Should I draft Nolan Gorman or Byron Buxton?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Nolan Gorman or Byron Buxton.

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	1.70
ADP	181.34	232.90
PROJ	246.00	246.00
AB	473	420
R	64	69
H	112	96
2B	19	23
3B	0	1
HR	28	27
RBI	73	62
SB	5	11
K	161	139
BB	50	41
AVG	.237	.229
OBP	.313	.302
SLG	.455	.481
OPS	.768	.782

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	101.0	116.0
AB	267	215
R	32	33
H	50	56
2B	8	13
3B	0	3
HR	16	8
RBI	37	34
SB	6	5
K	109	64
BB	29	9
AVG	.187	.261
OBP	.268	.309
SLG	.397	.461
OPS	.665	.770

Recent News
	Cardinals' Nolan Gorman: Resting versus LHP Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' Nolan Gorman misses Sunday's game against Cubs with lower back tightness Published June 25th, 2024 via MSN Cardinals' Nolan Gorman: Picks up fifth steal Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Analyzing Baseball Highlights: Nolan Gorman's Struggles \| Sports \| bryantimes.com Published June 23rd, 2024 via The Bryan Times Analyzing Baseball Highlights: Nolan Gorman's Struggles \| National \| bluemountaineagle.com Published June 23rd, 2024 via Blue Mountain Eagle Analyzing Baseball Highlights: Nolan Gorman's Struggles \| Sports \| northwestsignal.net Published June 23rd, 2024 via Napoleon Northwest Signal Analyzing Baseball Highlights: Nolan Gorman's Struggles \| National \| newsbug.info Published June 23rd, 2024 via Newsbug.info Analyzing Baseball Highlights: Nolan Gorman's Struggles \| Tn Exchange \| newspressnow.com Published June 23rd, 2024 via News-Press Now	Is Byron Buxton officially 'back' for the Twins? Published June 30th, 2024 via Athlon Sports Byron Buxton Blasts Three-Run Homer Published June 30th, 2024 Byron Buxton, Pablo López lead Twins past Mariners Published June 30th, 2024 via St. Paul Pioneer Press Twins' Byron Buxton: Another big day at plate Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Byron Buxton buzzing along as Twins wrap Seattle series Published June 30th, 2024 via Reuters Byron Buxton's blast, 4 RBIs carry Twins past Mariners Published June 30th, 2024 via Deadspin Byron Buxton homers has four RBIs Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Byron Buxton on four-RBI game and the win \| 06/29/2024 Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com

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