Should I draft Austin Barnes or Tom Murphy?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Austin Barnes or Tom Murphy.

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	-0.28	-0.23
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	54.00	63.00
AB	141	147
R	17	18
H	29	35
2B	4	7
3B	0	0
HR	3	5
RBI	13	18
SB	1	0
K	34	44
BB	15	14
AVG	.206	.238
OBP	.289	.307
SLG	.298	.388
OPS	.587	.695

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	9.0	3.0
AB	44	34
R	2	3
H	8	4
2B	1	1
3B	0	0
HR	0	1
RBI	2	2
SB	0	0
K	11	14
BB	7	4
AVG	.182	.118
OBP	.294	.211
SLG	.205	.235
OPS	.499	.446

Recent News
	Dodgers' Austin Barnes: Fills in for resting Will Smith Published May 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Dodgers' Austin Barnes: Filling in for resting Will Smith Published May 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Barnes in the lineup Sunday Published May 26th, 2024 via FantasyPros Austin Barnes in lineup Thursday Published May 16th, 2024 via FantasyPros Austin Barnes catching for Dodgers on Thursday Published May 16th, 2024 via FanDuel Research Austin Barnes Has Bruised Temple Published May 13th, 2024 via MSN Austin Barnes in Dodgers' lineup on Sunday Published May 12th, 2024 via FanDuel Research Austin Barnes catching for Dodgers on Wednesday Published May 8th, 2024 via FanDuel Research	Tom Murphy (knee) moved to 60-day IL Published May 15th, 2024 via FantasyPros Giants' Tom Murphy: Moved to 60-day IL Published May 15th, 2024 via CBS Sports SF Giants injury updates: Patrick Bailey, Blake Snell, and Tom Murphy Published May 7th, 2024 via McCovey Chronicles Tom Murphy Expected To Miss 4-6 Weeks With Knee Injury Published May 6th, 2024 SF Giants take sigh of relief as Tom Murphy avoids surgery Published May 6th, 2024 via The Mercury News Giants' Tom Murphy: Out 4-to-6 weeks Published May 6th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tom Murphy expected to be out four to six weeks Published May 6th, 2024 via FantasyPros SF Giants take sigh of relief as Tom Murphy avoids surgery Published May 6th, 2024 via Marin Independent Journal

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