Should I draft Alek Thomas or Esteury Ruiz?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Alek Thomas or Esteury Ruiz.

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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Please note dynasty rankings are based upon our 2024 Preseason Projections and do not consider in-season performance.

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

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ARI · CF

OAK · LF,CF

Injury Alert

Esteury Ruiz · Wrist (Out)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.15	1.81
ADP	Undrafted	161.30
PROJ	237.00	243.00
AB	450	445
R	59	57
H	116	110
2B	23	23
3B	5	1
HR	10	7
RBI	51	44
SB	9	56
K	94	101
BB	33	31
AVG	.258	.247
OBP	.313	.297
SLG	.398	.351
OPS	.711	.647

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	9.0	28.0
AB	17	55
R	2	10
H	3	11
2B	1	2
3B	0	1
HR	1	2
RBI	4	8
SB	0	5
K	5	20
BB	1	4
AVG	.177	.200
OBP	.222	.270
SLG	.412	.382
OPS	.634	.652

Recent News
	Alek Thomas returns from 'frustrating and stressful' injury rehab Published July 2nd, 2024 via Arizona Sports Alek Thomas Reinstated And Starting On Tuesday Published July 2nd, 2024 Arizona Diamondbacks move Alek Thomas & Gabriel Moreno off IL; Jordan Montgomery to injured list Published July 2nd, 2024 via BVM Sports D-backs' Alek Thomas, Gabriel Moreno return; Montgomery to IL Published July 2nd, 2024 via Arizona Sports Diamondbacks' Alek Thomas: Back from injured list Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports D-backs Centerfielder Alek Thomas Has Rehab Timeline Pushed out Again Published July 2nd, 2024 via MSN Diamondbacks' Alek Thomas: At least one more rehab game Published July 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Alek Thomas Rehab Update: Progress, Return Plans, and Next Game Revealed Published June 30th, 2024 via BVM Sports	Esteury Ruiz Hitting Off A Tee Published July 1st, 2024 Athletics' Esteury Ruiz: Starting to swing bat Published July 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Esteury Ruiz Getting Another Day Off Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN Joe Boyle gets his first win, Esteury Ruiz homers as Athletics top Tigers 4-1 Published June 25th, 2024 via Yahoo Lifestyle UK Esteury Ruiz Not Yet Ready For Baseball Activities Published June 20th, 2024 Athletics' Esteury Ruiz: In strengthening program Published June 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports Athletics place OF Esteury Ruiz (wrist) on injured list Published June 10th, 2024 via Central Oregon Daily Esteury Ruiz Dropped To Ninth In The Lineup Published June 7th, 2024 via MSN

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