Should I draft Nolan Arenado or Ke'Bryan Hayes?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Nolan Arenado or Ke'Bryan Hayes.

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.

Change Players in Draft Analysis

Select Player to Draft

Strong Recommendation

Nolan Arenado

Change Player

Ke'Bryan Hayes

Change Player

STL · 3B

PIT · 3B

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	5.63	2.75
ADP	88.15	210.93
PROJ	397.00	307.00
AB	575	553
R	75	70
H	151	140
2B	32	30
3B	2	6
HR	27	18
RBI	97	64
SB	3	14
K	92	117
BB	46	40
AVG	.263	.253
OBP	.318	.303
SLG	.466	.427
OPS	.784	.730

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft Nolan Arenado or Manny Machado Draft Nolan Arenado or Alex Bregman Draft Nolan Arenado or Ian Happ Draft Nolan Arenado or Fernando Tatis Draft Nolan Arenado or Luis Robert	Draft Ke'Bryan Hayes or Royce Lewis Draft Ke'Bryan Hayes or Austin Riley Draft Ke'Bryan Hayes or Thairo Estrada Draft Ke'Bryan Hayes or Jeff McNeil Draft Ke'Bryan Hayes or Christian Walker

Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	141.0	88.0
AB	294	220
R	29	24
H	75	51
2B	13	8
3B	0	0
HR	7	3
RBI	34	19
SB	1	6
K	53	48
BB	21	19
AVG	.255	.232
OBP	.309	.297
SLG	.371	.309
OPS	.679	.606

Recent News
	Rockies designate key piece in Nolan Arenado trade for assignment Published June 30th, 2024 via Denver Sports Nolan Arenado Goes Deep In Loss To Reds Published June 28th, 2024 Nolan Arenado Trade Rumors: 3 possible landing spots for Cardinals 3B following subpar start Published June 28th, 2024 via MSN Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Homers in blowout loss Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Nolan Arenado Props: June 28, Cardinals vs. Reds Published June 28th, 2024 via For The Win Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Quiet in return Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Nolan Arenado Ready To Go On Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 Cardinals' Nolan Arenado: Back in lineup, batting sixth Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Pirates' Ke'Bryan Hayes: Checking out of starting nine Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Ke'Bryan Hayes' RBI double \| 06/28/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Ke'Bryan Hayes To Resume Baseball Activities On Monday Published June 28th, 2024 via MSN Pirates' Ke'Bryan Hayes: Getting day off Tuesday Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Even With Good Moment, Ke'Bryan Hayes Frustrated Again Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN Ke'Bryan Hayes' RBI single \| 06/21/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com Ke'Bryan Hayes: Move Down the Batting Order for Better Team Performance Published June 21st, 2024 via BVM Sports Ke'Bryan Hayes chasing the confidence Bryan Reynolds displaying at the plate for Pirates Published June 20th, 2024 via TribLIVE

New Seasons Now Available

Free Tools

Use our free tools to become a fantasy expert and dominate your league!

Get started in seconds
Sync unlimited leagues for free - no paywalls!
Customized for your league, roster and scoring settings
Support for football, baseball, basketball and hockey
Roto and point-based support
Live Draft Syncing
Draft decision analysis
Intuitive Mock Drafts
Insights on H2H matchups
Most scoring statistics supported
No manual entry required
Much, much more!!

Browser Extension