Should I draft Santiago Espinal or Zach McKinstry?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Santiago Espinal or Zach McKinstry.

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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CIN · 2B,3B

DET · 3B,RF,LF,SS,2B

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.06	-0.01
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	105.00	121.00
AB	208	268
R	26	34
H	54	60
2B	11	12
3B	0	3
HR	2	5
RBI	21	25
SB	2	7
K	32	64
BB	17	26
AVG	.260	.224
OBP	.322	.298
SLG	.341	.347
OPS	.663	.645

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	79.0	31.0
AB	168	126
R	13	9
H	33	24
2B	3	4
3B	0	2
HR	4	2
RBI	21	9
SB	7	4
K	22	39
BB	12	10
AVG	.196	.191
OBP	.245	.254
SLG	.286	.302
OPS	.530	.555

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	Tigers' Zach McKinstry: Sitting against righty Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers' Zach McKinstry: Idle against lefty Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers' Zach McKinstry: Goes deep in easy win Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers lineup: Akil Baddoo, Zach McKinstry starting series finale Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLive.com Tigers' Zach McKinstry: Sitting again Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers' Zach McKinstry: Idle Friday Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers lineup: Zach McKinstry at shortstop Tuesday night Published June 18th, 2024 via MLive.com Tigers' Zach McKinstry: Absent from lineup Published June 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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