Should I draft Oneil Cruz or Trevor Story?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Oneil Cruz or Trevor Story.

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	1.44
ADP	104.56	233.92
PROJ	295.00	246.00
AB	533	492
R	81	64
H	125	115
2B	23	30
3B	5	1
HR	22	19
RBI	72	65
SB	24	20
K	162	151
BB	56	44
AVG	.235	.234
OBP	.309	.299
SLG	.420	.415
OPS	.730	.714

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	121.0	10.0
AB	283	31
R	36	1
H	67	7
2B	15	3
3B	1	0
HR	12	0
RBI	36	4
SB	6	1
K	100	9
BB	23	3
AVG	.237	.226
OBP	.293	.294
SLG	.424	.323
OPS	.717	.617

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	Red Sox's Trevor Story Offers Update On 'Very Unique' Injury Recovery Published June 14th, 2024 via NESN How Trevor Story Overcame 'Dark Days' With Red Sox After Injury Published June 14th, 2024 via NESN 'There's still dark days.' Red Sox' Trevor Story discusses the mental toll of his season-ending injury. Published June 14th, 2024 via The Boston Globe Trevor Story Won't Make Red Sox Debut Until Thursday Published June 3rd, 2024 via MSN A rare Red Sox-Blue Jays trade to make Trevor Story a distant memory Published June 1st, 2024 via MSN A rare Red Sox-Blue Jays trade to make Trevor Story a distant memory Published May 31st, 2024 via FanSided 'Just frustrating': Story placed on injured list with dislocated shoulder Published May 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Red Sox SS Trevor Story needs surgery on fractured left shoulder, likely out for season Published May 9th, 2024 via Yahoo Singapore News

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