Should I draft Cal Raleigh or Francisco Alvarez?

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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	2.11	1.87
ADP	156.76	181.44
PROJ	267.00	248.00

AB	502	436
R	67	62
H	109	98
2B	26	17
3B	1	0
HR	29	26
RBI	75	69
SB	1	2
K	149	130
BB	49	52
AVG	.217	.225
OBP	.294	.313
SLG	.446	.443
OPS	.740	.755

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	73.0	27.0
AB	137	55
R	21	8
H	31	13
2B	3	4
3B	0	0
HR	10	1
RBI	24	8
SB	0	1
K	52	14
BB	16	4
AVG	.226	.236
OBP	.305	.288
SLG	.467	.364
OPS	.772	.652

Recent News
	Jerry Dipoto Heaps Praise Upon Catcher Cal Raleigh in Latest Published May 17th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is MLB's best pitch framer, but it comes with risk Published May 17th, 2024 via The Seattle Times Luis Urías reaches on error, Cal Raleigh scores \| 05/15/2024 Published May 15th, 2024 via MLB.com Cal Raleigh's RBI single \| 05/13/2024 \| Seattle Mariners Published May 13th, 2024 via MLB.com Cal Raleigh returns to lineup Monday Published May 13th, 2024 via FantasyPros Cal Raleigh - MLB Catcher - News, Stats, Bio and more - The Athletic Published May 13th, 2024 via The New York Times Cal Raleigh out of lineup Sunday Published May 12th, 2024 via FantasyPros Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Getting Sunday off Published May 12th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Brett Baty Talks Relationship with Francisco Alvarez, City Connects \| Keith Raad Joins The Show! Published May 15th, 2024 via BVM Sports Morning Briefing: Francisco Alvarez Has Stitches Removed From Thumb Published May 7th, 2024 via metsmerizedonline.com Francisco Alvarez Has Stitches Removed Published May 6th, 2024 Francisco Alvarez (thumb) has stitches removed Published May 6th, 2024 via FantasyPros Mets Notes: Francisco Alvarez takes first step in recovery, six-man rotation looking likely Published May 6th, 2024 via sny.tv Mets' Francisco Alvarez: Gets stiches removed Published May 6th, 2024 via CBS Sports Mets' Francisco Alvarez: Gets stitches removed Published May 6th, 2024 via CBS Sports Mets' Francisco Alvarez working on throwing out more base stealers Published May 5th, 2024 via MSN

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