Should I draft MJ Melendez or Trevor Story?

See our analysis of the choice to draft MJ Melendez or Trevor Story.

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	1.44
ADP	Undrafted	233.92
PROJ	271.00	246.00
AB	521	492
R	68	64
H	124	115
2B	26	30
3B	4	1
HR	21	19
RBI	62	65
SB	4	20
K	150	151
BB	66	44
AVG	.238	.234
OBP	.324	.299
SLG	.424	.415
OPS	.748	.714

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	81.0	10.0
AB	232	31
R	21	1
H	42	7
2B	12	3
3B	2	0
HR	8	0
RBI	24	4
SB	2	1
K	68	9
BB	20	3
AVG	.181	.226
OBP	.249	.294
SLG	.353	.323
OPS	.603	.617

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's Trevor Story Offers Update On 'Very Unique' Injury Recovery Published June 14th, 2024 via NESN How Trevor Story Overcame 'Dark Days' With Red Sox After Injury Published June 14th, 2024 via NESN 'There's still dark days.' Red Sox' Trevor Story discusses the mental toll of his season-ending injury. Published June 14th, 2024 via The Boston Globe Trevor Story Won't Make Red Sox Debut Until Thursday Published June 3rd, 2024 via MSN A rare Red Sox-Blue Jays trade to make Trevor Story a distant memory Published June 1st, 2024 via MSN A rare Red Sox-Blue Jays trade to make Trevor Story a distant memory Published May 31st, 2024 via FanSided 'Just frustrating': Story placed on injured list with dislocated shoulder Published May 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Red Sox SS Trevor Story needs surgery on fractured left shoulder, likely out for season Published May 9th, 2024 via Yahoo Singapore News

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