Should I draft Josh Naylor or TJ Friedl?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Josh Naylor or TJ Friedl.

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.

Change Players in Draft Analysis

Select Player to Draft

Recommended

Josh Naylor

Change Player

TJ Friedl

Change Player

CLE · 1B,DH

CIN · LF,CF

Injury Alert

TJ Friedl · Hamstring (Day To Day)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.83	2.21
ADP	128.73	172.27
PROJ	351.00	283.00
AB	507	467
R	60	66
H	144	117
2B	33	19
3B	0	6
HR	20	12
RBI	90	56
SB	7	19
K	83	88
BB	40	46
AVG	.284	.251
OBP	.339	.320
SLG	.468	.394
OPS	.806	.714

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft Josh Naylor or Andrew Benintendi Draft Josh Naylor or Jake Cronenworth Draft Josh Naylor or Luis Rengifo Draft Josh Naylor or Wyatt Langford Draft Josh Naylor or Isaac Paredes	Draft TJ Friedl or Austin Hays Draft TJ Friedl or Alex Verdugo Draft TJ Friedl or Thairo Estrada Draft TJ Friedl or Masataka Yoshida Draft TJ Friedl or Jake Burger

Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	226.0	59.0
AB	293	96
R	46	14
H	71	20
2B	15	2
3B	0	0
HR	20	4
RBI	61	16
SB	3	6
K	60	19
BB	30	8
AVG	.242	.208
OBP	.320	.309
SLG	.498	.354
OPS	.819	.663

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	Reds center fielder TJ Friedl leaves game against Pirates after making a diving catch Published June 30th, 2024 via MSN TJ Friedl's injury timeline thrusts this ill-suited Reds player into everyday role Published June 25th, 2024 via Blog Red Machine Reds OF TJ Friedl on IL, Cincinnati beats Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 24th, 2024 via The Cincinnati Enquirer Reds Put TJ Friedl On 10-Day Injured List Published June 24th, 2024 Reds call up Levi Jordan, put TJ Friedl on the injured list Published June 24th, 2024 via redlegnation.com Cincinnati Reds' TJ Friedl Lands on IL Again with 3rd Injury in '24 Published June 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports TJ Friedl placed on injured list with right hamstring injury Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com TJ Friedl placed on injured list with right hamstring injury Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com

New Seasons Now Available

Free Tools

Use our free tools to become a fantasy expert and dominate your league!

Get started in seconds
Sync unlimited leagues for free - no paywalls!
Customized for your league, roster and scoring settings
Support for football, baseball, basketball and hockey
Roto and point-based support
Live Draft Syncing
Draft decision analysis
Intuitive Mock Drafts
Insights on H2H matchups
Most scoring statistics supported
No manual entry required
Much, much more!!

Browser Extension