Should I draft A.J. Puk or Yuki Matsui?

See our analysis of the choice to draft A.J. Puk or Yuki Matsui.

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	0.69	1.04
ADP	Undrafted	256.39
PROJ	212.00	178.00
W	3	1
L	8	2
SV	4	11
IP	100.0	61.0
H	87	51
ER	45	25
K	125	70
BB	31	24
ERA	4.05	3.69
WHIP	1.18	1.23

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft A.J. Puk or Adrian Houser Draft A.J. Puk or Martin Perez Draft A.J. Puk or DL Hall Draft A.J. Puk or James McArthur Draft A.J. Puk or Peter Fairbanks	Draft Yuki Matsui or Jose Alvarado Draft Yuki Matsui or Zack Littell Draft Yuki Matsui or Bryan Abreu Draft Yuki Matsui or Garrett Crochet Draft Yuki Matsui or Justin Lawrence

Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	-1.0	50.0
W	2	3
L	8	2
SV	1	0
IP	33.1	35.0
H	34	23
ER	21	14
K	28	31
BB	20	22
ERA	5.71	3.60
WHIP	1.63	1.29

Recent News
	A.J. Puk K's Michael Massey \| 06/25/2024 \| Miami Marlins Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Marlins' A.J. Puk: Finally nabs first win Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Marlins' A.J. Puk: Stuck with another loss Published June 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports A.J. Puk Ball to CJ Abrams \| 06/16/2024 \| Miami Marlins Published June 16th, 2024 via MLB.com Marlins Trade Fallout: A.J. Puk Falters, JJ Bleday Thrives with Oakland Published June 14th, 2024 via BVM Sports Marlins' A.J. Puk: Hit with loss in relief Published June 10th, 2024 via CBS Sports Marlins' A.J. Puk: Tagged with loss Monday Published May 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports A.J. Puk's Transition to Bullpen; Marlin's Disappointment and Trade History with Oakland Athletics Published May 16th, 2024 via BVM Sports	Padres News: Yuki Matsui's Continues to Have Mike Shildt's Trust Despite Command Issues Published June 26th, 2024 via Athlon Sports Padres' Yuki Matsui Still Searching for Command Amid Hot Streak Published June 26th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Padres' Yuki Matsui Struggles but Mike Shildt Shows Faith in MLB Debut Season Published June 8th, 2024 via BVM Sports Padres' Mike Shildt Backs Yuki Matsui: 'We're Gonna Need Him' Published June 8th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Yuki Matsui K's Lourdes Gurriel Jr. for final out \| 06/07/2024 Published June 7th, 2024 via MLB.com Padres' Yuki Matsui: Struggling of late Published June 5th, 2024 via CBS Sports After Adam Mazur's stellar debut for Padres, Yuki Matsui struggles again in loss to Angels Published June 5th, 2024 via MSN After Adam Mazur's stellar debut for Padres, Yuki Matsui struggles again in loss to Angels Published June 5th, 2024 via The San Diego Union-Tribune

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