Should I draft Josh Palacios or Josh Smith?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Josh Palacios or Josh Smith.

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	-0.23	-0.24
ADP	Undrafted	256.44
PROJ	79.00	59.00
AB	162	130
R	20	17
H	40	28
2B	8	5
3B	0	1
HR	4	3
RBI	20	12
SB	3	3
K	36	33
BB	12	16
AVG	.247	.215
OBP	.303	.306
SLG	.370	.339
OPS	.674	.645

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	0.0	162.0
AB	0	255
R	0	38
H	0	74
2B	0	18
3B	0	1
HR	0	7
RBI	0	33
SB	0	4
K	0	54
BB	0	26
AVG	0.000	.290
OBP	0.000	.384
SLG	0.000	.451
OPS	0.000	.835

Recent News
	Pirates' Josh Palacios: Nursing leg injury Published March 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Pirates' Josh Palacios: Sitting out Saturday Published September 30th, 2023 via CBS Sports Josh Palacios batting sixth for Pirates Thursday Published September 28th, 2023 via numberFire Pirates' Josh Palacios: Out against lefty Published September 27th, 2023 via CBS Sports Pirates' Josh Palacios batting sixth on Tuesday Published September 26th, 2023 via numberFire Pirates' Josh Palacios: Out of Sunday's lineup Published September 24th, 2023 via CBS Sports Pirates' Josh Palacios: Not in lineup Friday Published September 22nd, 2023 via CBS Sports Pirates' Josh Palacios: Belts big homer off bench Published September 22nd, 2023 via CBS Sports	Josh Smith Props: June 30, Rangers vs. Orioles Published June 30th, 2024 via For The Win Josh Smith Is Cutting Through the Heart and Breaking Out Published June 28th, 2024 via FanGraphs Josh Smith Props: June 28, Rangers vs. Orioles Published June 28th, 2024 via For The Win Josh Smith makes an incredible diving stop \| 06/27/2024 Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Texas Rangers' Josh Smith taken to hospital after getting hit in face with pitch Published June 27th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports Rangers' Josh Smith: Still at third base Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Why Josh Smith went off script with critical decision in Rangers' win over Royals Published June 25th, 2024 via MSN Josh Smith's RBI single \| 06/25/2024 \| Texas Rangers Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com

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