Should I draft Bryan De La Cruz or Nelson Velazquez?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Bryan De La Cruz or Nelson Velazquez.

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	1.61	0.89
ADP	253.34	Undrafted
PROJ	249.00	206.00
AB	503	413
R	56	54
H	138	90
2B	27	18
3B	0	1
HR	17	23
RBI	67	57
SB	3	9
K	129	130
BB	36	37
AVG	.274	.218
OBP	.326	.284
SLG	.429	.433
OPS	.755	.718

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	148.0	93.0
AB	335	205
R	38	31
H	80	41
2B	16	8
3B	0	1
HR	15	8
RBI	40	27
SB	1	2
K	93	61
BB	21	19
AVG	.239	.200
OBP	.286	.274
SLG	.421	.366
OPS	.707	.640

Recent News
	Bryan De La Cruz Blasts Homer On Sunday Published June 30th, 2024 Bryan De La Cruz Blasts Homer In Win Published May 15th, 2024 Bryan De La Cruz Homers In Loss Published April 17th, 2024 De La Cruz stays mashing, but Marlins drop series Published April 17th, 2024 via MLB.com Bryan De La Cruz Has First Three-Hit Game Of The Season Published April 8th, 2024 Bryan De La Cruz Off To Solid Spring Start Published March 7th, 2024 Overview, News, Stats, and Game Log Published February 13th, 2024 via NBC Sports 'It's no secret': Defensive improvement is a must for these 2 Marlins Published February 1st, 2024 via MLB.com	Royals option OF Nelson Velazquez after rough start to 2024 Published June 27th, 2024 via MSN Nelson Velazquez (2 HRs), Royals overpower Twins Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN Royals option OF Nelson Velazquez after rough start to 2024 Published June 25th, 2024 via MSN Michael Massey Reinstated, Nelson Velazquez Optioned Published June 24th, 2024 Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Sent back to Triple-A Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Back in lineup Sunday Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Sitting again Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Absent from lineup again Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports

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