Should I draft Josh Naylor or Salvador Perez?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Josh Naylor or Salvador Perez.

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	2.83	1.71
ADP	128.48	126.44
PROJ	351.00	254.00
AB	507	509
R	60	58
H	144	129
2B	33	21
3B	0	0
HR	20	24
RBI	90	80
SB	7	0
K	83	125
BB	40	19
AVG	.284	.253
OBP	.339	.285
SLG	.468	.436
OPS	.806	.721

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	223.0	190.0
AB	289	302
R	45	32
H	70	85
2B	14	16
3B	0	0
HR	20	14
RBI	61	52
SB	3	0
K	60	62
BB	30	25
AVG	.242	.282
OBP	.321	.350
SLG	.498	.474
OPS	.819	.824

Recent News
	Josh Naylor Props: June 30, Guardians vs. Royals Published June 30th, 2024 via For The Win Ramirez homers, Josh Naylor two RBIs lead Guardians over Royals 7-2 Published June 29th, 2024 via The Associated Press Josh Naylor Props: June 29, Guardians vs. Royals Published June 29th, 2024 via For The Win Josh Naylor Missing Another Game Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 Guardians' Josh Naylor: Absent from lineup versus righty Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Josh Naylor Sitting Against A Lefty Published June 25th, 2024 Guardians' Josh Naylor: Taking seat against LHP Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Josh Naylor named American League Player of the Week Published June 25th, 2024 via Away Back Gone	Royals' Salvador Perez: Launches 14th home run Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Salvador Perez's two-run home run (14) \| 06/30/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Salvador Perez, Hunter Renfroe Lead Kansas City Royals to Victory: Game Recap Published June 29th, 2024 via Sunflower State Radio Salvador Perez's solo homer (13) \| 06/28/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Salvador Perez, Royals jump all over Guardians in blowout Published June 28th, 2024 via Deadspin Royals' Salvador Perez: Slugs 13th homer Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Salvador Perez, Hunter Renfroe go back-to-back \| 06/28/2024 Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Royals stars Bobby Witt Jr. & Salvador Perez announced as MLB All-Star finalists Published June 27th, 2024 via Kansas City Star

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