Should I draft Santiago Espinal or Gabriel Arias?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Santiago Espinal or Gabriel Arias.

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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Please note dynasty rankings are based upon our 2024 Preseason Projections and do not consider in-season performance.

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

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CIN · 2B,3B

CLE · SS,3B,1B

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.07	-0.08
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	105.00	104.00
AB	208	281
R	26	33
H	54	62
2B	11	12
3B	0	1
HR	2	8
RBI	21	29
SB	2	3
K	32	85
BB	17	24
AVG	.260	.221
OBP	.322	.287
SLG	.341	.356
OPS	.663	.643

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	79.0	47.0
AB	168	141
R	13	15
H	33	34
2B	3	9
3B	0	1
HR	4	3
RBI	21	15
SB	7	5
K	22	47
BB	12	5
AVG	.196	.241
OBP	.245	.270
SLG	.286	.383
OPS	.530	.653

Recent News
	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 Reds' Santiago Espinal: Provides offense in win Published June 19th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Gabriel Arias Steals A Base Wednesday Published June 27th, 2024 Guardians' Gabriel Arias: Homers, steals base in loss Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Guardians' Gabriel Arias: Drives in three in win Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Gunnar Henderson nabs Gabriel Arias at home \| 06/25/2024 Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Gabriel Arias' two-run double \| 06/25/2024 Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Guardians' Gabriel Arias Ejected After Arguing With Home Plate Umpire Published June 24th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated David Fry back in lineup, Gabriel Arias reinstated in series of moves: Guardians takeaways Published June 24th, 2024 via cleveland.com Guardians Roster Moves: Xzavion Curry Recalled, Gabriel Arias Activated Published June 24th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated

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