Should I draft Will Benson or Ryan Mountcastle?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Will Benson or Ryan Mountcastle.

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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Ryan Mountcastle · Illness (Day To Day)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.98	1.02
ADP	Undrafted	225.47
PROJ	207.00	242.00
AB	370	448
R	62	60
H	87	116
2B	18	21
3B	5	0
HR	14	19
RBI	43	67
SB	17	3
K	138	118
BB	66	36
AVG	.235	.259
OBP	.348	.320
SLG	.424	.433
OPS	.772	.753

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	70.0	175.0
AB	232	300
R	25	43
H	44	82
2B	13	21
3B	2	1
HR	8	11
RBI	26	40
SB	11	2
K	105	68
BB	28	20
AVG	.190	.273
OBP	.280	.317
SLG	.366	.460
OPS	.647	.777

Recent News
	Reds' Will Benson: Contributes to win Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Reds' Will Benson: Logs steal in loss Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jeimer Candelario, Will Benson Not In Wednesday’s Lineup Published June 26th, 2024 Reds' Will Benson: Sitting out Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Reds' Will Benson: Returns, extends hitless streak Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Will Benson Returns To Reds Lineup Published June 25th, 2024 Reds' Will Benson: Back in action Tuesday Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Reds' Will Benson: Excluded from lineup vs. lefty Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Ryan Mountcastle's hitting, defense make him an All-Star finalist Published July 1st, 2024 via The Baltimore Banner Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle: Dealing with illness Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle: Sitting versus lefty Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Texas Rangers vs. Baltimore Orioles Prop Picks: Can Ryan Mountcastle Shine on Sunday Night Baseball? Published June 30th, 2024 via OddsChecker Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle: Day off Saturday Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Watch: Orioles 1B Ryan Mountcastle blasts home run to center field Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Ryan Mountcastle's sacrifice fly \| 06/27/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle: Tallies three hits Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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