Should I draft Elly De La Cruz or Ha-Seong Kim?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Elly De La Cruz or Ha-Seong Kim.

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	4.68	3.91
ADP	37.07	86.83
PROJ	285.00	322.00
AB	505	574
R	84	80
H	125	136
2B	26	26
3B	6	2
HR	21	15
RBI	71	67
SB	37	26
K	182	130
BB	49	68
AVG	.248	.237
OBP	.316	.318
SLG	.448	.368
OPS	.763	.685

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	203.0	198.0
AB	305	282
R	54	44
H	77	63
2B	15	9
3B	4	3
HR	14	10
RBI	36	37
SB	39	15
K	107	52
BB	39	46
AVG	.253	.223
OBP	.345	.332
SLG	.466	.383
OPS	.810	.715

Recent News
	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 De La Cruz, Lodolo lead Reds over Padres Published April 29th, 2024 via TSN	Ha-Seong Kim Props: June 28, Padres vs. Red Sox Published June 28th, 2024 via For The Win Ha-Seong Kim's RBI bunt single \| 06/24/2024 \| San Diego Padres Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Padres' Ha-Seong Kim: Goes deep Saturday Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Ha-Seong Kim's solo homer (10) \| 06/22/2024 \| San Diego Padres Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com Ha-Seong Kim reaches on an error in the 8th \| 06/19/2024 Published June 19th, 2024 via MLB.com Padres pregame: Fernando Tatis Jr., Ha-Seong Kim sit as Padres attempt to stop losing streak Published June 18th, 2024 via The San Diego Union-Tribune Padres' Ha-Seong Kim: Gets breather Tuesday Published June 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports Ha-Seong Kim's RBI double \| 06/16/2024 \| San Diego Padres Published June 16th, 2024 via MLB.com

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