Should I draft MJ Melendez or Tommy Edman?

See our analysis of the choice to draft MJ Melendez or Tommy Edman.

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	1.92
ADP	Undrafted	221.48
PROJ	271.00	261.00
AB	521	454
R	68	66
H	124	114
2B	26	24
3B	4	3
HR	21	10
RBI	62	46
SB	4	23
K	150	79
BB	66	31
AVG	.238	.251
OBP	.324	.299
SLG	.424	.383
OPS	.748	.682

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	81.0	0.0
AB	232	0
R	21	0
H	42	0
2B	12	0
3B	2	0
HR	8	0
RBI	24	0
SB	2	0
K	68	0
BB	20	0
AVG	.181	0.000
OBP	.249	0.000
SLG	.353	0.000
OPS	.603	0.000

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	Tommy Edman Nearing Rehab Assignment Published July 2nd, 2024 Cardinals mailbag Part 1: Tommy Edman, Lars Nootbaar factor into trade deadline decisions Published July 2nd, 2024 via The New York Times Cardinals agree with utilityman Tommy Edman on 2-year deal to avoid salary arbitration Published July 1st, 2024 via MSN Cardinals' Tommy Edman: Ankle injury not considered serious Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tommy Edman Still Not Cleared For Full Baseball Activities Published June 28th, 2024 via MSN Cardinals can't catch a break with Tommy Edman after latest injury update Published June 27th, 2024 via MSN Tommy Edman Suffers Sprained Ankle Published June 26th, 2024 Cardinals can't catch a break with Tommy Edman after latest injury update Published June 26th, 2024 via FanSided

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