Should I draft MJ Melendez or Brendan Rodgers?

See our analysis of the choice to draft MJ Melendez or Brendan Rodgers.

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	1.87
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	271.00	257.00
AB	521	492
R	68	62
H	124	133
2B	26	27
3B	4	2
HR	21	14
RBI	62	61
SB	4	0
K	150	107
BB	66	35
AVG	.238	.270
OBP	.324	.320
SLG	.424	.419
OPS	.748	.738

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	81.0	112.0
AB	232	240
R	21	28
H	42	67
2B	12	14
3B	2	1
HR	8	5
RBI	24	27
SB	2	1
K	68	56
BB	20	14
AVG	.181	.279
OBP	.249	.318
SLG	.353	.408
OPS	.603	.726

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	Red Sox Target Brendan Rodgers from Colorado Rockies Before Trade Deadline Published June 30th, 2024 via BVM Sports Brendan Rodgers Absent On Sunday Published June 30th, 2024 Rockies' Brendan Rodgers: Resting Sunday Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rockies' Brendan Rodgers: Homers, scores twice in loss Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Brendan Rodgers' solo home run (5) \| 06/29/2024 \| Colorado Rockies Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Brendan Rodgers' solo home run (5) \| 06/29/2024 Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Brendan Rodgers' RBI single \| 06/25/2024 \| Colorado Rockies Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Brendan Rodgers off to solid return to Rockies Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com

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