Should I draft Lourdes Gurriel or Austin Hays?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Lourdes Gurriel or Austin Hays.

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	2.24	1.84
ADP	209.99	Undrafted
PROJ	294.00	271.00
AB	497	522
R	61	70
H	138	136
2B	32	31
3B	1	2
HR	17	18
RBI	72	66
SB	3	4
K	97	129
BB	32	35
AVG	.278	.261
OBP	.327	.311
SLG	.449	.431
OPS	.775	.742

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	140.0	40.0
AB	267	104
R	32	12
H	66	25
2B	12	7
3B	0	0
HR	9	2
RBI	42	10
SB	3	0
K	54	26
BB	12	6
AVG	.247	.240
OBP	.285	.298
SLG	.393	.365
OPS	.678	.664

Recent News
	Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel: Lifts ninth homer Published June 7th, 2024 via CBS Sports Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel: Getting day off Published June 7th, 2024 via CBS Sports Diamondbacks Star Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Kills Time During Game With Surprising Pursuit Published June 6th, 2024 via Yahoo Movies Canada Gurriel, Newman hit two-run doubles in Diamondbacks win over Giants Published June 4th, 2024 via TSN Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Joins MLB Advisory Board for Taylor Hooton Foundation Published June 4th, 2024 via BVM Sports Gurriel joins Taylor Hooton Foundation Advisory Board Published June 4th, 2024 via MLB.com Gurriel joins Taylor Hooton Foundation Advisory Board Published June 4th, 2024 via MLB.com Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel: Homers in two straight Published June 4th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Orioles' Austin Hays: Day off Saturday Published June 15th, 2024 via CBS Sports Orioles' Austin Hays: Hitting bench Thursday Published June 13th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jorge Mateo, Austin Hays give Orioles a jolt in return to back up Albert Suárez in 4-0 win over Braves Published June 12th, 2024 via BVM Sports Orioles' Austin Hays: Three hits in return to lineup Published June 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports Austin Hays's RBI single \| 06/11/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published June 11th, 2024 via MLB.com Jorge Mateo, Austin Hays give Orioles a jolt in win over Braves Published June 11th, 2024 via Baltimore Sun Austin Hays's RBI single Published June 11th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports Orioles' Austin Hays: Back in lineup Tuesday Published June 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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