Should I draft MJ Melendez or Teoscar Hernandez?

See our analysis of the choice to draft MJ Melendez or Teoscar Hernandez.

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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MJ Melendez

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Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.77	2.98
ADP	Undrafted	114.53
PROJ	271.00	308.00
AB	521	585
R	68	80
H	124	149
2B	26	29
3B	4	1
HR	21	30
RBI	62	95
SB	4	8
K	150	184
BB	66	39
AVG	.238	.255
OBP	.324	.303
SLG	.424	.462
OPS	.748	.765

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	81.0	180.0
AB	232	318
R	21	44
H	42	79
2B	12	16
3B	2	1
HR	8	18
RBI	24	55
SB	2	4
K	68	101
BB	20	27
AVG	.181	.248
OBP	.249	.312
SLG	.353	.475
OPS	.603	.787

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	Teoscar Hernandez Returns To Dodgers Lineup Published June 26th, 2024 Dodgers vs White Sox: Teoscar Hernandez Back in Lineup, Batting 2nd for Series Sweep Published June 26th, 2024 via BVM Sports Dodgers lineup: Teoscar Hernandez returns, batting 2nd Published June 26th, 2024 via Sporting News Dodgers' Teoscar Hernandez: Returns to lineup Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Teoscar Hernandez Reveals 'Personal Reasons' That Forced Him to Leave Dodgers Published June 26th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Teoscar Hernandez Out Again On Tuesday Published June 25th, 2024 Teoscar Hernandez Reveals Why He Left Dodgers to Travel Home on Monday Published June 25th, 2024 via Dodgers Nation Dodgers' Teoscar Hernandez: Still not with team Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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