Should I draft Whit Merrifield or Chris Taylor?

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

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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Whit Merrifield

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PHI · 2B,LF,3B

LAD · LF,SS,3B

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.98	0.56
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	192.00	168.00
AB	368	354
R	46	53
H	90	80
2B	18	17
3B	1	2
HR	7	13
RBI	42	50
SB	16	10
K	66	124
BB	23	39
AVG	.245	.226
OBP	.297	.303
SLG	.356	.396
OPS	.653	.699

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	70.0	24.0
AB	138	110
R	19	12
H	25	18
2B	4	2
3B	0	1
HR	3	2
RBI	9	12
SB	7	3
K	18	43
BB	15	12
AVG	.181	.164
OBP	.271	.256
SLG	.275	.255
OPS	.546	.511

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	Dodgers' Chris Taylor: Homers in loss Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Chris Taylor responding to Dodgers fans' DFA wishes in best way possible Published June 30th, 2024 via Dodgers Way Dodgers' Dave Roberts ready to give Chris Taylor 'runway' to more playing time Published June 30th, 2024 via OCRegister Chris Taylor will get a 'runway' at third base for Dodgers, says Dave Roberts Published June 30th, 2024 via True Blue LA Dodgers News: Dave Roberts reveals why he chose Chris Taylor over Andy Pages during extra-innings win Published June 30th, 2024 via Athlon Sports Andy Pages Not Injured; Dodgers Valued Chris Taylor's Baserunning In Extra Innings Vs. Giants Published June 30th, 2024 via Yardbarker Putting Chris Taylor's struggles into context Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Dodgers place Chris Taylor on the injured list and expect Max Muncy back vs. the Rockies Published June 24th, 2024 via Yahoo Movies Canada

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