Should I draft Charlie Blackmon or Esteury Ruiz?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Charlie Blackmon or Esteury Ruiz.

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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Esteury Ruiz · Wrist (Out)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.45	1.58
ADP	Undrafted	161.23
PROJ	260.00	243.00
AB	452	445
R	60	57
H	118	110
2B	23	23
3B	4	1
HR	11	7
RBI	54	44
SB	3	56
K	79	101
BB	40	31
AVG	.261	.247
OBP	.325	.297
SLG	.403	.351
OPS	.727	.647

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	139.0	28.0
AB	230	55
R	34	10
H	59	11
2B	17	2
3B	3	1
HR	3	2
RBI	26	8
SB	5	5
K	37	20
BB	20	4
AVG	.257	.200
OBP	.327	.270
SLG	.396	.382
OPS	.722	.652

Recent News
	Garrett Crochet freezes Charlie Blackmon in the 1st \| 06/30/2024 Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Rockies' Charlie Blackmon: Returns as leadoff hitter Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Charlie Blackmon Reinstated And Leading Off On Saturday Published June 29th, 2024 Colorado Rockies Welcome Veteran Charlie Blackmon Back From Injured List Published June 29th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Rockies' Charlie Blackmon: Returns from IL Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Charlie Blackmon Expected To Return When Eligible Published June 27th, 2024 Rockies' Charlie Blackmon: Likely back when first eligible Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports It's time for the Rockies to trade Charlie Blackmon, Kyle Freeland Published June 25th, 2024 via Denver Sports	Esteury Ruiz Getting Another Day Off Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN Joe Boyle gets his first win, Esteury Ruiz homers as Athletics top Tigers 4-1 Published June 25th, 2024 via Yahoo Lifestyle UK Esteury Ruiz Not Yet Ready For Baseball Activities Published June 20th, 2024 Athletics' Esteury Ruiz: In strengthening program Published June 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports Athletics place OF Esteury Ruiz (wrist) on injured list Published June 10th, 2024 via Central Oregon Daily Esteury Ruiz Dropped To Ninth In The Lineup Published June 7th, 2024 via MSN Joe Boyle gets his first win, Esteury Ruiz homers as Athletics top Tigers 4-1 Published May 30th, 2024 via Yahoo Movies Canada A's roster moves: Daz Cameron recalled, Esteury Ruiz to IL Published May 23rd, 2024 via Chat Sports

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