Should I draft Hunter Renfroe or Lars Nootbaar?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Hunter Renfroe or Lars Nootbaar.

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	1.45	1.74
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	263.00	260.00
AB	461	405
R	60	64
H	118	103
2B	28	19
3B	0	2
HR	20	15
RBI	65	49
SB	0	8
K	106	93
BB	38	61
AVG	.256	.254
OBP	.314	.352
SLG	.447	.422
OPS	.761	.774

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	77.0	81.0
AB	169	141
R	22	14
H	34	33
2B	10	7
3B	0	1
HR	6	5
RBI	26	19
SB	1	3
K	33	34
BB	16	22
AVG	.201	.234
OBP	.274	.337
SLG	.367	.404
OPS	.641	.742

Recent News
	Royals' Hunter Renfroe: Launches sixth homer Published June 9th, 2024 via CBS Sports Hunter Renfroe's two-run homer (6) \| 06/09/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 9th, 2024 via MLB.com Royals' Hunter Renfroe: Taking seat Saturday Published June 8th, 2024 via CBS Sports Hunter Renfroe's two-run single \| 06/07/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 7th, 2024 via MLB.com Hunter Renfroe's RBI double \| 06/06/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 6th, 2024 via MLB.com Royals' Hunter Renfroe: Pops fifth homer Published June 5th, 2024 via CBS Sports Hunter Renfroe's solo home run (5) \| 06/04/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 4th, 2024 via MLB.com Royals' Hunter Renfroe: Out of lineup again Published June 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports	Cardinals vs. Umpire Drama: Laz Diaz Criticizes Lars Nootbaar's Batting Average during Controversial Call Published June 6th, 2024 via BVM Sports Umpire Laz Diaz calls out Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar's batting average Published June 6th, 2024 via Red Bird Rants Lars Nootbaar To Miss Several Weeks Published May 31st, 2024 Who's left? Lars Nootbaar's injury, absence restarts outfield carousel: Cardinals Extra Published May 31st, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Lars Nootbaar injury: Surging Cardinals place outfielder on IL ahead of big road trip vs. Phillies, Astros Published May 31st, 2024 via MSN Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar: Facing long-term absence Published May 31st, 2024 via CBS Sports St. Louis Cardinals Lose Lars Nootbaar to IL Due to Oblique Injury Published May 31st, 2024 via BVM Sports Cardinals place Lars Nootbaar on IL with oblique strain, promote infielder Jose Fermin Published May 31st, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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