Should I draft Michael Taylor or Akil Baddoo?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Michael Taylor or Akil Baddoo.

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.

Change Players in Draft Analysis

Select Player to Draft

Strong Recommendation

Michael Taylor

Change Player

Akil Baddoo

Change Player

PIT · CF

DET · LF

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.02	-0.16
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	137.00	99.00
AB	348	197
R	42	27
H	77	46
2B	11	8
3B	0	1
HR	14	5
RBI	41	21
SB	8	8
K	111	52
BB	27	24
AVG	.221	.234
OBP	.278	.320
SLG	.374	.360
OPS	.651	.680

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft Michael Taylor or Brenton Doyle Draft Michael Taylor or Jose Caballero Draft Michael Taylor or Enmanuel Valdez Draft Michael Taylor or Nick Gordon Draft Michael Taylor or Ryan O'Hearn	Draft Akil Baddoo or Rob Refsnyder Draft Akil Baddoo or J.D. Davis Draft Akil Baddoo or Ryan O'Hearn Draft Akil Baddoo or Mauricio Dubon Draft Akil Baddoo or Blake Sabol

Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	26.0	16.0
AB	157	45
R	18	5
H	30	5
2B	4	1
3B	1	1
HR	1	2
RBI	11	4
SB	6	1
K	60	16
BB	12	8
AVG	.191	.111
OBP	.244	.241
SLG	.248	.311
OPS	.493	.552

Recent News
	Pirates' Michael Taylor: Looking to run Published June 13th, 2024 via CBS Sports Pirates' Michael Taylor: First start since activation Published June 8th, 2024 via CBS Sports Pirates' Michael Taylor: Back from paternity leave Published June 7th, 2024 via CBS Sports Pirates' Michael Taylor: Goes on paternity leave Published June 4th, 2024 via CBS Sports Pirates' Michael Taylor: Not in Thursday's lineup Published May 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Pirates' Michael Taylor: Sitting again Thursday Published May 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Pirates' Michael Taylor: Taking seat Tuesday Published May 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Michael Taylor Not In Friday's Lineup Published May 17th, 2024	Tigers haven't forgotten about Akil Baddoo, even if his weekend visit is brief Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN Spencer Turnbull strikes out Akil Baddoo \| 06/26/2024 \| Philadelphia Phillies Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Spencer Turnbull strikes out Akil Baddoo \| 06/26/2024 Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Tigers' Akil Baddoo: Blasts second home run Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers lineup: Akil Baddoo, Zach McKinstry starting series finale Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLive.com Tigers lineup: Akil Baddoo in left field, Matt Vierling at third base Published June 15th, 2024 via MLive.com Tigers' Akil Baddoo: Playing time trending down Published June 13th, 2024 via CBS Sports Keith, Baddoo avoid major injury after collision; Tigers push back Flaherty's next start Published June 9th, 2024 via Detroit News

New Seasons Now Available

Free Tools

Use our free tools to become a fantasy expert and dominate your league!

Get started in seconds
Sync unlimited leagues for free - no paywalls!
Customized for your league, roster and scoring settings
Support for football, baseball, basketball and hockey
Roto and point-based support
Live Draft Syncing
Draft decision analysis
Intuitive Mock Drafts
Insights on H2H matchups
Most scoring statistics supported
No manual entry required
Much, much more!!

Browser Extension