Should I draft Austin Hays or Jorge Polanco?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Austin Hays or Jorge Polanco.

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	2.02
ADP	Undrafted	230.64
PROJ	271.00	267.00
AB	522	466
R	70	64
H	136	116
2B	31	23
3B	2	0
HR	18	20
RBI	66	69
SB	4	6
K	129	121
BB	35	50
AVG	.261	.249
OBP	.311	.320
SLG	.431	.427
OPS	.742	.747

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	52.0	43.0
AB	123	178
R	16	16
H	31	35
2B	9	3
3B	0	0
HR	3	5
RBI	12	15
SB	0	2
K	32	64
BB	7	21
AVG	.252	.197
OBP	.316	.285
SLG	.398	.298
OPS	.715	.583

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	Grayson Rodriguez strikes out Jorge Polanco \| 07/02/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Contributes RBI, steal in loss Published July 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Jorge Polanco's game-tying RBI single \| 06/30/2024 \| Seattle Mariners Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Not in Wednesday's lineup Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jorge Polanco returns from injury, Tyler Locklear optioned to Triple-A Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Jorge Polanco returns from injury, Tyler Locklear optioned to Triple-A Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Mariners' Jorge Polanco: Struggles in return from IL Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jorge Polanco reinstated, Mariners drop another game in Tampa Published June 25th, 2024 via My Bellingham Now

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