Should I draft Oneil Cruz or Mitch Garver?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Oneil Cruz or Mitch Garver.

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	1.63
ADP	104.56	235.22
PROJ	295.00	226.00
AB	533	397
R	81	54
H	125	96
2B	23	17
3B	5	0
HR	22	21
RBI	72	60
SB	24	1
K	162	121
BB	56	56
AVG	.235	.242
OBP	.309	.335
SLG	.420	.443
OPS	.730	.778

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	121.0	92.0
AB	280	232
R	36	27
H	67	40
2B	15	12
3B	1	0
HR	12	10
RBI	36	31
SB	6	0
K	99	85
BB	22	37
AVG	.239	.172
OBP	.294	.294
SLG	.429	.353
OPS	.722	.647

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	Mitch Garver Absent On Tuesday Published July 2nd, 2024 Seattle Mariners catcher Mitch Garver testing out injured wrist Published July 2nd, 2024 via Sports Illustrated With Mitch Garver out, Mariners bring back catcher Seby Zavala \| Notebook Published July 2nd, 2024 via The Seattle Times Mariners' Mitch Garver: Remaining out Tuesday Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Mitch Garver Forced To Exit Early Published June 30th, 2024 Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo forced to bat after injury to Mitch Garver Published June 30th, 2024 via The Seattle Times Mariners RHP Luis Castillo steps in as hitter after Mitch Garver injured Published June 30th, 2024 via ESPN Mariners' Mitch Garver: X-rays negative on wrist Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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