Should I draft Oneil Cruz or Tommy Edman?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Oneil Cruz or Tommy Edman.

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	2.62	1.90
ADP	103.77	221.65
PROJ	295.00	261.00
AB	533	454
R	81	66
H	125	114
2B	23	24
3B	5	3
HR	22	10
RBI	72	46
SB	24	23
K	162	79
BB	56	31
AVG	.235	.251
OBP	.309	.299
SLG	.420	.383
OPS	.730	.682

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Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	72.0	0.0
AB	218	0
R	28	0
H	53	0
2B	13	0
3B	1	0
HR	9	0
RBI	24	0
SB	5	0
K	80	0
BB	18	0
AVG	.243	0.000
OBP	.301	0.000
SLG	.436	0.000
OPS	.737	0.000

Recent News
	Exploring Oneil Cruz of the Pittsburgh Pirates Performance and Potential Published June 8th, 2024 via SportsGrid Jason Mackey: The Oneil Cruz experience has been one wild ride for the Pirates this season Published June 7th, 2024 via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Mitch Keller wins his 6th straight start and Oneil Cruz homers again as Pirates blank Twins 3-0 Published June 7th, 2024 via The Associated Press Oneil Cruz discusses his big homer, 3-0 win \| 06/07/2024 Published June 7th, 2024 via MLB.com Mitch Keller tosses six shutout innings, Oneil Cruz, Connor Joe homer as Pirates beat Twins Published June 7th, 2024 via TribLIVE WATCH: Pirates slugger ONeil Cruz stays hot with a 114.2 mph home run against Twins on Friday Published June 7th, 2024 via Sportskeeda Oneil Cruz crushes a 422-foot home run \| 06/07/2024 Published June 7th, 2024 via MLB.com Oneil Cruz's solo homer (9) \| 06/07/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 7th, 2024 via MLB.com	Cardinals' Tommy Edman Trade Rumors Heat Up with Dodgers Eyeing Deal Published June 7th, 2024 via BVM Sports St. Louis Cardinals' Tommy Edman Takes Milestone Left-Handed Batting Practice Published June 1st, 2024 via BVM Sports Tommy Edman Advances To Left-Handed Batting Practice Published June 1st, 2024 Cardinals' Tommy Edman: Taking BP from left side Published May 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tommy Edman shut down from hitting for a week; will start season on IL Published May 21st, 2024 via MSN Tommy Edman Moves To 60-Day Injured List Published May 16th, 2024 via MSN Cardinals' Tommy Edman: Takes soft toss Monday Published May 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals, Tommy Edman agree to 2-year deal, avoid arbitration Published May 13th, 2024 via MSN

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