Should I draft MJ Melendez or Brandon Lowe?

See our analysis of the choice to draft MJ Melendez or Brandon Lowe.

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	1.72
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	271.00	246.00
AB	521	402
R	68	63
H	124	95
2B	26	19
3B	4	1
HR	21	22
RBI	62	66
SB	4	5
K	150	120
BB	66	50
AVG	.238	.236
OBP	.324	.322
SLG	.424	.453
OPS	.748	.775

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	81.0	73.0
AB	232	119
R	21	18
H	42	26
2B	12	4
3B	2	2
HR	8	6
RBI	24	23
SB	2	1
K	68	35
BB	20	14
AVG	.181	.219
OBP	.249	.319
SLG	.353	.437
OPS	.603	.756

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	Brandon Lowe Continues To Show Power Published July 3rd, 2024 Rays' Brandon Lowe: Slugs seventh homer Published July 3rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Brady Singer whiffs Brandon Lowe \| 07/02/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Rays' Brandon Lowe: Getting day off versus lefty Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Brandon Lowe: Homers in return to lineup Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Brandon Lowe Returns To Starting Lineup Published June 29th, 2024 Rays' Brandon Lowe: Back in lineup Saturday Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Brandon Lowe: Ready to return to lineup Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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