Should I draft Michael Busch or Santiago Espinal?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Michael Busch or Santiago Espinal.

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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CIN · 2B,3B

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.45	-0.06
ADP	235.20	Undrafted
PROJ	173.00	105.00
AB	338	208
R	45	26
H	78	54
2B	16	11
3B	1	0
HR	13	2
RBI	45	21
SB	2	2
K	97	32
BB	43	17
AVG	.231	.260
OBP	.322	.322
SLG	.399	.341
OPS	.722	.663

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	119.0	79.0
AB	243	172
R	36	13
H	63	33
2B	13	3
3B	1	0
HR	10	4
RBI	30	21
SB	1	7
K	93	22
BB	37	12
AVG	.259	.192
OBP	.358	.239
SLG	.444	.279
OPS	.802	.518

Recent News
	Cubs' Michael Busch: Homers in victory Saturday Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Michael Busch opens up scoring for the Cubs Published June 29th, 2024 via ESPN Cubs' Michael Busch Dominates Brewers with 10th Season Homer and Record-Breaking First-Pitch Hits Published June 29th, 2024 via BVM Sports Watch: Michael Busch Pounds Second Pitch of Game For Two-run Homer Published June 29th, 2024 via Cubs Insider Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire 2024: James Wood, Noelvi Marte & Michael Busch Top Week 14 Waiver Wire Published June 29th, 2024 via FantasyAlarm Is it Time to Drop Michael Busch From Your Fantasy Team? Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Michael Busch: Chicago Cubs rookie improving on offense, defense Published June 24th, 2024 via Chicago Tribune Michael Busch Retreats To The Bench Friday Published June 21st, 2024	Reds' Santiago Espinal: Sitting in second straight game Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Reds' Santiago Espinal: Gets another turn at 3B Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Santiago Espinal's barehanded play \| 06/26/2024 \| Cincinnati Reds Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Reds' Santiago Espinal: Playing time trending upward Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Santiago Espinal's RBI single \| 06/23/2024 \| Cincinnati Reds Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Cincinnati Reds Roster Update: Santiago Espinal's Survival amidst Noelvi Marte's Return Published June 22nd, 2024 via BVM Sports How Santiago Espinal could survive Reds' roster crunch upon Noelvi Marte's return Published June 22nd, 2024 via Blog Red Machine Reds' Santiago Espinal: Gets another start Published June 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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