Should I draft Elly De La Cruz or Oneil Cruz?

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

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	2.65
ADP	37.31	104.23
PROJ	285.00	295.00
AB	505	533
R	84	81
H	125	125
2B	26	23
3B	6	5
HR	21	22
RBI	71	72
SB	37	24
K	182	162
BB	49	56
AVG	.248	.235
OBP	.316	.309
SLG	.448	.420
OPS	.763	.730

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	207.0	121.0
AB	314	280
R	55	36
H	79	67
2B	16	15
3B	5	1
HR	14	12
RBI	37	36
SB	40	6
K	111	99
BB	39	22
AVG	.252	.239
OBP	.342	.294
SLG	.468	.429
OPS	.810	.722

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	Oneil Cruz, Rowdy Tellez homer in win over Braves Published July 1st, 2024 via MLB.com Oneil Cruz Blasts Two-Run Homer Published June 30th, 2024 Pirates' Oneil Cruz: Launches 12th homer Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Oneil Cruz and Rowdy Tellez homer in 5th as the Pirates avoid sweep and beat the Braves 4-2 Published June 30th, 2024 via Torrington Register Citizen Big homers from Oneil Cruz, Rowdy Tellez lift Pirates to victory over Braves in series finale Published June 30th, 2024 via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oneil Cruz hammers 452-foot homer \| 06/30/2024 Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Oneil Cruz's two-run home run (12) \| 06/30/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Pirates' Oneil Cruz: On bench against lefty Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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