Should I draft AJ Smith-Shawver or Johnny Cueto?

See our analysis of the choice to draft AJ Smith-Shawver or Johnny Cueto.

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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AJ Smith-Shawver · Oblique (Day To Day)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.32	-0.26
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	84.00	98.00
W	1	3
L	1	7
SV	0	0
IP	52.0	87.0
H	46	94
ER	27	45
K	51	63
BB	23	22
ERA	4.67	4.66
WHIP	1.33	1.33

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft AJ Smith-Shawver or Dustin May Draft AJ Smith-Shawver or Jeffrey Springs Draft AJ Smith-Shawver or Ryan Feltner Draft AJ Smith-Shawver or Luke Weaver Draft AJ Smith-Shawver or Shane Drohan	Draft Johnny Cueto or Max Meyer Draft Johnny Cueto or Matt Waldron Draft Johnny Cueto or Quinn Priester Draft Johnny Cueto or Tyler Mahle Draft Johnny Cueto or Kyle Muller

Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	12.0	0.0
W	0	0
L	0	0
SV	0	0
IP	4.1	0.0
H	3	0
ER	0	0
K	4	0
BB	2	0
ERA	0.00	0.00
WHIP	1.22	0.00

Recent News
	AJ Smith-Shawver To Make 2024 Debut On Thursday Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN AJ Smith-Shawver Has Third Consecutive Rough Start Published June 28th, 2024 via MSN Braves Place AJ Smith-Shawver On 15-Day Injured List Published June 20th, 2024 via MSN A Braves-Pirates trade to make quickly after AJ Smith-Shawver injury Published June 8th, 2024 via MSN AJ Smith-Shawver News, Rumors, Stats, Highlights and More Published June 7th, 2024 via ClutchPoints A Braves-Pirates trade to make quickly after AJ Smith-Shawver injury Published May 25th, 2024 via MSN A Braves-Pirates trade to make quickly after AJ Smith-Shawver injury Published May 25th, 2024 via FanSided Atlanta Braves Top Prospect AJ Smith-Shawver Out with Severe Grade 2 Oblique Strain Published May 25th, 2024 via BVM Sports	Texas Rangers avoid serious injury to LHP Antoine Kelly, Johnny Cueto makes Triple-A debut Published June 17th, 2024 via MSN Johnny Cueto Extends Opt-Out Dates With Rangers Published June 4th, 2024 Johnny Cueto Extends Opt-Out Dates With Rangers Published June 4th, 2024 via MSN Texas Rangers Pitcher Johnny Cueto Delays Opt-Out, Eyes Big League Return Published June 4th, 2024 via BVM Sports Rangers' Johnny Cueto: Pushes back opt-out Published June 4th, 2024 via CBS Sports Texas Rangers Minor League Pitchers, Including Johnny Cueto, Win Weekly MiLB Honors Published June 4th, 2024 via Yardbarker Express RHP Johnny Cueto Named Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week \| Express Published June 3rd, 2024 via MiLB.com Texas Rangers Face Deadline to Add Johnny Cueto to Major League Roster \| Rotation Dilemma with Returning Pitchers Published June 3rd, 2024 via BVM Sports

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