Should I draft Taylor Ward or Whit Merrifield?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Taylor Ward or Whit Merrifield.

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	2.17	0.97
ADP	158.57	Undrafted
PROJ	287.00	192.00
AB	463	368
R	72	46
H	118	90
2B	25	18
3B	0	1
HR	19	7
RBI	64	42
SB	5	16
K	107	66
BB	53	23
AVG	.255	.245
OBP	.330	.297
SLG	.432	.356
OPS	.762	.653

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	170.0	71.0
AB	289	134
R	40	18
H	71	25
2B	15	4
3B	0	0
HR	14	3
RBI	41	9
SB	3	7
K	78	15
BB	36	14
AVG	.246	.187
OBP	.328	.269
SLG	.443	.284
OPS	.771	.552

Recent News
	Braves Trade Proposal Adds Resurgent Angels Outfielder for Top-5 Prospect Published June 27th, 2024 via Heavy.com Time to Trade Taylor Ward: Angels' GM Urged to Act Quickly for Maximum Return on Outfielder Published June 26th, 2024 via BVM Sports Angels' Taylor Ward: Goes yard again Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Mitch Spence strikes out Taylor Ward \| 06/25/2024 \| Oakland Athletics Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Taylor Ward Snaps Home Run Drought On Monday Published June 25th, 2024 Taylor Ward and Griffin Canning lift Angels to victory over Athletics Published June 24th, 2024 via Los Angeles Times Angels' Taylor Ward: Homers in Monday's win Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tyler Soderstrom's Home Run Stolen by Taylor Ward in Oakland A's Game Against Angels Published June 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports	Whit Merrifield reveals reason he decided to sign with Phillies Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN Former Blue Jays utility player Whit Merrifield signs one-year deal with the Phillies Published June 24th, 2024 via MSN Whit Merrifield throws out Gabriel Moreno \| 06/21/2024 \| Philadelphia Phillies Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com Whit Merrifield's RBI single \| 06/12/2024 \| Philadelphia Phillies Published June 12th, 2024 via MLB.com Phillies' Whit Merrifield: Replaces resting Sosa in lineup Published June 12th, 2024 via CBS Sports Whit Merrifield's hilarious quote puts his struggles with Phillies into perspective Published June 11th, 2024 via That Balls Outta Here Whit Merrifield's RBI single \| 06/09/2024 \| Philadelphia Phillies Published June 9th, 2024 via MLB.com Whit Merrifield Hits Third Home Run Of The Season Published June 9th, 2024

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