Should I draft Andrew McCutchen or Nelson Velazquez?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Andrew McCutchen or Nelson Velazquez.

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	0.15	0.89
ADP	257.98	Undrafted
PROJ	224.00	206.00
AB	385	413
R	54	54
H	91	90
2B	19	18
3B	0	1
HR	13	23
RBI	47	57
SB	7	9
K	95	130
BB	62	37
AVG	.236	.218
OBP	.346	.284
SLG	.387	.433
OPS	.733	.718

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	127.0	93.0
AB	263	205
R	42	31
H	61	41
2B	7	8
3B	1	1
HR	11	8
RBI	24	27
SB	2	2
K	78	61
BB	34	19
AVG	.232	.200
OBP	.331	.274
SLG	.392	.366
OPS	.723	.640

Recent News
	Max Fried strikes out Andrew McCutchen \| 06/29/2024 \| Atlanta Braves Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Pirates' Andrew McCutchen: Swats 11th homer Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Andrew McCutchen's homer lifts Pirates over Reds to claim key NL Central series win Published June 26th, 2024 via Butler Eagle Andrew McCutchen's two-run home run (11) \| 06/26/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Andrew McCutchen hits home run as Pirates beat Reds Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Pittsburgh McCutchen hits two-run homer, Pirates beat Reds to win series Published June 26th, 2024 via TSN Andrew McCutchen hits two-run homer, Pittsburgh Pirates beat Cincinnati Reds to win series Published June 26th, 2024 via TSN Pittsburgh Pirates Andrew McCutchen Joins Elite Group Published June 25th, 2024 via Yardbarker	Royals option OF Nelson Velazquez after rough start to 2024 Published June 27th, 2024 via MSN Nelson Velazquez (2 HRs), Royals overpower Twins Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN Royals option OF Nelson Velazquez after rough start to 2024 Published June 25th, 2024 via MSN Michael Massey Reinstated, Nelson Velazquez Optioned Published June 24th, 2024 Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Sent back to Triple-A Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Back in lineup Sunday Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Sitting again Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Absent from lineup again Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports

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