Should I draft Richie Palacios or Austin Barnes?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Richie Palacios or Austin Barnes.

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	-0.28
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	65.00	54.00
AB	117	141
R	15	17
H	27	29
2B	7	4
3B	0	0
HR	2	3
RBI	13	13
SB	3	1
K	22	34
BB	16	15
AVG	.231	.206
OBP	.326	.289
SLG	.342	.298
OPS	.668	.587

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	104.0	12.0
AB	203	72
R	35	5
H	49	15
2B	7	2
3B	0	0
HR	4	0
RBI	17	4
SB	12	0
K	55	22
BB	27	8
AVG	.241	.208
OBP	.338	.288
SLG	.335	.236
OPS	.673	.524

Recent News
	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 Richie Palacios hitting sixth in Tampa Bay's Friday lineup Published June 21st, 2024 via FanDuel Research	Dodgers' Austin Barnes: Draws start in series finale Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Barnes: Dodgers Travel Schedule 'Wears On Your Body' Published June 5th, 2024 via MSN Austin Barnes: Dodgers Travel Schedule 'Wears On Your Body' Published June 4th, 2024 via DodgerBlue.com Dodgers' Austin Barnes: Filling in for resting Will Smith Published May 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Dodgers' Austin Barnes: Fills in for resting Will Smith Published May 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Barnes in the lineup Sunday Published May 26th, 2024 via FantasyPros Austin Barnes in lineup Thursday Published May 16th, 2024 via FantasyPros Austin Barnes catching for Dodgers on Thursday Published May 16th, 2024 via FanDuel Research

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