Should I draft MJ Melendez or Austin Hays?

See our analysis of the choice to draft MJ Melendez 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	1.77	1.89
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	271.00	271.00
AB	521	522
R	68	70
H	124	136
2B	26	31
3B	4	2
HR	21	18
RBI	62	66
SB	4	4
K	150	129
BB	66	35
AVG	.238	.261
OBP	.324	.311
SLG	.424	.431
OPS	.748	.742

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	85.0	52.0
AB	235	123
R	21	16
H	45	31
2B	13	9
3B	2	0
HR	8	3
RBI	24	12
SB	2	0
K	68	32
BB	20	7
AVG	.192	.252
OBP	.258	.316
SLG	.366	.398
OPS	.624	.715

Recent News
	Royals' MJ Melendez: Taking seat against lefty Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' MJ Melendez Belts First Career Grand Slam After Thrilling 12-Pitch At-Bat Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Kansas City Royals Beat Dodgers as MJ Melendez Hits Historic Grand Slam Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN MJ Melendez's leaping catch \| 06/22/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com MJ Melendez's leaping catch Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com MJ Melendez's sliding catch \| 06/19/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 19th, 2024 via MLB.com Kansas City Royals Beat Dodgers as MJ Melendez Hits Historic Grand Slam Published June 18th, 2024 via MSN Royals fan won Sonic Slam contest thanks to MJ Melendez (and her daughter) Published June 18th, 2024 via MSN	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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