Should I draft Josh Naylor or Andrew Benintendi?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Josh Naylor or Andrew Benintendi.

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

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Josh Naylor

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CHW · LF

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	3.10	1.86
ADP	128.73	257.91
PROJ	351.00	305.00
AB	507	550
R	60	70
H	144	149
2B	33	29
3B	0	1
HR	20	10
RBI	90	54
SB	7	10
K	83	91
BB	40	52
AVG	.284	.271
OBP	.339	.339
SLG	.468	.382
OPS	.806	.721

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	226.0	79.0
AB	293	234
R	46	17
H	71	45
2B	15	6
3B	0	0
HR	20	6
RBI	61	22
SB	3	2
K	60	47
BB	30	16
AVG	.242	.192
OBP	.320	.242
SLG	.498	.295
OPS	.819	.537

Recent News
	Josh Naylor Props: July 2, Guardians vs. White Sox Published July 2nd, 2024 via For The Win Josh Naylor Heating Up At The Plate Published July 1st, 2024 Josh Naylor Props: June 30, Guardians vs. Royals Published June 30th, 2024 via For The Win Ramirez homers, Josh Naylor two RBIs lead Guardians over Royals 7-2 Published June 29th, 2024 via The Associated Press Josh Naylor Props: June 29, Guardians vs. Royals Published June 29th, 2024 via For The Win Josh Naylor Missing Another Game Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 Guardians' Josh Naylor: Absent from lineup versus righty Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Josh Naylor Sitting Against A Lefty Published June 25th, 2024	White Sox Openly Shopping Andrew Benintendi Published July 1st, 2024 The White Sox Are Reportedly Shopping Andrew Benintendi Published June 30th, 2024 via Sports Mockery White Sox's Andrew Benintendi: Idle against lefty Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Andrew Benintendi and the Challenges of MLB Free Agency Deals Published June 29th, 2024 via WTNZ Andrew Benintendi Sitting Against Southpaw Published June 27th, 2024 White Sox's Andrew Benintendi: Hitting bench against lefty Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Sorry, Andrew Benintendi, but the White Sox' season is actually a lot uglier than it looks Published June 26th, 2024 via Chicago Sun-Times White Sox's Andrew Benintendi: Third homer of June Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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