Should I draft Austin Hays or Byron Buxton?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Austin Hays or Byron Buxton.

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	1.89	1.70
ADP	Undrafted	232.90
PROJ	271.00	246.00
AB	522	420
R	70	69
H	136	96
2B	31	23
3B	2	1
HR	18	27
RBI	66	62
SB	4	11
K	129	139
BB	35	41
AVG	.261	.229
OBP	.311	.302
SLG	.431	.481
OPS	.742	.782

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	52.0	116.0
AB	123	215
R	16	33
H	31	56
2B	9	13
3B	0	3
HR	3	8
RBI	12	34
SB	0	5
K	32	64
BB	7	9
AVG	.252	.261
OBP	.316	.309
SLG	.398	.461
OPS	.715	.770

Recent News
	Austin Hays 2024 MLB Splits - ESPN (IN) Published June 30th, 2024 via ESPN India Orioles' Austin Hays: Rejoining lineup Sunday Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Orioles' Austin Hays: Dealing with knee soreness Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Why don't the Orioles play Austin Hays more? / MAILBAG Published June 25th, 2024 via BaltimoreBaseball.com Orioles' Austin Hays: Goes deep in win Published June 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Hays' two-run homer (3) \| 06/20/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published June 20th, 2024 via MLB.com Michael Tonkin strikes out Austin Hays \| 06/20/2024 \| New York Yankees Published June 20th, 2024 via MLB.com Baltimore Orioles Outlook Clouded by Ace's Injury Concern: Austin Hays Tributes and Team Turmoil Published June 19th, 2024 via BVM Sports	Is Byron Buxton officially 'back' for the Twins? Published June 30th, 2024 via Athlon Sports Byron Buxton Blasts Three-Run Homer Published June 30th, 2024 Byron Buxton, Pablo López lead Twins past Mariners Published June 30th, 2024 via St. Paul Pioneer Press Twins' Byron Buxton: Another big day at plate Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Byron Buxton buzzing along as Twins wrap Seattle series Published June 30th, 2024 via Reuters Byron Buxton's blast, 4 RBIs carry Twins past Mariners Published June 30th, 2024 via Deadspin Byron Buxton homers has four RBIs Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Byron Buxton on four-RBI game and the win \| 06/29/2024 Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com

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