Should I draft Lawrence Butler or Jake McCarthy?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Lawrence Butler or Jake McCarthy.

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	-0.02
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	103.00	141.00
AB	249	272
R	29	36
H	56	68
2B	11	11
3B	0	4
HR	7	4
RBI	29	24
SB	7	20
K	71	62
BB	21	24
AVG	.225	.250
OBP	.286	.312
SLG	.353	.364
OPS	.640	.676

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	26.0	113.0
AB	134	187
R	10	27
H	23	52
2B	6	7
3B	0	2
HR	2	3
RBI	8	19
SB	4	12
K	46	38
BB	15	21
AVG	.172	.278
OBP	.253	.366
SLG	.261	.385
OPS	.515	.751

Recent News
	Athletics' Lawrence Butler: Sitting again Saturday Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Athletics' Lawrence Butler: Sitting Friday Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Lawrence Butler's sac fly \| 06/25/2024 \| Oakland Athletics Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Athletics' Lawrence Butler: On bench against lefty Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Lawrence Butler breaks up perfect game with single \| 06/23/2024 Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Lawrence Butler Swinging His Way to Success Published June 22nd, 2024 via MSN Lawrence Butler's Impressive Hitting Stats and Manager's Belief in Aggressive Approach Published June 21st, 2024 via BVM Sports Lawrence Butler Swinging His Way to Success Published June 21st, 2024 via Yardbarker	Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Sitting against lefty Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jake McCarthy Tallies Three Hits, Swipes Two Bags In Thursday’s Victory Published June 20th, 2024 Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Swipes two, scores two Published June 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports Video: Jake McCarthy - Arizona Diamondbacks' agent of chaos #mlb #arizonadiamondbacks Published June 20th, 2024 via Arizona Sports Diamondbacks' Jake McCarthy: Out against left-hander Published June 19th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jake McCarthy's 2-run homer helps carry the Diamondbacks to a 9-3 win against the Padres Published June 18th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports Steals give McCarthy fantasy upside sans Carroll Published June 17th, 2024 via NBC Sports Why Jake McCarthy is again emerging as a key piece for the Diamondbacks Published June 17th, 2024 via The Arizona Republic

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