Should I draft MJ Melendez or TJ Friedl?

See our analysis of the choice to draft MJ Melendez or TJ Friedl.

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	2.21
ADP	Undrafted	172.03
PROJ	271.00	283.00
AB	521	467
R	68	66
H	124	117
2B	26	19
3B	4	6
HR	21	12
RBI	62	56
SB	4	19
K	150	88
BB	66	46
AVG	.238	.251
OBP	.324	.320
SLG	.424	.394
OPS	.748	.714

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	81.0	59.0
AB	232	96
R	21	14
H	42	20
2B	12	2
3B	2	0
HR	8	4
RBI	24	16
SB	2	6
K	68	19
BB	20	8
AVG	.181	.208
OBP	.249	.309
SLG	.353	.354
OPS	.603	.663

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	TJ Friedl's injury timeline thrusts this ill-suited Reds player into everyday role Published June 25th, 2024 via Blog Red Machine Reds OF TJ Friedl on IL, Cincinnati beats Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 24th, 2024 via The Cincinnati Enquirer Reds Put TJ Friedl On 10-Day Injured List Published June 24th, 2024 Reds call up Levi Jordan, put TJ Friedl on the injured list Published June 24th, 2024 via redlegnation.com Cincinnati Reds' TJ Friedl Lands on IL Again with 3rd Injury in '24 Published June 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports TJ Friedl placed on injured list with right hamstring injury Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com TJ Friedl placed on injured list with right hamstring injury Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Reds place OF TJ Friedl (hamstring) on injured list Published June 24th, 2024 via Citizentribune

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