Should I draft Ian Happ or Josh Naylor?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Ian Happ 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	2.80	2.82
ADP	161.17	128.19
PROJ	338.00	351.00
AB	561	507
R	82	60
H	139	144
2B	32	33
3B	3	0
HR	20	20
RBI	78	90
SB	11	7
K	155	83
BB	85	40
AVG	.248	.284
OBP	.348	.339
SLG	.423	.468
OPS	.770	.806

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	94.0	162.0
AB	199	207
R	29	32
H	43	47
2B	11	9
3B	1	0
HR	6	15
RBI	23	42
SB	2	3
K	62	39
BB	28	23
AVG	.216	.227
OBP	.323	.312
SLG	.372	.488
OPS	.695	.800

Recent News
	2024 Cubs Game 58 Recap: Heroes, Goats, and Ian Happ's Standout Performance Published June 1st, 2024 via BVM Sports Cubs' Ian Happ: Goes deep again Friday Published June 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Ian Happ's two-run home run (6) \| 05/31/2024 Published May 31st, 2024 via MLB.com Cubs Hoping Ian Happ Keeps These Trends Going Published May 30th, 2024 via Sports Mockery Cubs' Ian Happ: Goes deep in loss Published May 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Ian Happ's solo home run (5) Published May 29th, 2024 via Yahoo Sports Ian Happ believes Cubs' offensive struggles won't last Published May 28th, 2024 via 670 The Score Ian Happ's diving catch \| 05/27/2024 Published May 27th, 2024 via MLB.com	Josh Naylor's hard 90 leads to a David Fry home run as Guardians grab 7-1 win against Nationals Published May 31st, 2024 via cleveland.com Josh Naylor Talks About Turning Around Recent Struggles, Guardians News Published May 29th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Josh Naylor crushes two bombs, plates 5 in another Guardians triumph Published May 29th, 2024 via Sportsnet.ca Josh Naylor Homers Twice, Plates Five Tuesday Published May 29th, 2024 Josh Naylor's two-homer outing \| 05/28/2024 Published May 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Josh Naylor powers Guardians past Rockies \| Baseball \| citizentribune.com Published May 28th, 2024 via Citizentribune Guardians' Josh Naylor: Powers up in win Published May 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Josh Naylor homers twice, Fry hits tie-breaking homer to lead Guardians to 13-7 win over Rockies Published May 28th, 2024 via ABC News

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