Should I draft Nelson Velazquez or Jacob Young?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Nelson Velazquez or Jacob Young.

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	0.89	-0.29
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	206.00	65.00
AB	413	121
R	54	15
H	90	30
2B	18	5
3B	1	1
HR	23	1
RBI	57	11
SB	9	10
K	130	22
BB	37	11
AVG	.218	.248
OBP	.284	.313
SLG	.433	.331
OPS	.718	.644

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	93.0	121.0
AB	205	231
R	31	43
H	41	62
2B	8	13
3B	1	0
HR	8	1
RBI	27	18
SB	2	19
K	61	50
BB	19	13
AVG	.200	.268
OBP	.274	.325
SLG	.366	.338
OPS	.640	.663

Recent News
	Royals option OF Nelson Velazquez after rough start to 2024 Published June 27th, 2024 via MSN Nelson Velazquez (2 HRs), Royals overpower Twins Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN Royals option OF Nelson Velazquez after rough start to 2024 Published June 25th, 2024 via MSN Michael Massey Reinstated, Nelson Velazquez Optioned Published June 24th, 2024 Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Sent back to Triple-A Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Back in lineup Sunday Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Sitting again Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Nelson Velazquez: Absent from lineup again Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports	Nationals' Jacob Young: Doubles twice, steals in win Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jacob Young scores on error \| 06/28/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Jacob Young's RBI single \| 06/25/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Nationals' Jacob Young: Ends drought on basepaths Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Washington Nationals notebook: Kyle Finnegan, Jake Irvin, Jacob Young Published June 24th, 2024 via SportsGrid Washington Nationals notebook: Kyle Finnegan, Jake Irvin, Jacob Young Published June 24th, 2024 via Just Baseball Jacob Young's slick sliding catch \| 06/23/2024 \| Washington Nationals Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Nationals' Jacob Young: Doubles twice, scores three runs Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports

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