Should I draft Austin Slater or Xavier Edwards?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Austin Slater or Xavier Edwards.

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	-0.24
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	96.00	56.00
AB	204	103
R	29	14
H	51	28
2B	9	4
3B	0	0
HR	6	0
RBI	23	9
SB	6	4
K	63	14
BB	23	11
AVG	.250	.272
OBP	.329	.345
SLG	.382	.311
OPS	.711	.656

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	32.0	4.0
AB	82	13
R	12	2
H	17	3
2B	1	1
3B	0	0
HR	1	0
RBI	9	0
SB	2	0
K	28	4
BB	16	2
AVG	.207	.231
OBP	.346	.333
SLG	.256	.308
OPS	.602	.641

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	Xavier Edwards Back With The Fish Published July 2nd, 2024 Marlins' Xavier Edwards: Recalled from Triple-A Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Marlins move Xavier Edwards from 10-day IL to 60-day IL Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Marlins' Xavier Edwards: Demoted to Triple-A Published June 10th, 2024 via CBS Sports Xavier Edwards shines as Miami Marlins' shortstop amid roster decision dilemma Published June 9th, 2024 via BVM Sports Xavier Edwards successful at shortstop for Marlins Published June 9th, 2024 via MLB.com Xavier Edwards gets the chance to play his natural position of shortstop with Marlins Published June 9th, 2024 via AOL Xavier Edwards successful at shortstop for Marlins Published June 9th, 2024 via MLB.com

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