Should I draft Esteury Ruiz or Alek Thomas?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Esteury Ruiz or Alek Thomas.

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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Injury Alert

Esteury Ruiz · Wrist (Out)

Alek Thomas · Hamstring (Day To Day)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.58	1.50
ADP	161.16	Undrafted
PROJ	243.00	237.00
AB	445	450
R	57	59
H	110	116
2B	23	23
3B	1	5
HR	7	10
RBI	44	51
SB	56	9
K	101	94
BB	31	33
AVG	.247	.258
OBP	.297	.313
SLG	.351	.398
OPS	.647	.711

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	28.0	10.0
AB	55	14
R	10	2
H	11	3
2B	2	1
3B	1	0
HR	2	1
RBI	8	4
SB	5	0
K	20	3
BB	4	0
AVG	.200	.214
OBP	.270	.214
SLG	.382	.500
OPS	.652	.714

Recent News
	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 A's Place Esteury Ruiz On 10-Day Injured List Published May 23rd, 2024	Alek Thomas Could Return Next Tuesday Published June 27th, 2024 Diamondbacks' Alek Thomas: Plays back-to-back days Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Diamondbacks' Alek Thomas: Could rejoin team this weekend Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Diamondbacks' Alek Thomas joins Triple-A Reno in final rehab step Published June 25th, 2024 via BVM Sports Diamondbacks' Alek Thomas joins Triple-A for rehab Published June 25th, 2024 via Arizona Sports Alek Thomas To Take Part In Live Batting Practice On Monday Published June 24th, 2024 Zac Gallen, Alek Thomas on track to return next weekend Published June 24th, 2024 via Burn City Sports Diamondbacks' Alek Thomas: Headed for Triple-A Reno Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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