Should I draft Austin Slater or Andrew McCutchen?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Austin Slater or Andrew McCutchen.

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	-0.16	0.13
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	96.00	224.00
AB	204	385
R	29	54
H	51	91
2B	9	19
3B	0	0
HR	6	13
RBI	23	47
SB	6	7
K	63	95
BB	23	62
AVG	.250	.236
OBP	.329	.346
SLG	.382	.387
OPS	.711	.733

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	32.0	132.0
AB	82	267
R	12	43
H	17	62
2B	1	7
3B	0	1
HR	1	12
RBI	9	25
SB	2	2
K	28	79
BB	16	34
AVG	.207	.232
OBP	.346	.330
SLG	.256	.401
OPS	.602	.731

Recent News
	Giants' Austin Slater: Sitting down Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Austin Slater: Sitting Tuesday Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Mike Yastrzemski, Austin Slater Re-Sign With Giants Published June 22nd, 2024 via MSN Austin Slater shines as the San Francisco Giants beat the Houston Astros 5-3 Published June 20th, 2024 via Yahoo News UK Willie Mays' impact on Bob Melvin, Austin Slater, Heliot Ramos Published June 19th, 2024 via MLB.com Giants' Austin Slater: Gets aboard four times Published June 16th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Slater shines as the San Francisco Giants beat the Houston Astros Published June 13th, 2024 via CW39 Houston Giants activate C Patrick Bailey, place Austin Slater on IL Published June 13th, 2024 via Central Oregon Daily	Breaking down Andrew McCutchen's home run \| 07/02/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Max Fried strikes out Andrew McCutchen \| 06/29/2024 \| Atlanta Braves Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Andrew McCutchen blasts 3 home runs in Pirates win over Padres Published June 26th, 2024 via 247Sports Pirates' Andrew McCutchen: Swats 11th homer Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Andrew McCutchen's homer lifts Pirates over Reds to claim key NL Central series win Published June 26th, 2024 via Butler Eagle Andrew McCutchen's two-run home run (11) \| 06/26/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Andrew McCutchen's two-run home run (11) \| 06/26/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Andrew McCutchen hits home run as Pirates beat Reds Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Pittsburgh

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