Should I draft Oneil Cruz or Orlando Arcia?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Oneil Cruz or Orlando Arcia.

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.

Change Players in Draft Analysis

Select Player to Draft

Please note dynasty rankings are based upon our 2024 Preseason Projections and do not consider in-season performance.

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

Strong Recommendation

Oneil Cruz

Change Player

Orlando Arcia

Change Player

PIT · SS

ATL · SS

Injury Alert

Orlando Arcia · Teeth (Day To Day)

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	3.04	1.09
ADP	104.56	Undrafted
PROJ	295.00	244.00
AB	533	437
R	81	59
H	125	112
2B	23	21
3B	5	0
HR	22	16
RBI	72	56
SB	24	3
K	162	93
BB	56	38
AVG	.235	.256
OBP	.309	.317
SLG	.420	.414
OPS	.730	.732

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft Oneil Cruz or Andrew Benintendi Draft Oneil Cruz or Thairo Estrada Draft Oneil Cruz or Ezequiel Tovar Draft Oneil Cruz or Jazz Chisholm Draft Oneil Cruz or Josh Jung	Draft Orlando Arcia or DJ LeMahieu Draft Orlando Arcia or Joc Pederson Draft Orlando Arcia or Justin Turner Draft Orlando Arcia or Eloy Jimenez Draft Orlando Arcia or Patrick Bailey

Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	121.0	92.0
AB	283	285
R	36	24
H	67	60
2B	15	18
3B	1	0
HR	12	6
RBI	36	23
SB	6	0
K	100	64
BB	23	13
AVG	.237	.211
OBP	.293	.245
SLG	.424	.337
OPS	.717	.582

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	Braves News: Orlando Arcia deals with abscessed tooth, Atlanta blows early lead, and more Published July 2nd, 2024 via Battery Power Orlando Arcia Out With Abscessed Tooth Published July 2nd, 2024 A surprise Braves-Blue Jays trade to replace Orlando Arcia backed by insider Published July 2nd, 2024 via FanSided Orlando Arcia returns to the Braves' lineup for Thursday's game in Chicago Published July 2nd, 2024 via MSN Watch: Setting up Braves-Giants series with Orlando Arcia availability in question Published July 2nd, 2024 via The Atlanta Journal Constitution Braves shortstop Orlando Arcia dealing with abscessed tooth Published July 2nd, 2024 via The Atlanta Journal Constitution Setting up Braves-Giants series with Orlando Arcia availability in question Published July 2nd, 2024 via The Atlanta Journal Constitution Orlando Arcia out with abscessed tooth, injury updates for Ramon Laureano and Michael Harris Published July 2nd, 2024 via Battery Power

New Seasons Now Available

Free Tools

Use our free tools to become a fantasy expert and dominate your league!

Get started in seconds
Sync unlimited leagues for free - no paywalls!
Customized for your league, roster and scoring settings
Support for football, baseball, basketball and hockey
Roto and point-based support
Live Draft Syncing
Draft decision analysis
Intuitive Mock Drafts
Insights on H2H matchups
Most scoring statistics supported
No manual entry required
Much, much more!!

Browser Extension