Should I draft Ke'Bryan Hayes or Oneil Cruz?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Ke'Bryan Hayes or Oneil Cruz.

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	2.65
ADP	210.93	104.23
PROJ	307.00	295.00
AB	553	533
R	70	81
H	140	125
2B	30	23
3B	6	5
HR	18	22
RBI	64	72
SB	14	24
K	117	162
BB	40	56
AVG	.253	.235
OBP	.303	.309
SLG	.427	.420
OPS	.730	.730

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	88.0	121.0
AB	220	280
R	24	36
H	51	67
2B	8	15
3B	0	1
HR	3	12
RBI	19	36
SB	6	6
K	48	99
BB	19	22
AVG	.232	.239
OBP	.297	.294
SLG	.309	.429
OPS	.606	.722

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	Oneil Cruz, Rowdy Tellez homer in win over Braves Published July 1st, 2024 via MLB.com Oneil Cruz Blasts Two-Run Homer Published June 30th, 2024 Pirates' Oneil Cruz: Launches 12th homer Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Oneil Cruz and Rowdy Tellez homer in 5th as the Pirates avoid sweep and beat the Braves 4-2 Published June 30th, 2024 via Torrington Register Citizen Big homers from Oneil Cruz, Rowdy Tellez lift Pirates to victory over Braves in series finale Published June 30th, 2024 via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oneil Cruz hammers 452-foot homer \| 06/30/2024 Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Oneil Cruz's two-run home run (12) \| 06/30/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Pirates' Oneil Cruz: On bench against lefty Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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