Should I draft Elly De La Cruz or Byron Buxton?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Elly De La Cruz or Byron Buxton.

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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Please note dynasty rankings are based upon our 2024 Preseason Projections and do not consider in-season performance.

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

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Elly De La Cruz

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CIN · SS,3B

MIN · CF,DH

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	7.40	1.31
ADP	37.69	232.55
PROJ	285.00	246.00
AB	505	420
R	84	69
H	125	96
2B	26	23
3B	6	1
HR	21	27
RBI	71	62
SB	37	11
K	182	139
BB	49	41
AVG	.248	.229
OBP	.316	.302
SLG	.448	.481
OPS	.763	.782

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	216.0	121.0
AB	319	217
R	57	34
H	81	57
2B	16	14
3B	6	3
HR	15	8
RBI	39	34
SB	40	5
K	113	64
BB	39	11
AVG	.254	.263
OBP	.343	.317
SLG	.483	.465
OPS	.825	.782

Recent News
	Elly De La Cruz Smacks Home Run Tuesday Night Published July 3rd, 2024 Elly De La Cruz Falls A Triple Shy Of The Cycle Monday Published June 25th, 2024 Elly De La Cruz Homers In Loss To Boston Saturday Published June 23rd, 2024 Adames homers, Perkins throws out tying run at the plate as Brewers edge Reds 5-4 Published June 16th, 2024 via The Associated Press Elly De La Cruz Hits 11th Homer Published June 7th, 2024 Elly De La Cruz Racks Up Four Hits, Four Steals on Thursday Published May 17th, 2024 Elly De La Cruz Out Of Lineup Against Arizona Published May 15th, 2024 Elly De La Cruz Hits A Home Run Monday Published April 30th, 2024	Byron Buxton's speed on display in win against Tigers Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Byron Buxton scores, giving the Twins the lead \| 07/02/2024 Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com This is Why Byron Buxton is Worth His Contract Published July 2nd, 2024 via Twins Daily Is Byron Buxton officially 'back' for the Twins? Published June 30th, 2024 via Athlon Sports Byron Buxton Blasts Three-Run Homer Published June 30th, 2024 Byron Buxton, Pablo López lead Twins past Mariners Published June 30th, 2024 via St. Paul Pioneer Press Twins' Byron Buxton: Another big day at plate Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Byron Buxton buzzing along as Twins wrap Seattle series Published June 30th, 2024 via Reuters

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