Should I draft Alec Burleson or Josh Palacios?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Alec Burleson or Josh Palacios.

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	-0.19	-0.23
ADP	254.87	Undrafted
PROJ	87.00	79.00
AB	172	162
R	18	20
H	45	40
2B	8	8
3B	0	0
HR	4	4
RBI	20	20
SB	0	3
K	28	36
BB	12	12
AVG	.262	.247
OBP	.316	.303
SLG	.378	.370
OPS	.693	.674

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	166.0	0.0
AB	263	0
R	32	0
H	73	0
2B	11	0
3B	0	0
HR	12	0
RBI	38	0
SB	5	0
K	40	0
BB	11	0
AVG	.278	0.000
OBP	.312	0.000
SLG	.456	0.000
OPS	.768	0.000

Recent News
	Extended interview: Cardinals' outfielder Alec Burleson on team's 2-0 win over Reds Published June 30th, 2024 via KSDK.com Alec Burleson: Teammate's comment comparing this season to last helped spark Cardinals' turnaround Published June 30th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Alec Burleson Props: June 29, Cardinals vs. Reds Published June 29th, 2024 via For The Win Ryan Helsley, Alec Burleson spark the Cardinals to 1-0 victory over the Reds Published June 29th, 2024 via The Washington Post Ryan Helsley, Alec Burleson spark the Cardinals to 1-0 victory over the Reds - MLB Published June 28th, 2024 via Castanet.net Alec Burleson boosts Cardinals' prospects after historic trade blunder Published June 28th, 2024 via BVM Sports Alec Burleson's emergence lessens the blow of this historically bad Cardinals' trade Published June 28th, 2024 via Red Bird Rants Alec Burleson Props: June 28, Cardinals vs. Reds Published June 28th, 2024 via For The Win	Pirates' Josh Palacios: Nursing leg injury Published March 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Pirates' Josh Palacios: Sitting out Saturday Published September 30th, 2023 via CBS Sports Josh Palacios batting sixth for Pirates Thursday Published September 28th, 2023 via numberFire Pirates' Josh Palacios: Out against lefty Published September 27th, 2023 via CBS Sports Pirates' Josh Palacios batting sixth on Tuesday Published September 26th, 2023 via numberFire Pirates' Josh Palacios: Out of Sunday's lineup Published September 24th, 2023 via CBS Sports Pirates' Josh Palacios: Not in lineup Friday Published September 22nd, 2023 via CBS Sports Pirates' Josh Palacios: Belts big homer off bench Published September 22nd, 2023 via CBS Sports

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