Should I draft Josh Smith or Josh Palacios?

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

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	-0.23
ADP	256.22	Undrafted
PROJ	59.00	79.00
AB	130	162
R	17	20
H	28	40
2B	5	8
3B	1	0
HR	3	4
RBI	12	20
SB	3	3
K	33	36
BB	16	12
AVG	.215	.247
OBP	.306	.303
SLG	.339	.370
OPS	.645	.674

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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	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

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