Should I draft Jake Burger or Oneil Cruz?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Jake Burger 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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Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.03	2.65
ADP	186.20	104.56
PROJ	282.00	295.00
AB	541	533
R	71	81
H	134	125
2B	27	23
3B	2	5
HR	30	22
RBI	81	72
SB	0	24
K	162	162
BB	37	56
AVG	.248	.235
OBP	.300	.309
SLG	.471	.420
OPS	.772	.730

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	87.0	121.0
AB	244	283
R	25	36
H	53	67
2B	8	15
3B	1	1
HR	8	12
RBI	27	36
SB	0	6
K	65	100
BB	13	23
AVG	.217	.237
OBP	.255	.293
SLG	.357	.424
OPS	.611	.717

Recent News
	Marlins' Jake Burger: Homers in loss Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Jake Burger's solo home run (8) \| 07/02/2024 \| Miami Marlins Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Marlins' Jake Burger: Homers among three hits Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jake Burger's RBI single \| 06/27/2024 \| Miami Marlins Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Brady Singer K's Jake Burger \| 06/26/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Jake Burger singles in Jazz Chisholm Jr. \| 06/23/2024 Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Jake Burger On The Bench Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 Marlins' Jake Burger: Not starting Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports	Statcast Heroes: Oneil Cruz, Luis Ortiz, Liover Peguero, Axiel Plaz Published July 2nd, 2024 via Pirates Prospects Daily Dinger: Best MLB Home Run Picks Today (Oneil Cruz's Home Run Prop has Immense Betting Value) Published July 2nd, 2024 via Sports Illustrated 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

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