Should I draft Lane Thomas or MJ Melendez?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Lane Thomas or MJ Melendez.

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.

Change Players in Draft Analysis

Select Player to Draft

Recommended

Lane Thomas

Change Player

MJ Melendez

Change Player

WSH · RF

KC · RF,LF

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.35	1.77
ADP	136.32	Undrafted
PROJ	304.00	271.00
AB	582	521
R	84	68
H	140	124
2B	31	26
3B	3	4
HR	23	21
RBI	72	62
SB	14	4
K	156	150
BB	44	66
AVG	.241	.238
OBP	.299	.324
SLG	.423	.424
OPS	.721	.748

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft Lane Thomas or Matt Chapman Draft Lane Thomas or Jack Suwinski Draft Lane Thomas or Spencer Torkelson Draft Lane Thomas or Ian Happ Draft Lane Thomas or Evan Carter	Draft MJ Melendez or Eugenio Suarez Draft MJ Melendez or DJ LeMahieu Draft MJ Melendez or Starling Marte Draft MJ Melendez or Thairo Estrada Draft MJ Melendez or Brandon Drury

Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	139.0	81.0
AB	218	232
R	32	21
H	52	42
2B	8	12
3B	3	2
HR	8	8
RBI	34	24
SB	17	2
K	53	68
BB	19	20
AVG	.239	.181
OBP	.300	.249
SLG	.413	.353
OPS	.713	.603

Recent News
	Lane Thomas Props: June 29, Nationals vs. Rays Published June 29th, 2024 via For The Win Lane Thomas Props: June 28, Nationals vs. Rays Published June 27th, 2024 via For The Win Lane Thomas' two-run double \| 06/26/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Nationals' Lane Thomas: Comes up clutch Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Lane Thomas' game-tying RBI double Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Lane Thomas' RBI single \| 06/22/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com Lane Thomas Picks Up Three Hits, Drives In Four Published June 22nd, 2024 Nationals' Lane Thomas: Drives in four runs Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports	Royals' MJ Melendez: Taking seat against lefty Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' MJ Melendez Belts First Career Grand Slam After Thrilling 12-Pitch At-Bat Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Kansas City Royals Beat Dodgers as MJ Melendez Hits Historic Grand Slam Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN MJ Melendez's leaping catch \| 06/22/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com MJ Melendez's leaping catch Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com MJ Melendez's sliding catch \| 06/19/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 19th, 2024 via MLB.com Kansas City Royals Beat Dodgers as MJ Melendez Hits Historic Grand Slam Published June 18th, 2024 via MSN Royals fan won Sonic Slam contest thanks to MJ Melendez (and her daughter) Published June 18th, 2024 via MSN

New Seasons Now Available

Free Tools

Use our free tools to become a fantasy expert and dominate your league!

Get started in seconds
Sync unlimited leagues for free - no paywalls!
Customized for your league, roster and scoring settings
Support for football, baseball, basketball and hockey
Roto and point-based support
Live Draft Syncing
Draft decision analysis
Intuitive Mock Drafts
Insights on H2H matchups
Most scoring statistics supported
No manual entry required
Much, much more!!

Browser Extension