Should I draft Martin Maldonado or Richie Palacios?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Martin Maldonado or Richie 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	-0.31	-0.24
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	50.00	65.00
AB	200	117
R	21	15
H	36	27
2B	6	7
3B	0	0
HR	7	2
RBI	22	13
SB	0	3
K	73	22
BB	17	16
AVG	.180	.231
OBP	.250	.326
SLG	.315	.342
OPS	.565	.668

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	-14.0	111.0
AB	120	207
R	5	36
H	10	52
2B	2	8
3B	0	0
HR	1	4
RBI	5	18
SB	0	13
K	46	55
BB	7	27
AVG	.083	.251
OBP	.134	.345
SLG	.125	.348
OPS	.259	.692

Recent News
	White Sox's Martin Maldonado: Filling in for resting Lee Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Martin Maldonado talks Astros reunion, role with White Sox Published June 20th, 2024 via Chron Don't dismiss Martin Maldonado's contributions to Astros' dynasty Published June 19th, 2024 via MSN Martin Maldonado deserves credit for role in Astros' dynasty Published June 18th, 2024 via Chron Diamondbacks manager details intentional balk strategy vs. White Sox catcher Martin Maldonado Published June 16th, 2024 via BVM Sports Seeing is believing? White Sox' Martin Maldonado hopes glasses make a difference Published May 29th, 2024 via Chicago Sun-Times White Sox's Martin Maldonado: Catching while Lee serves as DH Published May 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Martin Maldonado in lineup Saturday Published May 25th, 2024 via FantasyPros	Rays' Richie Palacios: Notches three hits Published July 3rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Richie Palacios: Hitting bench against lefty Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Keibert Ruiz nabs Richie Palacios stealing second \| 06/29/2024 Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Rays' Richie Palacios: Getting break Friday Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Richie Palacios: Active in win Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Richie Palacios scores on wild pitch Published June 24th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports Rays' Richie Palacios: Swipes 11th bag Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Richie Palacios: Sitting Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports

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