Should I draft Austin Hays or Tommy Edman?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Austin Hays or Tommy Edman.

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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Tommy Edman · Wrist (Day To Day)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.89	1.92
ADP	Undrafted	221.58
PROJ	271.00	261.00
AB	522	454
R	70	66
H	136	114
2B	31	24
3B	2	3
HR	18	10
RBI	66	46
SB	4	23
K	129	79
BB	35	31
AVG	.261	.251
OBP	.311	.299
SLG	.431	.383
OPS	.742	.682

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	52.0	0.0
AB	123	0
R	16	0
H	31	0
2B	9	0
3B	0	0
HR	3	0
RBI	12	0
SB	0	0
K	32	0
BB	7	0
AVG	.252	0.000
OBP	.316	0.000
SLG	.398	0.000
OPS	.715	0.000

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	Tommy Edman Nearing Rehab Assignment Published July 2nd, 2024 Cardinals mailbag Part 1: Tommy Edman, Lars Nootbaar factor into trade deadline decisions Published July 2nd, 2024 via The New York Times Cardinals agree with utilityman Tommy Edman on 2-year deal to avoid salary arbitration Published July 1st, 2024 via MSN Cardinals' Tommy Edman: Ankle injury not considered serious Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tommy Edman Still Not Cleared For Full Baseball Activities Published June 28th, 2024 via MSN Cardinals can't catch a break with Tommy Edman after latest injury update Published June 27th, 2024 via MSN Tommy Edman Suffers Sprained Ankle Published June 26th, 2024 Cardinals can't catch a break with Tommy Edman after latest injury update Published June 26th, 2024 via FanSided

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