Should I draft Oneil Cruz or Andrew Benintendi?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Oneil Cruz or Andrew Benintendi.

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	2.40
ADP	104.52	257.82
PROJ	295.00	305.00
AB	533	550
R	81	70
H	125	149
2B	23	29
3B	5	1
HR	22	10
RBI	72	54
SB	24	10
K	162	91
BB	56	52
AVG	.235	.271
OBP	.309	.339
SLG	.420	.382
OPS	.730	.721

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	121.0	79.0
AB	280	230
R	36	17
H	67	45
2B	15	6
3B	1	0
HR	12	6
RBI	36	22
SB	6	2
K	99	47
BB	22	16
AVG	.239	.196
OBP	.294	.246
SLG	.429	.300
OPS	.722	.546

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	White Sox Openly Shopping Andrew Benintendi Published July 1st, 2024 The White Sox Are Reportedly Shopping Andrew Benintendi Published June 30th, 2024 via Sports Mockery White Sox's Andrew Benintendi: Idle against lefty Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Andrew Benintendi and the Challenges of MLB Free Agency Deals Published June 29th, 2024 via WTNZ Andrew Benintendi Sitting Against Southpaw Published June 27th, 2024 White Sox's Andrew Benintendi: Hitting bench against lefty Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Sorry, Andrew Benintendi, but the White Sox' season is actually a lot uglier than it looks Published June 26th, 2024 via Chicago Sun-Times White Sox's Andrew Benintendi: Third homer of June Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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