Should I draft Tom Murphy or Santiago Espinal?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Tom Murphy or Santiago Espinal.

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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Injury Alert

Tom Murphy · Knee (Out)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.23	-0.06
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	63.00	105.00
AB	147	208
R	18	26
H	35	54
2B	7	11
3B	0	0
HR	5	2
RBI	18	21
SB	0	2
K	44	32
BB	14	17
AVG	.238	.260
OBP	.307	.322
SLG	.388	.341
OPS	.695	.663

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	3.0	78.0
AB	34	156
R	3	13
H	4	32
2B	1	3
3B	0	0
HR	1	4
RBI	2	21
SB	0	7
K	14	22
BB	4	12
AVG	.118	.205
OBP	.211	.256
SLG	.235	.301
OPS	.446	.557

Recent News
	Catcher Tom Murphy and the San Francisco Giants finalize $8.25 million, 2-year contract Published June 20th, 2024 via MSN Giants' Tom Murphy: Resumes baseball activities Published June 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tom Murphy (knee) moved to 60-day IL Published May 15th, 2024 via FantasyPros Giants sign Curt Casali, move Tom Murphy to 60-Day IL Published May 15th, 2024 via McCovey Chronicles Giants' Tom Murphy: Moved to 60-day IL Published May 15th, 2024 via CBS Sports SF Giants injury updates: Patrick Bailey, Blake Snell, and Tom Murphy Published May 7th, 2024 via McCovey Chronicles Tom Murphy Expected To Miss 4-6 Weeks With Knee Injury Published May 6th, 2024 SF Giants take sigh of relief as Tom Murphy avoids surgery Published May 6th, 2024 via The Mercury News	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 Nick Lodolo outduels Bailey Falter, Santiago Espinal homer leads Reds past Pirates Published June 19th, 2024 via TribLIVE.com Santiago Espinal's homer lifts Reds past Pirates \| National \| bloomeradvance.com Published June 18th, 2024 via Bloomer Advance

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