Should I draft Royce Lewis or Paul Goldschmidt?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Royce Lewis or Paul Goldschmidt.

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	4.23
ADP	81.33	70.84
PROJ	335.00	382.00
AB	473	587
R	77	92
H	132	157
2B	22	32
3B	1	0
HR	26	27
RBI	86	86
SB	11	9
K	119	156
BB	46	81
AVG	.279	.268
OBP	.348	.356
SLG	.495	.460
OPS	.843	.816

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	86.0	114.0
AB	83	308
R	18	38
H	24	70
2B	4	10
3B	0	0
HR	10	10
RBI	16	32
SB	0	4
K	15	99
BB	9	29
AVG	.289	.227
OBP	.355	.298
SLG	.699	.357
OPS	1.054	.655

Recent News
	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 Daily Dinger: Best MLB Home Run Picks Today (Royce Lewis Odds' are Appetizing) Published June 27th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Twins Slugger Royce Lewis: Unbridled Joy After Return from Injury Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports	Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt: Picks up fourth steal Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Paul Goldschmidt Getting An Off Day Monday Published June 24th, 2024 Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt: Rare day off Monday Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports 3 landing spots for Paul Goldschmidt if the Cardinals trade him Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN St. Louis Cardinals' Success Propels Paul Goldschmidt to Potential New York Yankees Trade Rumors Published June 23rd, 2024 via BVM Sports Paul Goldschmidt thinks MLB's UK return could resemble a Premier League derby Published June 23rd, 2024 via Yahoo Lifestyle UK Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt: Reaches 10-homer mark Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Paul Goldschmidt's 350th career home run (10) \| 06/22/2024 Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com

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