Should I draft Richie Palacios or Alec Burleson?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Richie Palacios or Alec Burleson.

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	-0.24	-0.19
ADP	Undrafted	256.46
PROJ	65.00	87.00
AB	117	172
R	15	18
H	27	45
2B	7	8
3B	0	0
HR	2	4
RBI	13	20
SB	3	0
K	22	28
BB	16	12
AVG	.231	.262
OBP	.326	.316
SLG	.342	.378
OPS	.668	.693

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	111.0	172.0
AB	207	268
R	36	33
H	52	75
2B	8	11
3B	0	0
HR	4	13
RBI	18	40
SB	13	5
K	55	42
BB	27	11
AVG	.251	.280
OBP	.345	.313
SLG	.348	.466
OPS	.692	.780

Recent News
	Rays' Richie Palacios: Notches three hits Published July 3rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Richie Palacios: Hitting bench against lefty Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Keibert Ruiz nabs Richie Palacios stealing second \| 06/29/2024 Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Rays' Richie Palacios: Getting break Friday Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Richie Palacios: Active in win Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Richie Palacios scores on wild pitch Published June 24th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports Rays' Richie Palacios: Swipes 11th bag Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Richie Palacios: Sitting Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports	Cardinals' Alec Burleson: Lifts 13th homer Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Alec Burleson, Nolan Gorman homer as Cardinals beat Pirates Published July 2nd, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Alec Burleson's two-run homer (13) \| 07/02/2024 Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Extended interview: Cardinals' outfielder Alec Burleson on team's 2-0 win over Reds Published June 30th, 2024 via KSDK.com Alec Burleson: Teammate's comment comparing this season to last helped spark Cardinals' turnaround Published June 30th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Alec Burleson Props: June 29, Cardinals vs. Reds Published June 29th, 2024 via For The Win Ryan Helsley, Alec Burleson spark the Cardinals to 1-0 victory over the Reds Published June 29th, 2024 via The Washington Post Ryan Helsley, Alec Burleson spark the Cardinals to 1-0 victory over the Reds - MLB Published June 28th, 2024 via Castanet.net

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