Should I draft Elly De La Cruz or Ryan McMahon?

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

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	1.82
ADP	37.31	241.29
PROJ	285.00	246.00
AB	505	512
R	84	65
H	125	122
2B	26	25
3B	6	2
HR	21	21
RBI	71	64
SB	37	5
K	182	162
BB	49	60
AVG	.248	.238
OBP	.316	.324
SLG	.448	.418
OPS	.763	.742

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	207.0	169.0
AB	314	307
R	55	44
H	79	83
2B	16	17
3B	5	0
HR	14	14
RBI	37	42
SB	40	3
K	111	99
BB	39	37
AVG	.252	.270
OBP	.342	.349
SLG	.468	.463
OPS	.810	.811

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	Ryan McMahon scores on a sac fly after review \| 06/30/2024 Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Ryan McMahon Props: June 29, Rockies vs. White Sox Published June 29th, 2024 via For The Win Yankees Trade Proposal Sends $70 Million Infielder to NY in 3-Player Swap Published June 28th, 2024 via Heavy.com MLB Trade Rumors: Yankees Target Rockies' Ryan McMahon & Elias Díaz for Playoff Boost Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Spencer Arrighetti strikes out Ryan McMahon \| 06/26/2024 Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Ryan McMahon needs push to be All-Star finalist at third base Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Ryan McMahon Shines as Rockies' All-Star Contender in 2025 Playoff Push Published June 26th, 2024 via BVM Sports Ryan McMahon Could Be An All-Star Published June 26th, 2024 via Last Word On Sports

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