Should I draft Ke'Bryan Hayes or Josh Naylor?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Ke'Bryan Hayes or Josh Naylor.

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	2.75	2.83
ADP	210.93	128.48
PROJ	307.00	351.00
AB	553	507
R	70	60
H	140	144
2B	30	33
3B	6	0
HR	18	20
RBI	64	90
SB	14	7
K	117	83
BB	40	40
AVG	.253	.284
OBP	.303	.339
SLG	.427	.468
OPS	.730	.806

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	88.0	223.0
AB	220	289
R	24	45
H	51	70
2B	8	14
3B	0	0
HR	3	20
RBI	19	61
SB	6	3
K	48	60
BB	19	30
AVG	.232	.242
OBP	.297	.321
SLG	.309	.498
OPS	.606	.819

Recent News
	Pirates' Ke'Bryan Hayes: Checking out of starting nine Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Ke'Bryan Hayes' RBI double \| 06/28/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Ke'Bryan Hayes To Resume Baseball Activities On Monday Published June 28th, 2024 via MSN Pirates' Ke'Bryan Hayes: Getting day off Tuesday Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Even With Good Moment, Ke'Bryan Hayes Frustrated Again Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN Ke'Bryan Hayes' RBI single \| 06/21/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com Ke'Bryan Hayes: Move Down the Batting Order for Better Team Performance Published June 21st, 2024 via BVM Sports Ke'Bryan Hayes chasing the confidence Bryan Reynolds displaying at the plate for Pirates Published June 20th, 2024 via TribLIVE	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

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