Should I draft Santiago Espinal or Nick Madrigal?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Santiago Espinal or Nick Madrigal.

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	-0.06	-0.08
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	105.00	100.00
AB	208	189
R	26	23
H	54	52
2B	11	9
3B	0	1
HR	2	1
RBI	21	17
SB	2	4
K	32	20
BB	17	10
AVG	.260	.275
OBP	.322	.315
SLG	.341	.349
OPS	.663	.664

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	79.0	32.0
AB	168	86
R	13	5
H	33	19
2B	3	3
3B	0	0
HR	4	0
RBI	21	10
SB	7	1
K	22	10
BB	12	4
AVG	.196	.221
OBP	.245	.280
SLG	.286	.256
OPS	.530	.535

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	Cubs INF Nick Madrigal breaks hand in first game after demotion Published June 7th, 2024 via Central Oregon Daily Cubs INF Nick Madrigal breaks hand in first game after demotion Published June 7th, 2024 via The Prescott Times Media Nick Madrigal fractures hand while with Cubs' Triple-A team Published June 7th, 2024 via ESPN Cubs INF Nick Madrigal breaks hand in first game after demotion Published June 7th, 2024 via The Albany Herald Cubs' Nick Madrigal Fractures Hand from Pitch, Impact on Infield Depth Chart and Future Considerations Published June 6th, 2024 via BVM Sports Cubs' Nick Madrigal Injury Update: Hand Fracture and Depth Chart Implications Published June 6th, 2024 via BVM Sports Chicago Cubs Injury Update: Infielder Nick Madrigal Suffers Fractured Hand at Triple-A Published June 6th, 2024 via BVM Sports Cubs' Nick Madrigal suffers crushing injury after MLB demotion Published June 6th, 2024 via ClutchPoints

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