Should I draft Austin Hays or Ezequiel Tovar?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Austin Hays or Ezequiel Tovar.

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	1.67
ADP	Undrafted	198.88
PROJ	271.00	263.00
AB	522	569
R	70	71
H	136	144
2B	31	35
3B	2	3
HR	18	16
RBI	66	68
SB	4	13
K	129	150
BB	35	28
AVG	.261	.253
OBP	.311	.294
SLG	.431	.410
OPS	.742	.704

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	52.0	156.0
AB	123	351
R	16	42
H	31	97
2B	9	24
3B	0	2
HR	3	12
RBI	12	37
SB	0	4
K	32	103
BB	7	13
AVG	.252	.276
OBP	.316	.304
SLG	.398	.459
OPS	.715	.763

Recent News
	Austin Hays throws out Lowe after a review \| 06/30/2024 Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com 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	Ezequiel Tovar's go-ahead single \| 06/30/2024 \| Colorado Rockies Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Ezequiel Tovar Props: June 29, Rockies vs. White Sox Published June 29th, 2024 via For The Win A Pitcher List Conversation with Ezequiel Tovar Published June 27th, 2024 via Pitcher List Early sacrifices define the Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar Published June 27th, 2024 via Our Esquina Rockies Shortstop Ezequiel Tovar: Balancing Baseball, Family, and Stardom at 22 Published June 23rd, 2024 via BVM Sports Rockies shortstop Ezequiel Tovar's balancing act: Baseball, family and budding stardom Published June 23rd, 2024 via The Denver Post Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar: Goes deep in loss Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Ezequiel Tovar's solo home run (12) \| 06/21/2024 \| Colorado Rockies Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com

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