Should I draft Austin Wells or Javier Baez?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Austin Wells or Javier Baez.

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	0.47	0.86
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	141.00	203.00
AB	268	477
R	34	56
H	62	111
2B	13	20
3B	0	3
HR	11	14
RBI	41	59
SB	5	11
K	78	125
BB	31	23
AVG	.231	.233
OBP	.318	.270
SLG	.403	.375
OPS	.721	.645

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	64.0	56.0
AB	140	186
R	19	15
H	30	34
2B	9	9
3B	0	0
HR	3	1
RBI	13	25
SB	1	6
K	36	42
BB	19	6
AVG	.214	.183
OBP	.307	.209
SLG	.343	.247
OPS	.650	.457

Recent News
	Yankees' Jose Trevino: Losing work to Austin Wells Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Yankees' Austin Wells: Clubs homer Saturday Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Wells: Home Run Statcast Analysis \| 06/29/2024 \| New York Yankees Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Austin Wells' RBI single \| 06/25/2024 \| New York Yankees Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Austin Wells homer as Yankees overpower Royals, 10-1 Published June 17th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports Yankees' Austin Wells: Back on bench Sunday Published June 16th, 2024 via CBS Sports Yankees' Austin Wells: Resting Wednesday Published June 12th, 2024 via CBS Sports Yankees' Austin Wells: Launches first homer since April Published June 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Javier Baez To Begin Rehab Assignment Monday Published June 30th, 2024 Tigers' Javier Baez: On cusp of rehab assignment Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Javier Baez still being on the Tigers is an indictment against team owner Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Javier Baez opts in to final four years of Tigers deal Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN Javier Baez Will Need "Extensive" Rehab Assignment Published June 25th, 2024 Tigers' Javier Baez: To miss a few more weeks Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers' Javier Baez: Not close to IL return Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Javier Baez Listed Among Worst Contracts in MLB by The Athletic Published June 22nd, 2024 via MSN

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