Should I draft Alec Burleson or Lawrence Butler?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Alec Burleson or Lawrence Butler.

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	-0.15
ADP	255.38	Undrafted
PROJ	87.00	103.00
AB	172	249
R	18	29
H	45	56
2B	8	11
3B	0	0
HR	4	7
RBI	20	29
SB	0	7
K	28	71
BB	12	21
AVG	.262	.225
OBP	.316	.286
SLG	.378	.353
OPS	.693	.640

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	167.0	25.0
AB	255	131
R	32	10
H	72	22
2B	11	6
3B	0	0
HR	12	2
RBI	37	8
SB	5	3
K	37	45
BB	11	15
AVG	.282	.168
OBP	.315	.252
SLG	.467	.260
OPS	.782	.511

Recent News
	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 Alec Burleson doubles in the first runs of the game Published June 26th, 2024 via ESPN.co.uk Cardinals ready to ship out Alec Burleson at deadline after Marlins walk-off loss Published June 24th, 2024 via MSN Cardinals' Alec Burleson: Stays hot at plate Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Weekend At Bernie's: Alec Burleson Has Figured It Out. That's Great For the Cardinals and Trouble For Pitchers ... Published June 23rd, 2024 via Scoops with Danny Mac Alec Burleson Knocks In Five Runs On Saturday Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN	Lawrence Butler's sac fly \| 06/25/2024 \| Oakland Athletics Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Athletics' Lawrence Butler: On bench against lefty Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Lawrence Butler breaks up perfect game with single \| 06/23/2024 Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Lawrence Butler Swinging His Way to Success Published June 22nd, 2024 via MSN Lawrence Butler's Impressive Hitting Stats and Manager's Belief in Aggressive Approach Published June 21st, 2024 via BVM Sports Lawrence Butler Swinging His Way to Success Published June 21st, 2024 via Yardbarker Oakland Athletics outfielder Lawrence Butler Swinging His Way to Success Published June 21st, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Tyler Nevin, Lawrence Butler discuss returning from Triple-A Las Vegas Published June 19th, 2024 via Marin Independent Journal

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