Should I draft Riley Greene or Oneil Cruz?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Riley Greene or Oneil Cruz.

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	2.35	2.65
ADP	148.47	104.23
PROJ	267.00	295.00
AB	529	533
R	74	81
H	143	125
2B	25	23
3B	7	5
HR	15	22
RBI	60	72
SB	8	24
K	157	162
BB	55	56
AVG	.270	.235
OBP	.337	.309
SLG	.429	.420
OPS	.766	.730

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	194.0	121.0
AB	304	280
R	50	36
H	77	67
2B	16	15
3B	4	1
HR	15	12
RBI	41	36
SB	4	6
K	91	99
BB	44	22
AVG	.253	.239
OBP	.350	.294
SLG	.480	.429
OPS	.831	.722

Recent News
	Detroit Tigers' Riley Greene's secret to power hitting: Hips & ankles Published July 1st, 2024 via Detroit Free Press Riley Greene Props: June 28, Tigers vs. Angels Published June 28th, 2024 via For The Win Riley Greene getting snubbed in All-Star fan vote despite stellar performance Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Riley Greene is being totally snubbed by All-Star fan vote Published June 27th, 2024 via Motor City Bengals Riley Greene 'should be an All-Star.' Will anyone notice? Published June 26th, 2024 via 97.1 The Ticket Tigers' Riley Greene: Pops 15th home run Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Riley Greene's three-run homer (15) \| 06/23/2024 Published June 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Erick Fedde strikes out Riley Greene \| 06/21/2024 Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com	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

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