Should I draft Zach McKinstry or Rowdy Tellez?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Zach McKinstry or Rowdy Tellez.

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

PIT · 1B,DH

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.01	0.38
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	121.00	193.00
AB	268	346
R	34	38
H	60	84
2B	12	15
3B	3	1
HR	5	15
RBI	25	51
SB	7	1
K	64	79
BB	26	36
AVG	.224	.243
OBP	.298	.318
SLG	.347	.422
OPS	.645	.740

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	33.0	78.0
AB	130	198
R	10	20
H	24	47
2B	4	9
3B	2	0
HR	2	4
RBI	10	22
SB	4	1
K	39	48
BB	10	15
AVG	.185	.237
OBP	.247	.293
SLG	.292	.343
OPS	.539	.637

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	Oneil Cruz, Rowdy Tellez homer in win over Braves Published July 1st, 2024 via MLB.com A Pirates-Marlins trade to replace Rowdy Tellez with a familiar face Published July 1st, 2024 via MSN Pirates' Rowdy Tellez: Goes deep in win Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Oneil Cruz and Rowdy Tellez homer in 5th as the Pirates avoid sweep and beat the Braves 4-2 Published June 30th, 2024 via Torrington Register Citizen Big homers from Oneil Cruz, Rowdy Tellez lift Pirates to victory over Braves in series finale Published June 30th, 2024 via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rowdy Tellez's two-run home run (4) \| 06/30/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Pirates' Rowdy Tellez: Sitting against lefty Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rowdy Tellez's one year deal with Pirates leaves fans fuming - "We don't want him" Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN

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