Should I draft Austin Hays or Evan Carter?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Austin Hays or Evan Carter.

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	1.80	3.15
ADP	Undrafted	109.07
PROJ	271.00	318.00

AB	522	466
R	70	77
H	136	123
2B	31	22
3B	2	5
HR	18	18
RBI	66	63
SB	4	22
K	129	130
BB	35	77
AVG	.261	.264
OBP	.311	.367
SLG	.431	.449
OPS	.742	.816

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	15.0	64.0
AB	71	144
R	6	23
H	12	27
2B	3	6
3B	0	2
HR	0	5
RBI	5	15
SB	0	2
K	16	43
BB	5	15
AVG	.169	.188
OBP	.231	.272
SLG	.211	.361
OPS	.442	.633

Recent News
	Orioles' Austin Hays: Not in Monday's lineup Published May 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Hays in the lineup Sunday Published May 26th, 2024 via FantasyPros Austin Hays missing from lineup Saturday Published May 25th, 2024 via FantasyPros Austin Hays in the starting lineup Friday Published May 24th, 2024 via FantasyPros Orioles put outfielder Austin Hays on injured list and cut Peyton Burdick Published May 21st, 2024 via Yahoo Singapore News Austin Hays' sacrifice fly \| 05/18/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published May 18th, 2024 via MLB.com Austin Hays back in lineup Saturday Published May 18th, 2024 via FantasyPros Orioles' Explosive Offense and Austin Hays Return Amid Weather Concerns Published May 18th, 2024 via BVM Sports	Evan Carter Placed On Injured List Published May 28th, 2024 Why Evan Carter is struggling, and how the Rangers' OF can fix it Published May 27th, 2024 via The Dallas Morning News Rangers' Evan Carter: Slump continues Published May 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Evan Carter has slow start to 2024 with Rangers Published May 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Evan Carter nabs Christian Vázquez at the plate \| 05/24/2024 Published May 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Rangers' Bruce Bochy keeps it real amid Evan Carter's struggles Published May 24th, 2024 via ClutchPoints "He will be a better player for having gone through some failure" - Rangers manager Bruce Bochy believes Evan ... Published May 23rd, 2024 via Sportskeeda Rangers OF Evan Carter's awful stretch prompts questions about his future Published May 23rd, 2024 via The Dallas Morning News

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