Should I draft George Springer or Oneil Cruz?

See our analysis of the choice to draft George Springer 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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Please note dynasty rankings are based upon our 2024 Preseason Projections and do not consider in-season performance.

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

Strong Recommendation

George Springer

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TOR · DH,RF

PIT · SS

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.77	3.04
ADP	117.35	104.23
PROJ	340.00	295.00
AB	526	533
R	85	81
H	137	125
2B	24	23
3B	1	5
HR	22	22
RBI	71	72
SB	13	24
K	111	162
BB	53	56
AVG	.261	.235
OBP	.328	.309
SLG	.435	.420
OPS	.763	.730

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	141.0	121.0
AB	276	280
R	35	36
H	59	67
2B	11	15
3B	0	1
HR	8	12
RBI	25	36
SB	8	6
K	55	99
BB	34	22
AVG	.214	.239
OBP	.303	.294
SLG	.341	.429
OPS	.643	.722

Recent News
	George Springer Props: July 1, Blue Jays vs. Astros Published July 1st, 2024 via For The Win George Springer Back In The Lineup After Injury Scare Published June 29th, 2024 Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees: George Springer Returns Strong After Hand Injury Published June 29th, 2024 via BVM Sports Toronto Blue Jays Slugger George Springer Back in Lineup Following Hand Injury Published June 29th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Blue Jays' George Springer: In lineup Saturday after HBP Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports George Springer Exits Early On Friday Published June 28th, 2024 George Springer leaves game with a hand contusion in Jays' 9-5 loss Published June 28th, 2024 via Toronto Sun Blue Jays' George Springer: Exits after HBP Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports	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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