Should I draft Josh Naylor or Wyatt Langford?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Josh Naylor or Wyatt Langford.

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	2.63
ADP	128.73	170.26
PROJ	351.00	317.00
AB	507	494
R	60	72
H	144	128
2B	33	27
3B	0	2
HR	20	21
RBI	90	76
SB	7	14
K	83	118
BB	40	51
AVG	.284	.259
OBP	.339	.330
SLG	.468	.449
OPS	.806	.780

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	226.0	127.0
AB	293	226
R	46	25
H	71	59
2B	15	10
3B	0	4
HR	20	4
RBI	61	35
SB	3	7
K	60	49
BB	30	20
AVG	.242	.261
OBP	.320	.325
SLG	.498	.394
OPS	.819	.719

Recent News
	Josh Naylor Props: July 2, Guardians vs. White Sox Published July 2nd, 2024 via For The Win Josh Naylor Heating Up At The Plate Published July 1st, 2024 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	It Must Be The Shoes! Baseball Hall of Fame Receiving Texas Rangers Rookie Wyatt Langford's Historic Cleats Published July 2nd, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Rangers rookie Wyatt Langford sending cycle cleats to Hall of Fame Published July 2nd, 2024 via The Dallas Morning News Texas Rangers rookie Wyatt Langford hits MLB's first cycle of the 2024 season Published July 1st, 2024 via AS USA American League Rookie Roundup: Wyatt Langford Caps Off a June to Remember Published July 1st, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Wyatt Langford Heats Up, Possible AL Rookie of the Year Published July 1st, 2024 via Mesabi Tribune Wyatt Langford, Josh Smith are Rangers' players of the month Published July 1st, 2024 via The Dallas Morning News Remembering Orlando Cepeda. Plus, Home Run Derby changes and Wyatt Langford makes rookie history - The Athletic Published July 1st, 2024 via The New York Times Texas Rangers rookie has historic day at the plate in win against the Baltimore Orioles Published July 1st, 2024 via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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