Should I draft Kyle Isbel or Jorge Mateo?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Kyle Isbel or Jorge Mateo.

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	0.15	-0.04
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	153.00	116.00
AB	312	237
R	41	35
H	74	55
2B	18	11
3B	2	2
HR	7	6
RBI	33	24
SB	9	19
K	70	64
BB	23	14
AVG	.237	.232
OBP	.292	.280
SLG	.375	.371
OPS	.667	.651

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	105.0	95.0
AB	203	161
R	28	27
H	49	38
2B	5	13
3B	4	2
HR	6	5
RBI	22	18
SB	4	12
K	41	41
BB	12	9
AVG	.241	.236
OBP	.286	.276
SLG	.394	.435
OPS	.680	.711

Recent News
	Royals' Kyle Isbel: Sitting versus southpaw Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Kyle Isbel: Lifts homer Friday Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Kyle Isbel's solo home run (6) \| 06/28/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Kyle Isbel's triple \| 06/27/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Royals' Kyle Isbel: Exiting lineup Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Back Tightness Forces Kyle Isbel From Friday's Game Published June 25th, 2024 via MSN Kyle Isbel's run-scoring knock \| 06/24/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Royals' Kyle Isbel: Rejoining starting nine Monday Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports	The Orioles' Jorge Mateo left the game after Cedric Mullins accidentally hit him on the head with a bat Published June 28th, 2024 via MSN Jon Gray strikes out Jorge Mateo swinging \| 06/27/2024 Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Orioles' Jorge Mateo: Beginning to lose playing time Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Orioles' Jorge Mateo: Not starting Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Orioles' Jorge Mateo: Homers in Friday's loss Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Jorge Mateo's two-run home run (5) \| 06/21/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com Orioles' Jorge Mateo: Absent from lineup Published June 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports Orioles' Jorge Mateo: Swipes bag in loss Published June 19th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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