Should I draft Richie Palacios or Kevin Newman?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Richie Palacios or Kevin Newman.

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	-0.25
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	65.00	53.00
AB	117	115
R	15	12
H	27	28
2B	7	6
3B	0	0
HR	2	1
RBI	13	10
SB	3	2
K	22	15
BB	16	7
AVG	.231	.244
OBP	.326	.290
SLG	.342	.322
OPS	.668	.612

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	111.0	97.0
AB	207	173
R	36	25
H	52	49
2B	8	10
3B	0	1
HR	4	2
RBI	18	19
SB	13	3
K	55	25
BB	27	8
AVG	.251	.283
OBP	.345	.313
SLG	.348	.387
OPS	.692	.701

Recent News
	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	Fantasy Baseball Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks - Edmundo Sosa, Kevin Newman, Jordan Montgomery, Tanner Bibee, More Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Arizona Diamondbacks' Kevin Newman to debut at 3rd base against Minnesota Twins Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Diamondbacks' Kevin Newman getting a look at 3B Published June 27th, 2024 via Arizona Sports Red Sox Trade: Kevin Newman, Shortstop Solution from Diamondbacks Published June 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports Red Sox Could Look to Diamondbacks for 'Short-Term' Solution at Shortstop Published June 24th, 2024 via Heavy.com Red Sox Are a Potential Fit for Diamondbacks' Kevin Newman Published June 24th, 2024 via Heavy.com Kevin Newman handling shortstop for Diamondbacks Sunday Published June 23rd, 2024 via FanDuel Research Ex-Arizona star Kevin Newman brings 'stability' to D-backs Published June 21st, 2024 via Arizona Daily Star

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