Should I draft Oneil Cruz or TJ Friedl?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Oneil Cruz or TJ Friedl.

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	2.21
ADP	104.56	172.27
PROJ	295.00	283.00
AB	533	467
R	81	66
H	125	117
2B	23	19
3B	5	6
HR	22	12
RBI	72	56
SB	24	19
K	162	88
BB	56	46
AVG	.235	.251
OBP	.309	.320
SLG	.420	.394
OPS	.730	.714

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	121.0	59.0
AB	283	96
R	36	14
H	67	20
2B	15	2
3B	1	0
HR	12	4
RBI	36	16
SB	6	6
K	100	19
BB	23	8
AVG	.237	.208
OBP	.293	.309
SLG	.424	.354
OPS	.717	.663

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	Reds center fielder TJ Friedl leaves game against Pirates after making a diving catch Published June 30th, 2024 via MSN TJ Friedl's injury timeline thrusts this ill-suited Reds player into everyday role Published June 25th, 2024 via Blog Red Machine Reds OF TJ Friedl on IL, Cincinnati beats Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 24th, 2024 via The Cincinnati Enquirer Reds Put TJ Friedl On 10-Day Injured List Published June 24th, 2024 Reds call up Levi Jordan, put TJ Friedl on the injured list Published June 24th, 2024 via redlegnation.com Cincinnati Reds' TJ Friedl Lands on IL Again with 3rd Injury in '24 Published June 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports TJ Friedl placed on injured list with right hamstring injury Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com TJ Friedl placed on injured list with right hamstring injury Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com

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