Should I draft Jake Bauers or Andrew McCutchen?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Jake Bauers or Andrew McCutchen.

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

Jake Bauers

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MIL · 1B,RF,LF

PIT · DH

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.27	0.07
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	72.00	224.00
AB	175	385
R	22	54
H	37	91
2B	7	19
3B	0	0
HR	7	13
RBI	22	47
SB	3	7
K	62	95
BB	22	62
AVG	.211	.236
OBP	.300	.346
SLG	.371	.387
OPS	.671	.733

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	91.0	132.0
AB	175	267
R	24	43
H	38	62
2B	9	7
3B	1	1
HR	7	12
RBI	32	25
SB	7	2
K	63	79
BB	21	34
AVG	.217	.232
OBP	.315	.330
SLG	.400	.401
OPS	.715	.731

Recent News
	Brewers' Jake Bauers: Sitting Saturday Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Brewers' Jake Bauers: Out of lineup Friday Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jake Bauers Hits Grand Slam Wednesday Published June 27th, 2024 via MSN Jake Bauers Hits Grand Slam Wednesday Published June 27th, 2024 Brewers' Jake Bauers: Smashes grand slam Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jake Bauers' 444-foot grand slam \| 06/26/2024 Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Jake Bauers' grand slam (7) \| 06/26/2024 Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Brewers' Jake Bauers: Regaining playing time Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Breaking down Andrew McCutchen's home run \| 07/02/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Max Fried strikes out Andrew McCutchen \| 06/29/2024 \| Atlanta Braves Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Andrew McCutchen blasts 3 home runs in Pirates win over Padres Published June 26th, 2024 via 247Sports Pirates' Andrew McCutchen: Swats 11th homer Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Andrew McCutchen's homer lifts Pirates over Reds to claim key NL Central series win Published June 26th, 2024 via Butler Eagle Andrew McCutchen's two-run home run (11) \| 06/26/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Andrew McCutchen's two-run home run (11) \| 06/26/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Andrew McCutchen hits home run as Pirates beat Reds Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Pittsburgh

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