Should I draft Ryan Mountcastle or JJ Bleday?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Ryan Mountcastle or JJ Bleday.

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	1.02	0.51
ADP	226.05	257.21
PROJ	242.00	174.00
AB	448	371
R	60	46
H	116	71
2B	21	17
3B	0	1
HR	19	13
RBI	67	42
SB	3	4
K	118	103
BB	36	56
AVG	.259	.191
OBP	.320	.297
SLG	.433	.348
OPS	.753	.644

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	175.0	171.0
AB	300	310
R	43	35
H	82	75
2B	21	22
3B	1	3
HR	11	11
RBI	40	30
SB	2	0
K	68	66
BB	20	36
AVG	.273	.242
OBP	.317	.323
SLG	.460	.439
OPS	.777	.762

Recent News
	Ryan Mountcastle Missing Third Straight Game Published July 2nd, 2024 Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle: Still out Tuesday Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Ryan Mountcastle's hitting, defense make him an All-Star finalist Published July 1st, 2024 via The Baltimore Banner Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle: Dealing with illness Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle: Sitting versus lefty Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Texas Rangers vs. Baltimore Orioles Prop Picks: Can Ryan Mountcastle Shine on Sunday Night Baseball? Published June 30th, 2024 via OddsChecker Orioles' Ryan Mountcastle: Day off Saturday Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Watch: Orioles 1B Ryan Mountcastle blasts home run to center field Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN	JJ Bleday's smooth sliding catch \| 07/02/2024 \| Oakland Athletics Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Athletics' JJ Bleday: Resting Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports JJ Bleday's RBI single \| 06/25/2024 \| Oakland Athletics Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Athletics' JJ Bleday: Works out of leadoff role Monday Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Athletics' JJ Bleday: Swats 11th long ball Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports JJ Bleday's solo homer (11) \| 06/22/2024 \| Oakland Athletics Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com Pirates Eye Postseason with Big Trade for Athletics' JJ Bleday and Lucas Erceg Published June 20th, 2024 via BVM Sports Bleday (three doubles) helps A's end skid vs. Royals Published June 19th, 2024 via MLB.com

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