Should I draft Yasmani Grandal or Brendan Donovan?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Yasmani Grandal or Brendan Donovan.

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	0.15	0.96
ADP	257.67	239.44
PROJ	116.00	199.00
AB	252	339
R	27	48
H	58	91
2B	9	15
3B	0	1
HR	6	7
RBI	28	38
SB	0	4
K	60	58
BB	36	38
AVG	.230	.268
OBP	.328	.342
SLG	.337	.381
OPS	.665	.723

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	36.0	179.0
AB	107	297
R	7	36
H	19	80
2B	4	18
3B	0	1
HR	2	8
RBI	16	41
SB	1	2
K	22	45
BB	5	21
AVG	.178	.269
OBP	.211	.335
SLG	.271	.418
OPS	.482	.753

Recent News
	Pirates' Yasmani Grandal: Getting rest day Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Yasmani Grandal's RBI single \| 06/24/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Pirates, Yasmani Grandal Agree To Deal Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN Pirates' Yasmani Grandal: Not starting Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Pirates' Yasmani Grandal: Absent from lineup Published June 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports Pirates' Yasmani Grandal: Getting breather Sunday Published June 16th, 2024 via CBS Sports Yasmani Grandal on mental error leading to steal of home: 'That can't happen' Published June 15th, 2024 via DKPittsburghSports.com Yasmani Grandal on mental error leading to steal of home: 'That can't happen' Published June 15th, 2024 via DKPittsburghSports.com	Cardinals' Brendan Donovan: Nabs second steal Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Brendan Donovan, Lance Lynn spark Cardinals over Braves Published June 25th, 2024 via Morganton News Herald Cardinals' Brendan Donovan: Racks up three hits in win Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Fantasy Waiver Wire Pickups Week 14 featuring Jarred Kelenic and Brendan Donovan Published June 24th, 2024 via Sportskeeda Brendan Donovan Collects Three Hits, Homers On Thursday Published June 24th, 2024 via MSN Ten Hochman: STL's Donnie Baseball? Cardinals' Brendan Donovan an RBI machine of late Published June 24th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Brendan Donovan Stays Red Hot, Homers Again On Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 Cardinals' Brendan Donovan: Homers again in win Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports

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