Should I draft Samad Taylor or Braden Shewmake?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Samad Taylor or Braden Shewmake.

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	-0.32	-0.28
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	41.00	42.00
AB	83	117
R	10	13
H	19	24
2B	3	5
3B	0	0
HR	2	2
RBI	9	11
SB	7	2
K	25	27
BB	12	8
AVG	.229	.205
OBP	.326	.260
SLG	.337	.299
OPS	.664	.559

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	3.0	17.0
AB	5	64
R	2	4
H	2	8
2B	0	2
3B	0	0
HR	0	1
RBI	0	4
SB	0	5
K	1	10
BB	0	1
AVG	.400	.125
OBP	.400	.134
SLG	.400	.203
OPS	.800	.338

Recent News
	SOURCE SPORTS: Seattle Mariners' Samad Taylor Drops His R&B-Laced Playlist On Black Baseball Mixtape - The ... Published June 21st, 2024 via The Source Magazine Seattle Mariners Prospect Samad Taylor Steals Home in Electrifying Fashion Published May 23rd, 2024 via BVM Sports Mariners' Minor Leaguer Steals Home in Electric Fashion on Wednesday Published May 23rd, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Mariners acquire ex-Jays prospect Taylor from Royals Published May 19th, 2024 via BarDown Samad Taylor sent back to Triple-A Tacoma Published April 8th, 2024 via FantasyPros Mariners' Samad Taylor: Returns to Triple-A Published April 8th, 2024 via CBS Sports Samad Taylor sitting Sunday for Mariners Published April 7th, 2024 via numberFire Samad Taylor starting Saturday for Mariners Published April 6th, 2024 via numberFire	White Sox's Braden Shewmake: Shut down at Triple-A Published June 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports White Sox's Braden Shewmake: Optioned to AAA Published May 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports White Sox's Braden Shewmake: Optioned to Triple-A Published May 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports Keibert Ruiz nabs Braden Shewmake after review \| 05/14/2024 Published May 15th, 2024 via MLB.com Keibert Ruiz nabs Braden Shewmake after review \| 05/14/2024 Published May 15th, 2024 via MLB.com Braden Shewmake's sacrifice fly to right \| 05/14/2024 \| Chicago White Sox Published May 14th, 2024 via MLB.com Braden Shewmake's RBI single \| 05/05/2024 \| Chicago White Sox Published May 5th, 2024 via MLB.com White Sox's Braden Shewmake: Gets fourth straight start Published May 5th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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