Should I draft Leody Taveras or Byron Buxton?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Leody Taveras or Byron Buxton.

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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Please note dynasty rankings are based upon our 2024 Preseason Projections and do not consider in-season performance.

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

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Leody Taveras

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Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.04	1.31
ADP	Undrafted	232.77
PROJ	242.00	246.00
AB	504	420
R	62	69
H	123	96
2B	26	23
3B	3	1
HR	13	27
RBI	57	62
SB	17	11
K	125	139
BB	37	41
AVG	.244	.229
OBP	.301	.302
SLG	.385	.481
OPS	.686	.782

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	114.0	116.0
AB	260	215
R	30	33
H	57	56
2B	9	13
3B	2	3
HR	5	8
RBI	18	34
SB	10	5
K	55	64
BB	26	9
AVG	.219	.261
OBP	.290	.309
SLG	.327	.461
OPS	.617	.770

Recent News
	Leody Taveras' RBI double \| 07/02/2024 \| Texas Rangers Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Rangers' Leody Taveras: On bench Sunday Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rangers' Leody Taveras: Taking seat Saturday Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rangers' Leody Taveras: Finishing month on upswing Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rangers' Leody Taveras: Finishing month on uptick Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Leody Taveras draws a bases-loaded walk \| 06/28/2024 Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Rangers' Leody Taveras: Idle for series finale Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rangers' Leody Taveras: Drives in two, swipes bag Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports	Byron Buxton's speed on display in win against Tigers Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Byron Buxton scores, giving the Twins the lead \| 07/02/2024 Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com This is Why Byron Buxton is Worth His Contract Published July 2nd, 2024 via Twins Daily Is Byron Buxton officially 'back' for the Twins? Published June 30th, 2024 via Athlon Sports Byron Buxton Blasts Three-Run Homer Published June 30th, 2024 Byron Buxton, Pablo López lead Twins past Mariners Published June 30th, 2024 via St. Paul Pioneer Press Twins' Byron Buxton: Another big day at plate Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Byron Buxton buzzing along as Twins wrap Seattle series Published June 30th, 2024 via Reuters

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