Should I draft Tom Murphy or Austin Barnes?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Tom Murphy or Austin Barnes.

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	-0.23	-0.28
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	63.00	54.00
AB	147	141
R	18	17
H	35	29
2B	7	4
3B	0	0
HR	5	3
RBI	18	13
SB	0	1
K	44	34
BB	14	15
AVG	.238	.206
OBP	.307	.289
SLG	.388	.298
OPS	.695	.587

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	3.0	9.0
AB	34	68
R	3	5
H	4	14
2B	1	1
3B	0	0
HR	1	0
RBI	2	2
SB	0	0
K	14	21
BB	4	8
AVG	.118	.206
OBP	.211	.290
SLG	.235	.221
OPS	.446	.510

Recent News
	Catcher Tom Murphy and the San Francisco Giants finalize $8.25 million, 2-year contract Published June 20th, 2024 via MSN Giants' Tom Murphy: Resumes baseball activities Published June 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tom Murphy (knee) moved to 60-day IL Published May 15th, 2024 via FantasyPros Giants sign Curt Casali, move Tom Murphy to 60-Day IL Published May 15th, 2024 via McCovey Chronicles Giants' Tom Murphy: Moved to 60-day IL Published May 15th, 2024 via CBS Sports SF Giants injury updates: Patrick Bailey, Blake Snell, and Tom Murphy Published May 7th, 2024 via McCovey Chronicles Tom Murphy Expected To Miss 4-6 Weeks With Knee Injury Published May 6th, 2024 SF Giants take sigh of relief as Tom Murphy avoids surgery Published May 6th, 2024 via The Mercury News	Dodgers' Austin Barnes: Draws start in series finale Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Barnes: Dodgers Travel Schedule 'Wears On Your Body' Published June 5th, 2024 via MSN Austin Barnes: Dodgers Travel Schedule 'Wears On Your Body' Published June 4th, 2024 via DodgerBlue.com Dodgers' Austin Barnes: Fills in for resting Will Smith Published May 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Dodgers' Austin Barnes: Filling in for resting Will Smith Published May 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Barnes in the lineup Sunday Published May 26th, 2024 via FantasyPros Austin Barnes in lineup Thursday Published May 16th, 2024 via FantasyPros Austin Barnes catching for Dodgers on Thursday Published May 16th, 2024 via FanDuel Research

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