Should I draft Royce Lewis or Masataka Yoshida?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Royce Lewis or Masataka Yoshida.

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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Please note dynasty rankings are based upon our 2024 Preseason Projections and do not consider in-season performance.

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

Strong Recommendation

Royce Lewis

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MIN · 3B

BOS · LF,DH

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	5.61	2.10
ADP	82.26	169.32
PROJ	335.00	341.00
AB	473	498
R	77	64
H	132	150
2B	22	29
3B	1	2
HR	26	15
RBI	86	69
SB	11	4
K	119	72
BB	46	48
AVG	.279	.301
OBP	.348	.367
SLG	.495	.458
OPS	.843	.825

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	84.0	64.0
AB	87	130
R	18	14
H	24	33
2B	4	7
3B	0	0
HR	10	2
RBI	16	13
SB	0	0
K	17	18
BB	9	9
AVG	.276	.254
OBP	.340	.326
SLG	.667	.354
OPS	1.007	.680

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	Masataka Yoshida Has Two Hits; Red Sox Beat Padres 4-1 Published June 30th, 2024 via The Japan News Matt Waldron K's Masataka Yoshida \| 06/30/2024 \| San Diego Padres Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Masataka Yoshida's RBI double \| 06/25/2024 \| Boston Red Sox Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Masataka Yoshida Isn't Cutting it for the Boston Red Sox... Time to Panic? \| Boston Red Sox Podcast Published June 25th, 2024 via FOX61 Hartford Masataka Yoshida's Transition to Boston Red Sox DH Raises Concerns Published June 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports Do Masataka Yoshida's comments suggest Red Sox made ill-advised free agency decision? Published June 24th, 2024 via BoSox Injection Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida: Sitting vs. lefty Sunday Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Red Sox' Masataka Yoshida does 'miss' outfield, working to get 'swing back' Published June 23rd, 2024 via MassLive.com

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