Should I draft Michael Taylor or Drew Waters?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Michael Taylor or Drew Waters.

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	-0.03	-0.12
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	137.00	110.00
AB	348	252
R	42	33
H	77	59
2B	11	13
3B	0	3
HR	14	7
RBI	41	27
SB	8	10
K	111	82
BB	27	23
AVG	.221	.234
OBP	.278	.298
SLG	.374	.393
OPS	.651	.690

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	16.0	0.0
AB	129	0
R	14	0
H	26	0
2B	4	0
3B	0	0
HR	1	0
RBI	10	0
SB	4	0
K	52	0
BB	9	0
AVG	.202	0.000
OBP	.248	0.000
SLG	.256	0.000
OPS	.504	0.000

Recent News
	Pirates' Michael Taylor: First start since activation Published June 8th, 2024 via CBS Sports Pirates' Michael Taylor: Back from paternity leave Published June 7th, 2024 via CBS Sports Pirates' Michael Taylor: Goes on paternity leave Published June 4th, 2024 via CBS Sports Pirates' Michael Taylor: Sitting again Thursday Published May 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Pirates' Michael Taylor: Not in Thursday's lineup Published May 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Pirates' Michael Taylor: Taking seat Tuesday Published May 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Michael Taylor Not In Friday's Lineup Published May 17th, 2024 Pirates' Michael Taylor: Not in Friday's lineup Published May 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Drew Waters is not the savior KC Royals fans expect him to be Published June 5th, 2024 via Kings of Kauffman Drew Waters leads Kansas City Royals to win over Boston Red Sox. More on his big game Published May 5th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Shine On Kansas City Royals' Drew Waters saves day with outfield assist vs. the Chicago Cubs Published May 3rd, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Shine On Checking in on former Braves top prospect Drew Waters Published April 15th, 2024 via Yardbarker Royals' Drew Waters: Doesn't make Opening Day roster Published March 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Nick Pratto, Drew Waters, Austin Nola assigned to minors Published March 22nd, 2024 via Royals Review Royals' Drew Waters: No lock to make big-league roster Published March 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Jake Woodford strikes out Drew Waters swinging \| 02/29/2024 \| Chicago White Sox Published February 29th, 2024 via MLB.com

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