Should I draft Esteury Ruiz or Byron Buxton?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Esteury Ruiz 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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Esteury Ruiz · Wrist (Out)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.58	1.70
ADP	161.25	232.77
PROJ	243.00	246.00
AB	445	420
R	57	69
H	110	96
2B	23	23
3B	1	1
HR	7	27
RBI	44	62
SB	56	11
K	101	139
BB	31	41
AVG	.247	.229
OBP	.297	.302
SLG	.351	.481
OPS	.647	.782

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	28.0	116.0
AB	55	215
R	10	33
H	11	56
2B	2	13
3B	1	3
HR	2	8
RBI	8	34
SB	5	5
K	20	64
BB	4	9
AVG	.200	.261
OBP	.270	.309
SLG	.382	.461
OPS	.652	.770

Recent News
	Esteury Ruiz Hitting Off A Tee Published July 1st, 2024 Athletics' Esteury Ruiz: Starting to swing bat Published July 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Esteury Ruiz Getting Another Day Off Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN 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	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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