Should I draft Yandy Diaz or Josh Naylor?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Yandy Diaz or Josh Naylor.

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	3.55	2.83
ADP	120.29	128.69
PROJ	381.00	351.00
AB	545	507
R	88	60
H	157	144
2B	31	33
3B	0	0
HR	17	20
RBI	72	90
SB	1	7
K	91	83
BB	72	40
AVG	.288	.284
OBP	.371	.339
SLG	.439	.468
OPS	.810	.806

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	174.0	214.0
AB	328	281
R	31	44
H	90	66
2B	15	12
3B	1	0
HR	7	20
RBI	40	58
SB	0	3
K	52	59
BB	27	30
AVG	.274	.235
OBP	.332	.317
SLG	.390	.491
OPS	.722	.808

Recent News
	Jason Bartlett will be rooting for Yandy Diaz to break his Rays record Published June 27th, 2024 via Tampa Bay Times Yandy Diaz extends hit streak, ties Rays record Published June 27th, 2024 via Tampa Bay Times Yandy Diaz Sparking Tampa Bay Rays' Improvement At The Plate Published June 26th, 2024 via Forbes Rays' Yandy Diaz: Extends hitting streak to 19 Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Yandy Diaz: Seven-game RBI streak Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays Secure 4-3 Victory Over Mariners with Yandy Diaz's Late Game-Winning Hit Published June 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports Rays Rally Late, Beat Mariners 4-3 on Yandy Diaz Single in 8th Published June 24th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Yandy Diaz sparks offense as Rays earn 3-1 win over Skenes, Pirates Published June 23rd, 2024 via The Washington Post	Josh Naylor Missing Another Game Wednesday Published June 26th, 2024 Guardians' Josh Naylor: Absent from lineup versus righty Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Josh Naylor Sitting Against A Lefty Published June 25th, 2024 Guardians' Josh Naylor: Taking seat against LHP Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Josh Naylor named American League Player of the Week Published June 25th, 2024 via Away Back Gone Revitalized Josh Naylor wins Guardians' first AL Player of the Week award in 2024 Published June 24th, 2024 via cleveland.com Cleveland Guardians 1B Josh Naylor named AL Player of the Week Published June 24th, 2024 via WKYC.com Cleveland Guardians' Josh Naylor Shines as AL Player of The Week Published June 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports

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