Should I draft Oneil Cruz or Tyler Stephenson?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Oneil Cruz or Tyler Stephenson.

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	1.38
ADP	103.85	256.04
PROJ	295.00	208.00
AB	533	432
R	81	56
H	125	109
2B	23	21
3B	5	1
HR	22	12
RBI	72	57
SB	24	0
K	162	116
BB	56	43
AVG	.235	.252
OBP	.309	.326
SLG	.420	.389
OPS	.730	.715

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	121.0	113.0
AB	280	205
R	36	29
H	67	47
2B	15	13
3B	1	1
HR	12	6
RBI	36	24
SB	6	1
K	99	41
BB	22	20
AVG	.239	.229
OBP	.294	.309
SLG	.429	.390
OPS	.722	.699

Recent News
	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 Oneil Cruz's two-run home run (12) \| 06/30/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Pirates' Oneil Cruz: On bench against lefty Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Cincinnati Reds celebrate with Tyler Stephenson, 'soon-to-be girl dad' Published June 27th, 2024 via The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati Reds celebrate with 'soon-to-be girl dad' Tyler Stephenson Published June 27th, 2024 via AOL Reds' Tyler Stephenson: Scratched from Thursday's lineup Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tyler Stephenson's RBI triple \| 06/25/2024 \| Cincinnati Reds Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Reds' Tyler Stephenson: Double, RBI in return Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tyler Stephenson Back In Action For Reds Published June 24th, 2024 via MSN Tyler Stephenson's RBI double \| 06/23/2024 \| Cincinnati Reds Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Tyler Stephenson's RBI double Published June 23rd, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports

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