Should I draft MJ Melendez or Ezequiel Tovar?

See our analysis of the choice to draft MJ Melendez or Ezequiel Tovar.

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	1.67
ADP	Undrafted	198.88
PROJ	271.00	263.00
AB	521	569
R	68	71
H	124	144
2B	26	35
3B	4	3
HR	21	16
RBI	62	68
SB	4	13
K	150	150
BB	66	28
AVG	.238	.253
OBP	.324	.294
SLG	.424	.410
OPS	.748	.704

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	85.0	154.0
AB	235	351
R	21	42
H	45	97
2B	13	24
3B	2	2
HR	8	12
RBI	24	37
SB	2	4
K	68	103
BB	20	13
AVG	.192	.276
OBP	.258	.304
SLG	.366	.459
OPS	.624	.763

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	Ezequiel Tovar's go-ahead single \| 06/30/2024 \| Colorado Rockies Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Ezequiel Tovar Props: June 29, Rockies vs. White Sox Published June 29th, 2024 via For The Win A Pitcher List Conversation with Ezequiel Tovar Published June 27th, 2024 via Pitcher List Early sacrifices define the Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar Published June 27th, 2024 via Our Esquina Rockies Shortstop Ezequiel Tovar: Balancing Baseball, Family, and Stardom at 22 Published June 23rd, 2024 via BVM Sports Rockies shortstop Ezequiel Tovar's balancing act: Baseball, family and budding stardom Published June 23rd, 2024 via The Denver Post Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar: Goes deep in loss Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Ezequiel Tovar's solo home run (12) \| 06/21/2024 \| Colorado Rockies Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com

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