Should I draft Max Kepler or Austin Hays?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Max Kepler or Austin Hays.

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	1.59	1.89
ADP	252.53	Undrafted
PROJ	274.00	271.00
AB	427	522
R	66	70
H	106	136
2B	21	31
3B	1	2
HR	20	18
RBI	63	66
SB	4	4
K	96	129
BB	48	35
AVG	.248	.261
OBP	.324	.311
SLG	.443	.431
OPS	.767	.742

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	110.0	52.0
AB	208	123
R	27	16
H	52	31
2B	16	9
3B	0	0
HR	6	3
RBI	28	12
SB	1	0
K	46	32
BB	14	7
AVG	.250	.252
OBP	.304	.316
SLG	.414	.398
OPS	.717	.715

Recent News
	Max Kepler Resting Against A Left-Hander Published July 2nd, 2024 Twins' Max Kepler: Out of Minnesota lineup Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Why the Minnesota Twins Should Explore Trading Away Max Kepler at the Trade Deadline Published June 30th, 2024 via Twins Daily Max Kepler, Trevor Larnach Sitting Versus Lefty Published June 27th, 2024 Twins' Max Kepler: Resting against southpaw Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Twins place RF Max Kepler on IL with sore right knee Published June 26th, 2024 via Yahoo Lifestyle UK Max Kepler Loses Arm, Insists He Shouldn't Need Injured List Stint Published June 26th, 2024 via Twins Daily Max Kepler Returning On Tuesday Published June 25th, 2024	Austin Hays throws out Lowe after a review \| 06/30/2024 Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Austin Hays 2024 MLB Splits - ESPN (IN) Published June 30th, 2024 via ESPN India Orioles' Austin Hays: Rejoining lineup Sunday Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Orioles' Austin Hays: Dealing with knee soreness Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Why don't the Orioles play Austin Hays more? / MAILBAG Published June 25th, 2024 via BaltimoreBaseball.com Orioles' Austin Hays: Goes deep in win Published June 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Hays' two-run homer (3) \| 06/20/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published June 20th, 2024 via MLB.com Michael Tonkin strikes out Austin Hays \| 06/20/2024 \| New York Yankees Published June 20th, 2024 via MLB.com

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