Should I draft Luken Baker or Jacob Young?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Luken Baker or Jacob Young.

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	-0.35	-0.29
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	49.00	65.00
AB	102	121
R	11	15
H	23	30
2B	3	5
3B	0	1
HR	4	1
RBI	15	11
SB	0	10
K	29	22
BB	14	11
AVG	.226	.248
OBP	.325	.313
SLG	.373	.331
OPS	.697	.644

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	0.0	121.0
AB	0	231
R	0	43
H	0	62
2B	0	13
3B	0	0
HR	0	1
RBI	0	18
SB	0	19
K	0	50
BB	0	13
AVG	0.000	.268
OBP	0.000	.325
SLG	0.000	.338
OPS	0.000	.663

Recent News
	Luken Baker breaks Memphis Redbirds homerun record - WATN Published June 26th, 2024 via Local 24 Luken Baker hits his 75th home run for Triple-A \| 06/27/2024 Published June 26th, 2024 via MiLB.com Baking with Baker \| Memphis Redbirds first baseman Luken Baker is one home run away from tying the franchise record - WATN Published June 25th, 2024 via Local 24 Memphis Redbirds and St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Luken Baker gets candid about baseball career - WATN Published June 25th, 2024 via Local 24 Luken Baker's two-homer game \| 06/23/2024 \| Redbirds Published June 23rd, 2024 via MiLB.com Luken Baker's two-homer game \| 05/19/2024 \| Redbirds Published May 18th, 2024 via MiLB.com Luken Baker's two-homer game \| 05/19/2024 \| Redbirds Published May 18th, 2024 via MiLB.com Luken Baker's solo homer \| 05/14/2024 \| Redbirds Published May 14th, 2024 via MiLB.com	Nationals' Jacob Young: Doubles twice, steals in win Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jacob Young scores on error \| 06/28/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Jacob Young's RBI single \| 06/25/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Nationals' Jacob Young: Ends drought on basepaths Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Washington Nationals notebook: Kyle Finnegan, Jake Irvin, Jacob Young Published June 24th, 2024 via SportsGrid Washington Nationals notebook: Kyle Finnegan, Jake Irvin, Jacob Young Published June 24th, 2024 via Just Baseball Jacob Young's slick sliding catch \| 06/23/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Nationals' Jacob Young: Doubles twice, scores three runs Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports

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