Should I draft Nelson Velazquez or Oswaldo Cabrera?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Nelson Velazquez or Oswaldo Cabrera.

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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NYY · RF,LF,3B

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.89	-0.22
ADP	Undrafted	228.88
PROJ	206.00	69.00
AB	413	156
R	54	18
H	90	34
2B	18	7
3B	1	0
HR	23	5
RBI	57	18
SB	9	4
K	130	40
BB	37	13
AVG	.218	.218
OBP	.284	.277
SLG	.433	.359
OPS	.718	.635

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	93.0	91.0
AB	205	197
R	31	25
H	41	46
2B	8	7
3B	1	0
HR	8	5
RBI	27	26
SB	2	2
K	61	42
BB	19	12
AVG	.200	.234
OBP	.274	.278
SLG	.366	.345
OPS	.640	.624

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	Oswaldo Cabrera breaking out on offense when Yankees need him most Published June 30th, 2024 via MSN Oswaldo Cabrera's RBI double \| 06/28/2024 \| New York Yankees Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com New York's Oswaldo Cabrera operating second base on Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 via FanDuel Research Oswaldo Cabrera's two-run single \| 06/22/2024 \| New York Yankees Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com Oswaldo Cabrera's diving stop Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com Oswaldo Cabrera returns to lineup with key homer as Yankees start Guardians doubleheader with win Published June 20th, 2024 via MSN Adley Rutschman nabs Oswaldo Cabrera after review \| 06/19/2024 Published June 19th, 2024 via MLB.com Oswaldo Cabrera operating third base for New York on Friday Published June 14th, 2024 via FanDuel Research

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