Should I draft Brandon Crawford or Nick Madrigal?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Brandon Crawford or Nick Madrigal.

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	-0.15	-0.08
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	95.00	100.00
AB	205	189
R	25	23
H	45	52
2B	8	9
3B	1	1
HR	6	1
RBI	28	17
SB	2	4
K	52	20
BB	19	10
AVG	.220	.275
OBP	.291	.315
SLG	.356	.349
OPS	.647	.664

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	2.0	32.0
AB	33	86
R	2	5
H	5	19
2B	0	3
3B	0	0
HR	1	0
RBI	1	10
SB	0	1
K	12	10
BB	3	4
AVG	.152	.221
OBP	.222	.280
SLG	.242	.256
OPS	.465	.535

Recent News
	Brandon Crawford's Stellar Performance Amid Cardinals Fans' Criticism Published June 1st, 2024 via BVM Sports Brandon Crawford plays well despite backlash from Cardinals fans Published June 1st, 2024 via Red Bird Rants Brandon Crawford hits his first home run with Cardinals Published May 31st, 2024 via MLB.com Cardinals' Brandon Crawford: Slugs homer Friday Published May 31st, 2024 via CBS Sports Watch Brandon Crawford hit his first homer since leaving Giants Published May 31st, 2024 via NBC Sports Bay Area Brandon Crawford's solo home run (1) \| 05/31/2024 Published May 31st, 2024 via MLB.com Cardinals' Managerial Dilemma with Brandon Crawford Sparks Controversy Published May 31st, 2024 via BVM Sports Brandon Crawford's dilemma can't justify the Cardinals' lineup decisions Published May 31st, 2024 via Red Bird Rants	Cubs: Nick Madrigal brings another painful loss Published May 31st, 2024 via Chicago Tribune Another painful Cubs loss as Nick Madrigal, the tying run, was thrown out at home in the 9th Published May 31st, 2024 via AOL Cubs fans irate at Nick Madrigal, Willie Harris, all of the above as slump continues Published May 31st, 2024 via FanSided Cubs' Nick Madrigal: Moving back to bench role Published May 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Jared Jones strikes out Nick Madrigal \| 05/16/2024 Published May 16th, 2024 via MLB.com Cubs' Nick Madrigal: Three-hit effort in win Published May 15th, 2024 via CBS Sports Chicago Cubs lineup vs. Braves: Nick Madrigal at 2B, PCA in CF, Javier Assad to pitch Published May 15th, 2024 via CubsHQ Cubs place Nick Madrigal on IL, recall Jared Young from minors Published May 11th, 2024 via Yahoo Movies Canada

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