Should I draft Ke'Bryan Hayes or Royce Lewis?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Ke'Bryan Hayes or Royce Lewis.

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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Ke'Bryan Hayes

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Royce Lewis · Groin (Day To Day)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.75	4.36
ADP	210.99	82.87
PROJ	307.00	335.00
AB	553	473
R	70	77
H	140	132
2B	30	22
3B	6	1
HR	18	26
RBI	64	86
SB	14	11
K	117	119
BB	40	46
AVG	.253	.279
OBP	.303	.348
SLG	.427	.495
OPS	.730	.843

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	88.0	84.0
AB	220	87
R	24	18
H	51	24
2B	8	4
3B	0	0
HR	3	10
RBI	19	16
SB	6	0
K	48	17
BB	19	9
AVG	.232	.276
OBP	.297	.340
SLG	.309	.667
OPS	.606	1.007

Recent News
	Pirates 3B Ke'Bryan Hayes gives back through youth baseball, shopping events in Monroeville Published July 1st, 2024 via TribLIVE.com Pirates 3B Ke'Bryan Hayes pleads for robot umps after egregious missed call vs. Braves Published July 1st, 2024 via Yahoo News UK 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	Twins beat Tigers 5-3 after Royce Lewis leaves game in sixth inning Published July 2nd, 2024 via Star Tribune Royce Lewis Exits With Groin Tightness Published July 2nd, 2024 Twins Win 5-3 After Royce Lewis Injury, Seek MRI Results Published July 2nd, 2024 via BVM Sports Twins' Royce Lewis: Set for MRI on groin injury Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Despite losing Royce Lewis to groin injury, Twins top Detroit for seventh win in 10 games Published July 2nd, 2024 via The New York Times Royce Lewis groin injury concern: Twins cautious approach questioned Published July 2nd, 2024 via BVM Sports Twins' Royce Lewis Appears To Take Shot At Guardians Record Published July 2nd, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Royce Lewis will come to regret giving Guardians truly dumb bulletin-board material Published July 2nd, 2024 via FanSided

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