Should I draft Oneil Cruz or Salvador Perez?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Oneil Cruz or Salvador Perez.

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	1.71
ADP	104.56	126.31
PROJ	295.00	254.00
AB	533	509
R	81	58
H	125	129
2B	23	21
3B	5	0
HR	22	24
RBI	72	80
SB	24	0
K	162	125
BB	56	19
AVG	.235	.253
OBP	.309	.285
SLG	.420	.436
OPS	.730	.721

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	121.0	190.0
AB	283	306
R	36	32
H	67	85
2B	15	16
3B	1	0
HR	12	14
RBI	36	52
SB	6	0
K	100	62
BB	23	25
AVG	.237	.278
OBP	.293	.346
SLG	.424	.467
OPS	.717	.814

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	Bobby Witt Jr., Salvador Perez's cases to be All-Stars in 2024 Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Royals' Salvador Perez: Launches 14th home run Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Salvador Perez's two-run home run (14) \| 06/30/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Salvador Perez, Hunter Renfroe Lead Kansas City Royals to Victory: Game Recap Published June 29th, 2024 via Sunflower State Radio Salvador Perez's solo homer (13) \| 06/28/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Salvador Perez, Royals jump all over Guardians in blowout Published June 28th, 2024 via Deadspin Royals' Salvador Perez: Slugs 13th homer Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Salvador Perez, Hunter Renfroe go back-to-back \| 06/28/2024 Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com

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