Should I draft Oneil Cruz or Ke'Bryan Hayes?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Oneil Cruz 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.

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Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.65	2.75
ADP	104.23	210.93
PROJ	295.00	307.00
AB	533	553
R	81	70
H	125	140
2B	23	30
3B	5	6
HR	22	18
RBI	72	64
SB	24	14
K	162	117
BB	56	40
AVG	.235	.253
OBP	.309	.303
SLG	.420	.427
OPS	.730	.730

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	121.0	88.0
AB	280	220
R	36	24
H	67	51
2B	15	8
3B	1	0
HR	12	3
RBI	36	19
SB	6	6
K	99	48
BB	22	19
AVG	.239	.232
OBP	.294	.297
SLG	.429	.309
OPS	.722	.606

Recent News
	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 Oneil Cruz's two-run home run (12) \| 06/30/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Pirates' Oneil Cruz: On bench against lefty Published June 29th, 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

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