Should I draft Austin Hays or Nolan Gorman?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Austin Hays or Nolan Gorman.

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	1.77
ADP	Undrafted	181.59
PROJ	271.00	246.00
AB	522	473
R	70	64
H	136	112
2B	31	19
3B	2	0
HR	18	28
RBI	66	73
SB	4	5
K	129	161
BB	35	50
AVG	.261	.237
OBP	.311	.313
SLG	.431	.455
OPS	.742	.768

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	52.0	109.0
AB	123	271
R	16	33
H	31	52
2B	9	8
3B	0	0
HR	3	17
RBI	12	41
SB	0	6
K	32	111
BB	7	29
AVG	.252	.192
OBP	.316	.271
SLG	.398	.410
OPS	.715	.680

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	Nolan Gorman Hits Grand Slam Tuesday Published July 3rd, 2024 Nolan Gorman's grand slam (17) \| 07/02/2024 Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Nolan Gorman hits grand slam against Pirates Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Cardinals' Nolan Gorman: Hits grand slam in win Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Nolan Gorman's slam sends Cardinals on way past Pirates Published July 2nd, 2024 via KPVI News 6 Nolan Gorman hits grand slam to help the Cardinals beat the Pirates 7-4 Published July 2nd, 2024 via The Associated Press Cardinals crush 2 homers, including Nolan Gorman grand slam, to beat Mitch Keller, Pirates Published July 2nd, 2024 via TribLIVE Alec Burleson, Nolan Gorman homer as Cardinals beat Pirates Published July 2nd, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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