Should I draft Luke Maile or Austin Barnes?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Luke Maile or Austin Barnes.

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	-0.24	-0.28
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	61.00	54.00
AB	161	141
R	17	17
H	37	29
2B	9	4
3B	0	0
HR	4	3
RBI	19	13
SB	1	1
K	49	34
BB	15	15
AVG	.230	.206
OBP	.296	.289
SLG	.360	.298
OPS	.656	.587

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	18.0	12.0
AB	99	72
R	8	5
H	18	15
2B	3	2
3B	0	0
HR	2	0
RBI	8	4
SB	2	0
K	37	22
BB	10	8
AVG	.182	.208
OBP	.281	.288
SLG	.273	.236
OPS	.553	.524

Recent News
	Reds' Luke Maile: Sitting Saturday Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Reds' Luke Maile: Enters starting lineup Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Bailey Falter strikes out Luke Maile \| 06/24/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Reds' Luke Maile: Makes second straight start Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Reds' Luke Maile: Doubles, scores insurance run Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Reds' Luke Maile: Homers in loss Published June 10th, 2024 via CBS Sports Luke Maile's solo home run (2) \| 06/09/2024 \| Cincinnati Reds Published June 9th, 2024 via MLB.com Luke Maile's solo home run (2) \| 06/09/2024 Published June 9th, 2024 via MLB.com	Dodgers' Austin Barnes: Draws start in series finale Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Barnes: Dodgers Travel Schedule 'Wears On Your Body' Published June 5th, 2024 via MSN Austin Barnes: Dodgers Travel Schedule 'Wears On Your Body' Published June 4th, 2024 via DodgerBlue.com Dodgers' Austin Barnes: Filling in for resting Will Smith Published May 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Dodgers' Austin Barnes: Fills in for resting Will Smith Published May 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Barnes in the lineup Sunday Published May 26th, 2024 via FantasyPros Austin Barnes in lineup Thursday Published May 16th, 2024 via FantasyPros Austin Barnes catching for Dodgers on Thursday Published May 16th, 2024 via FanDuel Research

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