Should I draft Oneil Cruz or Ezequiel Tovar?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Oneil Cruz or Ezequiel Tovar.

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	1.67
ADP	104.56	198.88
PROJ	295.00	263.00
AB	533	569
R	81	71
H	125	144
2B	23	35
3B	5	3
HR	22	16
RBI	72	68
SB	24	13
K	162	150
BB	56	28
AVG	.235	.253
OBP	.309	.294
SLG	.420	.410
OPS	.730	.704

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	121.0	156.0
AB	283	351
R	36	42
H	67	97
2B	15	24
3B	1	2
HR	12	12
RBI	36	37
SB	6	4
K	100	103
BB	23	13
AVG	.237	.276
OBP	.293	.304
SLG	.424	.459
OPS	.717	.763

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	Ezequiel Tovar's go-ahead single \| 06/30/2024 \| Colorado Rockies Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Ezequiel Tovar Props: June 29, Rockies vs. White Sox Published June 29th, 2024 via For The Win A Pitcher List Conversation with Ezequiel Tovar Published June 27th, 2024 via Pitcher List Early sacrifices define the Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar Published June 27th, 2024 via Our Esquina Rockies Shortstop Ezequiel Tovar: Balancing Baseball, Family, and Stardom at 22 Published June 23rd, 2024 via BVM Sports Rockies shortstop Ezequiel Tovar's balancing act: Baseball, family and budding stardom Published June 23rd, 2024 via The Denver Post Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar: Goes deep in loss Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Ezequiel Tovar's solo home run (12) \| 06/21/2024 \| Colorado Rockies Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com

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