Should I draft Graham Pauley or Austin Barnes?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Graham Pauley 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	-0.14	-0.28
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	85.00	54.00

AB	159	141
R	20	17
H	38	29
2B	9	4
3B	0	0
HR	4	3
RBI	20	13
SB	3	1
K	32	34
BB	15	15
AVG	.239	.206
OBP	.301	.289
SLG	.371	.298
OPS	.672	.587

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	4.0	8.0
AB	32	40
R	4	2
H	4	7
2B	0	1
3B	0	0
HR	2	0
RBI	5	2
SB	0	0
K	15	11
BB	0	7
AVG	.125	.175
OBP	.125	.298
SLG	.313	.200
OPS	.438	.498

Recent News
	Graham Pauley's second home run \| 05/26/2024 Published May 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Graham Pauley hits a solo home run \| 05/26/2024 Published May 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Padres prospect tiers: How Adam Mazur, Graham Pauley and Ethan Salas are progressing Published May 15th, 2024 via The New York Times Padres' Graham Pauley: Optioned to Triple-A Published May 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Graham Pauley adjusting to new role with Padres Published May 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Padres pregame: Day off for Xander Bogaerts, Graham Pauley hitting fifth Published May 1st, 2024 via The San Diego Union-Tribune Graham Pauley homers in Padres' loss to Phillies Published April 27th, 2024 via FantasyPros Graham Pauley's two-run home run (2) \| 04/26/2024 Published April 26th, 2024 via MLB.com	Dodgers' Austin Barnes: Fills 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 Austin Barnes Has Bruised Temple Published May 13th, 2024 via MSN Austin Barnes in Dodgers' lineup on Sunday Published May 12th, 2024 via FanDuel Research Austin Barnes catching for Dodgers on Wednesday Published May 8th, 2024 via FanDuel Research Austin Barnes in the Dodgers' lineup Wednesday Published May 8th, 2024 via FantasyPros

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