Should I draft Oneil Cruz or Alejandro Kirk?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Oneil Cruz or Alejandro Kirk.

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	2.65	1.38
ADP	104.56	Undrafted
PROJ	295.00	210.00
AB	533	339
R	81	38
H	125	89
2B	23	15
3B	5	0
HR	22	9
RBI	72	45
SB	24	0
K	162	43
BB	56	39
AVG	.235	.263
OBP	.309	.341
SLG	.420	.386
OPS	.730	.728

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	121.0	56.0
AB	280	135
R	36	6
H	67	27
2B	15	6
3B	1	0
HR	12	2
RBI	36	18
SB	6	0
K	99	23
BB	22	16
AVG	.239	.200
OBP	.294	.282
SLG	.429	.289
OPS	.722	.571

Recent News
	Statcast Heroes: Oneil Cruz, Luis Ortiz, Liover Peguero, Axiel Plaz Published July 2nd, 2024 via Pirates Prospects Daily Dinger: Best MLB Home Run Picks Today (Oneil Cruz's Home Run Prop has Immense Betting Value) Published July 2nd, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Oneil Cruz, Rowdy Tellez homer in win over Braves Published July 1st, 2024 via MLB.com Oneil Cruz Blasts Two-Run Homer Published June 30th, 2024 Pirates' Oneil Cruz: Launches 12th homer Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Oneil Cruz and Rowdy Tellez homer in 5th as the Pirates avoid sweep and beat the Braves 4-2 Published June 30th, 2024 via Torrington Register Citizen Big homers from Oneil Cruz, Rowdy Tellez lift Pirates to victory over Braves in series finale Published June 30th, 2024 via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oneil Cruz hammers 452-foot homer \| 06/30/2024 Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com	Blue Jays Catcher Danny Jansen Placed on Paternity List, Alejandro Kirk Steps In as Starting Catcher with Brian ... Published July 1st, 2024 via BVM Sports Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk: Getting start Monday sans Jansen Published July 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Instant Reaction: Alejandro Kirk's home run wasn't enough in a 3-1 defeat to the Brewers Published June 22nd, 2024 via MSN Instant Reaction: Alejandro Kirk's home run wasn't enough in a 3-1 defeat to the Brewers Published June 19th, 2024 via MSN Alejandro Kirk powers Blue Jays past skidding Yankees Published June 19th, 2024 via Reuters Alejandro Kirk, Alan Roden, and Ernie Clement hit home runs as the Blue Jays lose and draw their split-squad games Published June 16th, 2024 via MSN Instant Reaction: Alejandro Kirk's home run wasn't enough in a 3-1 defeat to the Brewers Published June 15th, 2024 via MSN Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk: Clubs second homer Published June 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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