Should I draft JJ Bleday or Whit Merrifield?

See our analysis of the choice to draft JJ Bleday or Whit Merrifield.

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	0.98
ADP	256.00	Undrafted
PROJ	174.00	192.00
AB	371	368
R	46	46
H	71	90
2B	17	18
3B	1	1
HR	13	7
RBI	42	42
SB	4	16
K	103	66
BB	56	23
AVG	.191	.245
OBP	.297	.297
SLG	.348	.356
OPS	.644	.653

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	169.0	70.0
AB	306	138
R	35	19
H	74	25
2B	22	4
3B	3	0
HR	11	3
RBI	29	9
SB	0	7
K	66	18
BB	36	15
AVG	.242	.181
OBP	.324	.271
SLG	.441	.275
OPS	.765	.546

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	What Should the Phillies Do with Whit Merrifield? Published June 30th, 2024 via Philadelphia Sports Nation Phillies' Whit Merrifield: Playing time trending up Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Whit Merrifield reveals reason he decided to sign with Phillies Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN Former Blue Jays utility player Whit Merrifield signs one-year deal with the Phillies Published June 24th, 2024 via MSN Whit Merrifield throws out Gabriel Moreno \| 06/21/2024 \| Philadelphia Phillies Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com Whit Merrifield's RBI single \| 06/12/2024 \| Philadelphia Phillies Published June 12th, 2024 via MLB.com Phillies' Whit Merrifield: Replaces resting Sosa in lineup Published June 12th, 2024 via CBS Sports Whit Merrifield's hilarious quote puts his struggles with Phillies into perspective Published June 11th, 2024 via That Balls Outta Here

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