Should I draft Josh Palacios or Alec Burleson?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Josh Palacios or Alec Burleson.

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	-0.23	-0.19
ADP	Undrafted	256.46
PROJ	79.00	87.00
AB	162	172
R	20	18
H	40	45
2B	8	8
3B	0	0
HR	4	4
RBI	20	20
SB	3	0
K	36	28
BB	12	12
AVG	.247	.262
OBP	.303	.316
SLG	.370	.378
OPS	.674	.693

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	0.0	172.0
AB	0	268
R	0	33
H	0	75
2B	0	11
3B	0	0
HR	0	13
RBI	0	40
SB	0	5
K	0	42
BB	0	11
AVG	0.000	.280
OBP	0.000	.313
SLG	0.000	.466
OPS	0.000	.780

Recent News
	Pirates' Josh Palacios: Nursing leg injury Published March 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Pirates' Josh Palacios: Sitting out Saturday Published September 30th, 2023 via CBS Sports Josh Palacios batting sixth for Pirates Thursday Published September 28th, 2023 via numberFire Pirates' Josh Palacios: Out against lefty Published September 27th, 2023 via CBS Sports Pirates' Josh Palacios batting sixth on Tuesday Published September 26th, 2023 via numberFire Pirates' Josh Palacios: Out of Sunday's lineup Published September 24th, 2023 via CBS Sports Pirates' Josh Palacios: Not in lineup Friday Published September 22nd, 2023 via CBS Sports Pirates' Josh Palacios: Belts big homer off bench Published September 22nd, 2023 via CBS Sports	Cardinals' Alec Burleson: Lifts 13th homer Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Alec Burleson, Nolan Gorman homer as Cardinals beat Pirates Published July 2nd, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Alec Burleson's two-run homer (13) \| 07/02/2024 Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Extended interview: Cardinals' outfielder Alec Burleson on team's 2-0 win over Reds Published June 30th, 2024 via KSDK.com Alec Burleson: Teammate's comment comparing this season to last helped spark Cardinals' turnaround Published June 30th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Alec Burleson Props: June 29, Cardinals vs. Reds Published June 29th, 2024 via For The Win Ryan Helsley, Alec Burleson spark the Cardinals to 1-0 victory over the Reds Published June 29th, 2024 via The Washington Post Ryan Helsley, Alec Burleson spark the Cardinals to 1-0 victory over the Reds - MLB Published June 28th, 2024 via Castanet.net

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