Should I draft Juan Soto or Julio Rodriguez?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Juan Soto or Julio Rodriguez.

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	17.93	11.27
ADP	8.79	15.23
PROJ	537.00	407.00
AB	525	590
R	106	98
H	153	162
2B	26	32
3B	2	2
HR	37	31
RBI	102	92
SB	10	31
K	113	155
BB	138	50
AVG	.291	.275
OBP	.441	.332
SLG	.560	.493
OPS	1.001	.826

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	312.0	119.0
AB	294	336
R	69	37
H	89	83
2B	12	6
3B	3	0
HR	20	7
RBI	61	29
SB	4	17
K	60	96
BB	71	22
AVG	.303	.247
OBP	.437	.297
SLG	.568	.327
OPS	1.005	.625

Recent News
	How Francisco Álvarez has driven Mets' winning - and emulated Juan Soto in the process Published July 1st, 2024 via FOX Sports Juan Soto Lifts Yankees To Win After Surprise Entry But Reveals Not 100% Fit Published July 1st, 2024 via Pinstripes Nation Juan Soto, Aaron Judge help Yankees beat Blue Jays Published July 1st, 2024 via MLB.com Which are Juan Soto's possible destinations if he leaves the Yankees? Published June 30th, 2024 via AS USA Yankees 'scrambled' to add Juan Soto to lineup late in injury risk that instantly paid off Published June 30th, 2024 via New York Post Juan Soto steps back into Yankees lineup, Gerrit Cole steps up at Toronto Published June 30th, 2024 via NorthJersey.com How Yankees' Juan Soto snuck back in lineup minutes before 1st pitch, igniting offense in win Published June 30th, 2024 via NJ.com Yankees' Juan Soto makes return after hand injury scare Published June 30th, 2024 via ClutchPoints	Is Julio Rodriguez's breakout coming? It's getting more difficult to see it Published June 29th, 2024 via The Seattle Times Julio Rodriguez's Potential Surge in Second Half Performance Published June 29th, 2024 via Mesabi Tribune Julio Rodriguez of the Seattle Mariners Potential Surge in Second Half Published June 29th, 2024 via SportsGrid Mariners' Fan Group Puts Out Viral Call to Support Julio Rodriguez on Friday Night Published June 28th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated FOX Sports Releases Trailer For Upcoming Documentary on Mariners' Julio Rodriguez Published June 28th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Fox Sports announces Julio Rodriguez documentary, airing July 16 Published June 28th, 2024 via Awful Announcing FS1 To Air Documentary About Seattle Mariners Star Julio Rodriguez Published June 28th, 2024 via Forbes Video: Is it time to panic about Julio Rodriguez? - Bob's Baseball Breakdown - Seattle Sports - Seattle Sports Published June 27th, 2024 via Seattle Sports

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