Should I draft JJ Bleday or Brendan Donovan?

See our analysis of the choice to draft JJ Bleday or Brendan Donovan.

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	0.51	0.97
ADP	256.42	239.47
PROJ	174.00	199.00
AB	371	339
R	46	48
H	71	91
2B	17	15
3B	1	1
HR	13	7
RBI	42	38
SB	4	4
K	103	58
BB	56	38
AVG	.191	.268
OBP	.297	.342
SLG	.348	.381
OPS	.644	.723

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	169.0	178.0
AB	306	303
R	35	36
H	74	80
2B	22	18
3B	3	1
HR	11	8
RBI	29	41
SB	0	2
K	66	48
BB	36	23
AVG	.242	.264
OBP	.324	.333
SLG	.441	.409
OPS	.765	.743

Recent News
	Athletics' JJ Bleday: Resting Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports JJ Bleday's RBI single \| 06/25/2024 \| Oakland Athletics Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Athletics' JJ Bleday: Works out of leadoff role Monday Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Athletics' JJ Bleday: Swats 11th long ball Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports JJ Bleday's solo homer (11) \| 06/22/2024 \| Oakland Athletics Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com Pirates Eye Postseason with Big Trade for Athletics' JJ Bleday and Lucas Erceg Published June 20th, 2024 via BVM Sports Bleday (three doubles) helps A's end skid vs. Royals Published June 19th, 2024 via MLB.com Athletics' JJ Bleday: Three doubles in win Published June 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Extended interview: Cardinals' Brendan Donovan on team's 2-0 win over Reds Published June 30th, 2024 via KSDK.com Brendan Donovan sparks St. Louis Cardinals' winning streak with remarkable performance Published June 29th, 2024 via BVM Sports Brendan Donovan is the straw that stirs the drink for the St. Louis Cardinals Published June 29th, 2024 via Red Bird Rants Brendan Donovan relives his game-saving catch to end Friday's Cardinals win vs. Reds Published June 28th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Brendan Donovan relives his game-saving catch to end Friday's game Published June 28th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Brendan Donovan Props: June 28, Cardinals vs. Reds Published June 28th, 2024 via For The Win Cardinals' Brendan Donovan: Nabs second steal Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Fantasy Waiver Wire Pickups Week 14 featuring Jarred Kelenic and Brendan Donovan Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN

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