Should I draft Austin Slater or Drew Waters?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Austin Slater or Drew Waters.

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	110.00
AB	204	252
R	29	33
H	51	59
2B	9	13
3B	0	3
HR	6	7
RBI	23	27
SB	6	10
K	63	82
BB	23	23
AVG	.250	.234
OBP	.329	.298
SLG	.382	.393
OPS	.711	.690

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	32.0	-1.0
AB	82	8
R	12	0
H	17	1
2B	1	0
3B	0	0
HR	1	0
RBI	9	0
SB	2	0
K	28	2
BB	16	0
AVG	.207	.125
OBP	.346	.125
SLG	.256	.125
OPS	.602	.250

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	Royals Recall Carlos Hernández, Send Drew Waters to Triple-A Published June 19th, 2024 via MSN Drew Waters turns in stellar performance in Kansas City Royals' victory over the Rays Published June 19th, 2024 via Yahoo Movies Canada Why KC Royals optioned Drew Waters to Triple-A Omaha in latest roster shakeup Published June 18th, 2024 via Kansas City Star Royals send outfielder Drew Waters to Triple-A Omaha Published June 18th, 2024 via Kansas City Star Royals Recall Carlos Hernández, Send Drew Waters to Triple-A Published June 18th, 2024 via BVM Sports Royals Recall Carlos Hernández, Send Drew Waters to Triple-A Published June 18th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Royals' Drew Waters: Heads back to minors Published June 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports Drew Waters' infield single in the 9th \| 06/13/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 13th, 2024 via MLB.com

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