Should I draft Lane Thomas or Oneil Cruz?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Lane Thomas 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	2.35	2.65
ADP	136.32	104.56
PROJ	304.00	295.00
AB	582	533
R	84	81
H	140	125
2B	31	23
3B	3	5
HR	23	22
RBI	72	72
SB	14	24
K	156	162
BB	44	56
AVG	.241	.235
OBP	.299	.309
SLG	.423	.420
OPS	.721	.730

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	138.0	121.0
AB	222	283
R	32	36
H	52	67
2B	8	15
3B	3	1
HR	8	12
RBI	34	36
SB	17	6
K	55	100
BB	20	23
AVG	.234	.237
OBP	.298	.293
SLG	.405	.424
OPS	.704	.717

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	Statcast Heroes: Oneil Cruz, Luis Ortiz, Liover Peguero, Axiel Plaz Published July 2nd, 2024 via Pirates Prospects Daily Dinger: Best MLB Home Run Picks Today (Oneil Cruz's Home Run Prop has Immense Betting Value) Published July 2nd, 2024 via Sports Illustrated 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

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