Should I draft Seth Lugo or Taijuan Walker?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Seth Lugo or Taijuan Walker.

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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Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.70	1.38
ADP	200.42	Undrafted
PROJ	214.00	261.00
W	8	10
L	7	9
SV	0	0
IP	137.0	168.0
H	147	163
ER	66	78
K	119	128
BB	42	57
ERA	4.34	4.18
WHIP	1.38	1.31

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	229.0	41.0
W	9	3
L	1	1
SV	0	0
IP	78.1	32.2
H	62	40
ER	16	20
K	66	25
BB	18	12
ERA	1.84	5.59
WHIP	1.02	1.61

Recent News
	Royals ace Seth Lugo joins exclusive company with latest historic road start Published May 30th, 2024 via FanSided Kansas City Royals Seth Lugo Accomplishes Incredible Feat Published May 30th, 2024 via Yardbarker Kansas City Royals' Seth Lugo Shines with Historical Performance in Cy Young Drive Published May 30th, 2024 via BVM Sports KC Royals' Seth Lugo Continues Cy Young Push With Another Historic Gem Published May 30th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Seth Lugo Picks Up Win, Allows One Run Wednesday Published May 30th, 2024 The Royals Express, Thursday, May 30: Seth Lugo Continues To Dominate Published May 29th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Seth Lugo collects five K's in six innings vs. Twins \| 05/29/2024 Published May 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Royals' Seth Lugo: Another strong outing in win Published May 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Philadelphia Phillies Lose 0-1 Against San Francisco Giants: Taijuan Walker's Performance Questioned Published May 30th, 2024 via BVM Sports Phillies' Nick Castellanos Shines, Taijuan Walker Falters, Bullpen Options Explored Published May 30th, 2024 via BVM Sports Phillies takeaways on Castellanos' uptick, Walker's splitter, bullpen depth options Published May 30th, 2024 via The New York Times Should the Phillies replace Taijuan Walker with Spencer Turnbull? It's complicated. Published May 29th, 2024 via The Philadelphia Inquirer Taijuan Walker Struggles As The Philadelphia Phillies Lose To The San Francisco Giants Published May 28th, 2024 via FirstCoastNews.com WTLV-WJXX What are Philadelphia Phillies Going to Do With Taijuan Walker? Published May 28th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Phillies play worst defensive game of season, Walker struggles in loss to Giants Published May 27th, 2024 via NBC Sports Philadelphia Phillies' Taijuan Walker: Takes first loss Monday Published May 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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