Should I draft Brandon Nimmo or Austin Riley?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Brandon Nimmo or Austin Riley.

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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Brandon Nimmo

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Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	3.39	9.77
ADP	164.18	26.52
PROJ	359.00	408.00
AB	566	616
R	96	101
H	156	166
2B	30	31
3B	5	2
HR	19	37
RBI	68	102
SB	4	1
K	136	165
BB	74	57
AVG	.276	.270
OBP	.362	.335
SLG	.447	.507
OPS	.809	.842

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	200.0	141.0
AB	288	264
R	53	41
H	71	66
2B	15	14
3B	2	2
HR	13	9
RBI	50	31
SB	5	0
K	81	68
BB	44	26
AVG	.247	.250
OBP	.367	.324
SLG	.448	.421
OPS	.815	.745

Recent News
	Brandon Nimmo Homers Again On Sunday Published July 1st, 2024 Mets' Brandon Nimmo: Maintains red-hot bat Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Mets' Brandon Nimmo blasts 100th homer of career to cap his June tear Published June 30th, 2024 via New York Post New York Mets Slugger Brandon Nimmo Hits 100th Career Home Run Published June 30th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Mets' Brandon Nimmo 'proud' of 100th career home run: 'I think I've grown a lot as a player' Published June 30th, 2024 via sny.tv Carlos Mendoza and Brandon Nimmo on Mets' extended rain delay, Nimmo 100th career homer Published June 30th, 2024 via sny.tv Brandon Nimmo blasts career home run No. 100, but Mets lose in extras to Astros Published June 30th, 2024 via Yahoo Sports NY Mets: Brandon Nimmo hits 100th career home run vs. Astros Published June 30th, 2024 via NorthJersey.com	Austin Riley's over-the-shoulder catch \| 06/30/2024 \| Atlanta Braves Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Austin Riley's Stellar Performance Boosts Braves Over Challenges Published June 30th, 2024 via Herald Review Marcell Ozuna and Austin Riley Power Braves Offense to 6-1 Win Over Pirates Published June 28th, 2024 via WDEF News 12 Austin Riley's solo home run (9) \| 06/28/2024 \| Atlanta Braves Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Austin Riley Getting Hot When the Atlanta Braves Need Him Most Published June 27th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Braves' Austin Riley: Clubs eighth homer Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Riley: Home Run Statcast Analysis \| 06/24/2024 \| Atlanta Braves Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Austin Riley's solo homer (8) \| 06/24/2024 \| Atlanta Braves Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com

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