Should I draft Whit Merrifield or Carlos Santana?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Whit Merrifield or Carlos Santana.

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	0.98	1.11
ADP	Undrafted	254.57
PROJ	192.00	253.00
AB	368	425
R	46	56
H	90	97
2B	18	20
3B	1	0
HR	7	17
RBI	42	58
SB	16	2
K	66	89
BB	23	58
AVG	.245	.228
OBP	.297	.320
SLG	.356	.395
OPS	.653	.716

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	70.0	173.0
AB	138	272
R	19	32
H	25	69
2B	4	15
3B	0	0
HR	3	12
RBI	9	39
SB	7	2
K	18	47
BB	15	27
AVG	.181	.254
OBP	.271	.330
SLG	.275	.441
OPS	.546	.771

Recent News
	What Should the Phillies Do with Whit Merrifield? Published June 30th, 2024 via Philadelphia Sports Nation Phillies' Whit Merrifield: Playing time trending up Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS 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	Twins' Carlos Santana: Three hits in win Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Carlos Santana Props: June 28, Twins vs. Mariners Published June 27th, 2024 via For The Win Carlos Santana's RBI double \| 06/27/2024 \| Minnesota Twins Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Carlos Santana's tumbling catch \| 06/26/2024 \| Minnesota Twins Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Carlos Santana - Stats - Batting Published June 26th, 2024 via FanGraphs Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Carlos Santana smashing, Joey Loperfido and Heston Kjerstad finally emerging Published June 25th, 2024 via Yahoo Sports Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Carlos Santana smashing, Joey Loperfido and Heston Kjerstad finally emerging Published June 25th, 2024 via NBC Sports Carlos Santana hits walk-off single in Twins' win vs. Rays Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com

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