Should I draft Marcus Semien or Yordan Alvarez?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Marcus Semien or Yordan Alvarez.

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	10.34	9.85
ADP	22.65	22.06
PROJ	444.00	437.00
AB	638	502
R	103	91
H	167	145
2B	34	29
3B	2	1
HR	28	36
RBI	88	105
SB	17	0
K	117	117
BB	64	74
AVG	.262	.289
OBP	.330	.383
SLG	.453	.566
OPS	.783	.949

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	159.0	146.0
AB	242	223
R	41	30
H	62	63
2B	13	11
3B	1	0
HR	9	11
RBI	34	25
SB	1	3
K	39	43
BB	18	24
AVG	.256	.283
OBP	.307	.357
SLG	.430	.480
OPS	.736	.837

Recent News
	Rangers' Marcus Semien: Back in lineup Friday Published June 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Texas Rangers wrap up bumpy May, Marcus Semien shaking off rust Published May 31st, 2024 via The Dallas Morning News Rangers News: Marcus Semien streak ends, Corey Seager on fire, Josh Jung update Published May 31st, 2024 via Nolan Writin' Rangers star Marcus Semien's steak of 349 consecutive games started ends Published May 29th, 2024 via NBC DFW Marcus Semien not in Rangers lineup for first time since 2022 season Published May 29th, 2024 via The Dallas Morning News Seager hits 8th homer in 8 games as Rangers sweep World Series rematch with 6-1 win over Arizona Published May 29th, 2024 via The Associated Press Texas Rangers Marcus Semien Has Impressive Streak Broken Published May 29th, 2024 via Yardbarker Marcus Semien Getting Rare Rest Day Published May 29th, 2024	Yordan Alvarez Smashes Two Bombs On Saturday Published June 1st, 2024 Alvarez homers twice in Astros' victory over Twins Published June 1st, 2024 via TSN Astros' Yordan Alvarez cranks his second homer of the day against Twins Published June 1st, 2024 via FOX Sports Yordan Alvarez crushes a two-run home run to give the Astros an early lead over the Twins Published June 1st, 2024 via FOX Sports Astros' Yordan Alvarez: Two hits, stolen base in loss Published May 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Yordan Alvarez's single \| 05/29/2024 \| Houston Astros Published May 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Yordan Alvarez and Hunter Brown Published May 29th, 2024 via The Crawfish Boxes Astros' Yordan Alvarez: Swipes bag in loss Published May 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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