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

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

Strong Recommendation

Taylor Ward

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Willi Castro

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LAA · DH,LF

MIN · 2B,CF,LF,SS,3B

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.85	0.88
ADP	158.57	247.60
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	170.0	166.0
AB	289	284
R	40	50
H	71	79
2B	15	21
3B	0	5
HR	14	7
RBI	41	27
SB	3	8
K	78	76
BB	36	26
AVG	.246	.278
OBP	.328	.362
SLG	.443	.461
OPS	.771	.824

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	Willi Castro Props: June 28, Twins vs. Mariners Published June 27th, 2024 via For The Win Willi Castro's RBI triple \| 06/27/2024 \| Minnesota Twins Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Willi Castro's RBI triple \| 06/27/2024 Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Willi Castro Extends Hit Streak To 10 Games Published June 27th, 2024 Twins' Willi Castro: Double, homer in win Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Make It Official! Twins 8, Diamondbacks 3: Willi Castro, Bona Fide Star Published June 26th, 2024 via Twins Daily Willi Castro crushes no-doubter for the Twins Published June 26th, 2024 via ESPN.co.uk Willi Castro's two-run home run (7) \| 06/26/2024 \| Minnesota Twins Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com

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