Should I draft Josh Smith or Cade Marlowe?

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

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	-0.24	-0.36
ADP	256.22	Undrafted
PROJ	59.00	43.00
AB	130	129
R	17	15
H	28	26
2B	5	5
3B	1	1
HR	3	3
RBI	12	14
SB	3	5
K	33	44
BB	16	11
AVG	.215	.202
OBP	.306	.268
SLG	.339	.326
OPS	.645	.593

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	158.0	0.0
AB	246	0
R	38	0
H	72	0
2B	18	0
3B	1	0
HR	7	0
RBI	32	0
SB	4	0
K	54	0
BB	25	0
AVG	.293	0.000
OBP	.385	0.000
SLG	.459	0.000
OPS	.845	0.000

Recent News
	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 Josh Smith's RBI single \| 06/25/2024 \| Texas Rangers Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Five most unlikely MLB All-Stars in Texas Rangers history Published June 25th, 2024 via The Dallas Morning News Texas Rangers Infielder Josh Smith Shines with All-Star-Worthy Stats in Breakout Season Published June 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports Breakout Season! Texas Rangers Infielder Josh Smith Putting Up All-Star Worthy First Half Published June 24th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated	Cade Marlowe Career Stats - MLB Published June 13th, 2024 via ESPN Cade Marlowe hits grand slam to stun Angels Published May 7th, 2024 via MLB.com Cade Marlowe hits grand slam to stun Angels Published April 9th, 2024 via MLB.com Cade Marlowe hits grand slam to stun Angels Published March 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com Mariners' Cade Marlowe: Sent down to Triple-A Published March 19th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cade Marlowe hits grand slam to stun Angels Published March 15th, 2024 via MLB.com Cade Marlowe Homers in Mariners Loss to Padres Published March 3rd, 2024 via From the Corner of Edgar & Dave Cade Marlowe crushes a two-run home run in the 2nd \| 03/03/2024 Published March 3rd, 2024 via MLB.com

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