Should I draft Zach McKinstry or Matt Thaiss?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Zach McKinstry or Matt Thaiss.

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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DET · 3B,RF,LF,SS,2B

LAA · C

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.01	-0.12
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	121.00	83.00
AB	268	201
R	34	23
H	60	42
2B	12	6
3B	3	0
HR	5	6
RBI	25	22
SB	7	1
K	64	56
BB	26	27
AVG	.224	.209
OBP	.298	.303
SLG	.347	.328
OPS	.645	.631

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	33.0	22.0
AB	130	65
R	10	7
H	24	14
2B	4	6
3B	2	0
HR	2	1
RBI	10	7
SB	4	0
K	39	25
BB	10	10
AVG	.185	.215
OBP	.247	.320
SLG	.292	.354
OPS	.539	.674

Recent News
	Tigers' Zach McKinstry: Absent from starting nine Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers' Zach McKinstry: Hitting bench Sunday Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers lineup: Zach McKinstry at shortstop Saturday night Published June 29th, 2024 via MLive.com Tigers' Zach McKinstry: Riding pine Friday Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers' Zach McKinstry: Sitting against righty Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers' Zach McKinstry: Idle against lefty Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers' Zach McKinstry: Goes deep in easy win Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers lineup: Akil Baddoo, Zach McKinstry starting series finale Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLive.com	Angels' Matt Thaiss: Getting start with O'Hoppe resting Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Angels' Matt Thaiss: Slugs homer Sunday Published May 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Matt Thaiss in lineup Sunday Published May 26th, 2024 via FantasyPros Matt Thaiss in lineup Wednesday Published May 22nd, 2024 via FantasyPros Matt Thaiss Career Stats - MLB - - ESPN (SG) Published May 9th, 2024 via ESPN Guardians nab Matt Thaiss at the plate \| 05/05/2024 Published May 5th, 2024 via MLB.com Angels' Matt Thaiss returning to bench Monday Published April 22nd, 2024 via numberFire Catcher Matt Thaiss Believes Jose Soriano Suffered From 'Bad Luck' In First Start Published April 18th, 2024 via MSN

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