Should I draft Alek Thomas or Jarren Duran?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Alek Thomas or Jarren Duran.

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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Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.15	2.18
ADP	Undrafted	190.29
PROJ	237.00	269.00
AB	450	504
R	59	71
H	116	127
2B	23	35
3B	5	6
HR	10	13
RBI	51	56
SB	9	25
K	94	138
BB	33	42
AVG	.258	.252
OBP	.313	.312
SLG	.398	.423
OPS	.711	.734

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	9.0	240.0
AB	17	348
R	2	58
H	3	100
2B	1	23
3B	0	10
HR	1	10
RBI	4	40
SB	0	21
K	5	84
BB	1	32
AVG	.177	.287
OBP	.222	.351
SLG	.412	.497
OPS	.634	.848

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	Jarren Duran Adds Another Homer And Steal Tuesday Published July 3rd, 2024 Red Sox's Jarren Duran: Homers, steals in win Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Red Sox Notes: Jarren Duran 'Very Dangerous' During Power Surge Published July 2nd, 2024 via NESN Red Sox' 'very dangerous' Jarren Duran continues power surge, makes AL history Published July 2nd, 2024 via MassLive.com Jarren Duran's solo home run (10) \| 07/02/2024 \| Boston Red Sox Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Jarren Duran becomes first AL player ever to accomplish this feat Published July 2nd, 2024 via NBC Sports Boston Duran, Houck make MLB All-Star cases for each other, Wong Published July 2nd, 2024 via NBC Sports Boston Nine innings with the Red Sox, starting with the joy of watching Jarren Duran Published July 2nd, 2024 via Boston.com

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