Should I draft Royce Lewis or Ke'Bryan Hayes?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Royce Lewis or Ke'Bryan Hayes.

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	4.35	2.75
ADP	82.26	210.93
PROJ	335.00	307.00
AB	473	553
R	77	70
H	132	140
2B	22	30
3B	1	6
HR	26	18
RBI	86	64
SB	11	14
K	119	117
BB	46	40
AVG	.279	.253
OBP	.348	.303
SLG	.495	.427
OPS	.843	.730

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	84.0	88.0
AB	87	220
R	18	24
H	24	51
2B	4	8
3B	0	0
HR	10	3
RBI	16	19
SB	0	6
K	17	48
BB	9	19
AVG	.276	.232
OBP	.340	.297
SLG	.667	.309
OPS	1.007	.606

Recent News
	Royce Lewis Absent On Saturday Published June 29th, 2024 Twins' Royce Lewis: Receiving breather Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Twins' Royce Lewis cracks MLB's top-10 hitter power rankings Published June 28th, 2024 via Athlon Sports A Royce Lewis Extension Would Need to Happen Soon. Can the Twins Execute One? Published June 28th, 2024 via Twins Daily Two runs score on Royce Lewis' fielder's choice \| 06/27/2024 Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Royce Lewis' RBI double \| 06/27/2024 Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Why Twins slugger Royce Lewis celebrates his wins and plays with unbridled joy Published June 27th, 2024 via The New York Times Top 2017 MLB Draft Picks Royce Lewis, Hunter Greene, MacKenzie Gore Thriving Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports	Pirates' Ke'Bryan Hayes: Checking out of starting nine Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Ke'Bryan Hayes' RBI double \| 06/28/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Ke'Bryan Hayes To Resume Baseball Activities On Monday Published June 28th, 2024 via MSN Pirates' Ke'Bryan Hayes: Getting day off Tuesday Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Even With Good Moment, Ke'Bryan Hayes Frustrated Again Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN Ke'Bryan Hayes' RBI single \| 06/21/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com Ke'Bryan Hayes: Move Down the Batting Order for Better Team Performance Published June 21st, 2024 via BVM Sports Ke'Bryan Hayes chasing the confidence Bryan Reynolds displaying at the plate for Pirates Published June 20th, 2024 via TribLIVE

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