Should I draft Masataka Yoshida or TJ Friedl?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Masataka Yoshida or TJ Friedl.

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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Please note dynasty rankings are based upon our 2024 Preseason Projections and do not consider in-season performance.

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

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BOS · LF,DH

CIN · LF,CF

Injury Alert

TJ Friedl · Hamstring (Day To Day)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.10	1.87
ADP	169.33	172.27
PROJ	341.00	283.00
AB	498	467
R	64	66
H	150	117
2B	29	19
3B	2	6
HR	15	12
RBI	69	56
SB	4	19
K	72	88
BB	48	46
AVG	.301	.251
OBP	.367	.320
SLG	.458	.394
OPS	.825	.714

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	68.0	59.0
AB	135	96
R	15	14
H	36	20
2B	7	2
3B	0	0
HR	2	4
RBI	14	16
SB	0	6
K	19	19
BB	9	8
AVG	.267	.208
OBP	.336	.309
SLG	.363	.354
OPS	.699	.663

Recent News
	2024 Fantasy Baseball Week 14 Drop List \| Jake Burger \| Masataka Yoshida Published July 3rd, 2024 via Fantasy Six Pack Masataka Yoshida Has Three Hits; Red Sox Beat Marlins 8-3 Published July 2nd, 2024 via The Japan News Masataka Yoshida's RBI single \| 07/02/2024 \| Boston Red Sox Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Red Sox finally give a Masataka Yoshida update and it's shockingly good Published July 2nd, 2024 via MSN Making sense of the Red Sox usage of Masataka Yoshida Published July 1st, 2024 via MSN Masataka Yoshida Has Two Hits; Red Sox Beat Padres 4-1 Published June 30th, 2024 via The Japan News Matt Waldron K's Masataka Yoshida \| 06/30/2024 \| San Diego Padres Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Masataka Yoshida's RBI double \| 06/25/2024 \| Boston Red Sox Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com	Reds center fielder TJ Friedl leaves game against Pirates after making a diving catch Published June 30th, 2024 via MSN TJ Friedl's injury timeline thrusts this ill-suited Reds player into everyday role Published June 25th, 2024 via Blog Red Machine Reds OF TJ Friedl on IL, Cincinnati beats Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 24th, 2024 via The Cincinnati Enquirer Reds Put TJ Friedl On 10-Day Injured List Published June 24th, 2024 Reds call up Levi Jordan, put TJ Friedl on the injured list Published June 24th, 2024 via redlegnation.com Cincinnati Reds' TJ Friedl Lands on IL Again with 3rd Injury in '24 Published June 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports TJ Friedl placed on injured list with right hamstring injury Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com TJ Friedl placed on injured list with right hamstring injury Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com

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