Should I draft Austin Slater or Richie Palacios?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Austin Slater or Richie Palacios.

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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Please note dynasty rankings are based upon our 2024 Preseason Projections and do not consider in-season performance.

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

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TB · LF,RF,2B

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.22	-0.26
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	96.00	65.00
AB	204	117
R	29	15
H	51	27
2B	9	7
3B	0	0
HR	6	2
RBI	23	13
SB	6	3
K	63	22
BB	23	16
AVG	.250	.231
OBP	.329	.326
SLG	.382	.342
OPS	.711	.668

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	32.0	111.0
AB	82	207
R	12	36
H	17	52
2B	1	8
3B	0	0
HR	1	4
RBI	9	18
SB	2	13
K	28	55
BB	16	27
AVG	.207	.251
OBP	.346	.345
SLG	.256	.348
OPS	.602	.692

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	Rays' Richie Palacios: Notches three hits Published July 3rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Richie Palacios: Hitting bench against lefty Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Keibert Ruiz nabs Richie Palacios stealing second \| 06/29/2024 Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Rays' Richie Palacios: Getting break Friday Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Richie Palacios: Active in win Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Richie Palacios scores on wild pitch Published June 24th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports Rays' Richie Palacios: Swipes 11th bag Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Richie Palacios: Sitting Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports

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