Should I draft Ryan Mountcastle or Andy Ibanez?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Ryan Mountcastle or Andy Ibanez.

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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BAL · 1B,DH

DET · LF,2B

Injury Alert

Ryan Mountcastle · Illness (Day To Day)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.02	-0.01
ADP	225.47	Undrafted
PROJ	242.00	130.00
AB	448	252
R	60	29
H	116	63
2B	21	14
3B	0	0
HR	19	7
RBI	67	29
SB	3	1
K	118	47
BB	36	20
AVG	.259	.250
OBP	.320	.304
SLG	.433	.389
OPS	.753	.693

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	175.0	60.0
AB	300	118
R	43	19
H	82	35
2B	21	6
3B	1	1
HR	11	2
RBI	40	19
SB	2	1
K	68	32
BB	20	4
AVG	.273	.297
OBP	.317	.325
SLG	.460	.415
OPS	.777	.741

Recent News
	Ryan Mountcastle's hitting, defense make him an All-Star finalist Published July 1st, 2024 via The Baltimore Banner Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle: Dealing with illness Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle: Sitting versus lefty Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Texas Rangers vs. Baltimore Orioles Prop Picks: Can Ryan Mountcastle Shine on Sunday Night Baseball? Published June 30th, 2024 via OddsChecker Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle: Day off Saturday Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Watch: Orioles 1B Ryan Mountcastle blasts home run to center field Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Ryan Mountcastle's sacrifice fly \| 06/27/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle: Tallies three hits Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Tigers lineup: Andy Ibanez at second base, Colt Keith at DH Published June 28th, 2024 via MLive.com Tigers' Andy Ibanez: Leads offense in win Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers lineup: Justyn-Henry Malloy in left, Andy Ibanez at first base on Monday night Published June 17th, 2024 via Chat Sports Tigers lineup: Justyn-Henry Malloy in left, Andy Ibanez at first base on Monday night Published June 17th, 2024 via MLive.com Tigers lineup: Ryan Kreidler, Andy Ibanez get infield starts in finale Published June 13th, 2024 via MLive.com Tigers' Andy Ibanez: Late addition to Friday's lineup Published May 31st, 2024 via CBS Sports Andy Ibanez in starting lineup Sunday Published May 26th, 2024 via FantasyPros Andy Ibanez in lineup Wednesday Published May 22nd, 2024 via FantasyPros

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