Should I draft Matt Thaiss or Victor Caratini?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Matt Thaiss or Victor Caratini.

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	-0.12	-0.04
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	83.00	97.00
AB	201	215
R	23	24
H	42	50
2B	6	7
3B	0	0
HR	6	6
RBI	22	27
SB	1	0
K	56	50
BB	27	21
AVG	.209	.233
OBP	.303	.301
SLG	.328	.349
OPS	.631	.650

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	22.0	64.0
AB	65	105
R	7	13
H	14	26
2B	6	5
3B	0	1
HR	1	4
RBI	7	17
SB	0	0
K	25	16
BB	10	5
AVG	.215	.248
OBP	.320	.287
SLG	.354	.429
OPS	.674	.716

Recent News
	Angels' Matt Thaiss: Getting start with O'Hoppe resting Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Angels' Matt Thaiss: Slugs homer Sunday Published May 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Matt Thaiss in lineup Sunday Published May 26th, 2024 via FantasyPros Matt Thaiss in lineup Wednesday Published May 22nd, 2024 via FantasyPros Matt Thaiss Career Stats - MLB - - ESPN (SG) Published May 9th, 2024 via ESPN Guardians nab Matt Thaiss at the plate \| 05/05/2024 Published May 5th, 2024 via MLB.com Angels' Matt Thaiss returning to bench Monday Published April 22nd, 2024 via numberFire Catcher Matt Thaiss Believes Jose Soriano Suffered From 'Bad Luck' In First Start Published April 18th, 2024 via MSN	Victor Caratini Starts Running And Throwing Published July 3rd, 2024 Astros' Victor Caratini: Running and throwing Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Astros catcher Victor Caratini ramping up activity after hip flexor strain Published June 30th, 2024 via Houston Chronicle Astros place C Victor Caratini (hip flexor) on 10-day IL Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN Astros' Victor Caratini: Out up to four weeks Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Astros' Victor Caratini could miss several weeks with hip flexor strain Published June 23rd, 2024 via Houston Chronicle Astros place Victor Caratini on injured list, bring up Joey Loperfido Published June 22nd, 2024 via MSN Astros place C Victor Caratini (hip flexor) on 10-day injured list Published June 21st, 2024 via Newsbug.info

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