Should I draft Josh Palacios or Kevin Newman?

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

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	-0.25
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	79.00	53.00
AB	162	115
R	20	12
H	40	28
2B	8	6
3B	0	0
HR	4	1
RBI	20	10
SB	3	2
K	36	15
BB	12	7
AVG	.247	.244
OBP	.303	.290
SLG	.370	.322
OPS	.674	.612

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	0.0	97.0
AB	0	173
R	0	25
H	0	49
2B	0	10
3B	0	1
HR	0	2
RBI	0	19
SB	0	3
K	0	25
BB	0	8
AVG	0.000	.283
OBP	0.000	.313
SLG	0.000	.387
OPS	0.000	.701

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	Fantasy Baseball Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks - Edmundo Sosa, Kevin Newman, Jordan Montgomery, Tanner Bibee, More Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Arizona Diamondbacks' Kevin Newman to debut at 3rd base against Minnesota Twins Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Diamondbacks' Kevin Newman getting a look at 3B Published June 27th, 2024 via Arizona Sports Red Sox Trade: Kevin Newman, Shortstop Solution from Diamondbacks Published June 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports Red Sox Could Look to Diamondbacks for 'Short-Term' Solution at Shortstop Published June 24th, 2024 via Heavy.com Red Sox Are a Potential Fit for Diamondbacks' Kevin Newman Published June 24th, 2024 via Heavy.com Kevin Newman handling shortstop for Diamondbacks Sunday Published June 23rd, 2024 via FanDuel Research Ex-Arizona star Kevin Newman brings 'stability' to D-backs Published June 21st, 2024 via Arizona Daily Star

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