 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 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 Christian Encarnacion-Strand to have season ending surgery Published June 25th, 2024 via redlegnation.com Christian Encarnacion-Strand To Undergo Wrist Surgery Published June 25th, 2024 via BVM Sports

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