Should I draft Austin Hays or Lourdes Gurriel?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Austin Hays or Lourdes Gurriel.

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	2.29
ADP	Undrafted	210.50
PROJ	271.00	294.00
AB	522	497
R	70	61
H	136	138
2B	31	32
3B	2	1
HR	18	17
RBI	66	72
SB	4	3
K	129	97
BB	35	32
AVG	.261	.278
OBP	.311	.327
SLG	.431	.449
OPS	.742	.775

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	52.0	168.0
AB	123	311
R	16	37
H	31	83
2B	9	13
3B	0	1
HR	3	11
RBI	12	48
SB	0	3
K	32	64
BB	7	13
AVG	.252	.267
OBP	.316	.302
SLG	.398	.421
OPS	.715	.723

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	Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Props: June 30, Diamondbacks vs. Athletics Published June 30th, 2024 via For The Win Lourdes Gurriel Jr. rattles one off the wall for an RBI double Published June 29th, 2024 via ESPN.co.uk Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Props: June 29, Diamondbacks vs. Athletics Published June 29th, 2024 via For The Win Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel: Homers in loss Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Props: June 28, Diamondbacks vs. Athletics Published June 28th, 2024 via For The Win Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel: Logs fifth straight multi-hit game Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel: Back in lineup Sunday Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Leaves Early Friday With Elbow Soreness Published June 22nd, 2024 via MSN

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