Should I draft Taylor Ward or Willi Castro?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Taylor Ward or Willi Castro.

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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LAA · DH,LF

MIN · 2B,CF,LF,SS,3B

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.17	0.80
ADP	155.98	249.14
PROJ	287.00	177.00
AB	463	382
R	72	54
H	118	94
2B	25	17
3B	0	2
HR	19	9
RBI	64	37
SB	5	19
K	107	101
BB	53	26
AVG	.255	.246
OBP	.330	.297
SLG	.432	.372
OPS	.762	.669

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	167.0	149.0
AB	278	272
R	39	45
H	68	74
2B	14	20
3B	0	4
HR	14	6
RBI	41	24
SB	3	8
K	76	74
BB	36	26
AVG	.245	.272
OBP	.328	.356
SLG	.446	.441
OPS	.774	.797

Recent News
	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 Ward hits two-run homer to back Canning and help Angels beat Athletics 5-1 Published June 24th, 2024 via The Santa Rosa Press Democrat Angels' Taylor Ward: Delivers winning knock Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Taylor Ward has become the consistent run producer in Angels' lineup Published June 18th, 2024 via MSN Sal Frelick robs Taylor Ward of a tying home run to end the Brewers' 6-3 win over the Angels Published June 18th, 2024 via The Associated Press	Willi Castro plays, and plays well, wherever Twins need him Published June 24th, 2024 via Star Tribune Kyle Farmer reaches on FC, Willi Castro scores \| 06/23/2024 Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Willi Castro Has Productive Day At The Plate Published June 22nd, 2024 Twins' Willi Castro: Clubs homer Friday Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Does Willi Castro deserve to be an All-Star? Published June 21st, 2024 via Athlon Sports Breaking down Willi Castro's home run \| 06/21/2024 \| Minnesota Twins Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com Twins 5, A's 6: Willi Castro Heroics go for Naught in Yet Another One-Run Loss Published June 21st, 2024 via Twins Daily Willi Castro's three-run home run (6) Published June 21st, 2024 via Yahoo Sports

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