Should I draft Brandon Pfaadt or Louie Varland?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Brandon Pfaadt or Louie Varland.

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	0.79	1.52
ADP	203.84	Undrafted
PROJ	219.00	269.00
W	8	8
L	8	6
SV	0	0
IP	126.0	128.0
H	129	118
ER	62	55
K	129	138
BB	35	35
ERA	4.43	3.87
WHIP	1.30	1.20

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	169.0	2.0
W	3	0
L	6	4
SV	0	0
IP	103.0	26.0
H	95	33
ER	49	19
K	94	25
BB	26	10
ERA	4.28	6.58
WHIP	1.17	1.65

Recent News
	Brandon Pfaadt Records Eight Strikeouts Published June 30th, 2024 Brandon Pfaadt Racks Up Eight K's Published June 28th, 2024 via MSN Diamondbacks' Brandon Pfaadt: Ends up with no-decision Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Diamondbacks vs Twins: Climbing Towards .500 with Brandon Pfaadt's Stellar Performance Published June 25th, 2024 via BVM Sports Brandon Pfaadt: Rising MLB Star with Impressive Strikeout Stats Published June 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports Brandon Pfaadt, Diamondbacks offense falters late in loss to Nationals Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN Arizona Diamondbacks' Offense Silent in Loss to Nationals Despite Brandon Pfaadt's Quality Start Published June 20th, 2024 via BVM Sports Diamondbacks' Brandon Pfaadt: Ekes out quality start Wednesday Published June 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Louie Varland's seventh strikeout \| 06/30/2024 Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Rookie Louie Varland throws 7 scoreless innings, Twins rout Astros 8-2 Published June 22nd, 2024 via AOL Twins' Louie Varland: Sent back to minors Published June 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports Breaking down Louie Varland's pitches \| 06/16/2024 \| Minnesota Twins Published June 16th, 2024 via MLB.com Twins vs Athletics Doubleheader: Louie Varland Joins Roster for Bullpen Duties Published June 16th, 2024 via BVM Sports Twins add Louie Varland as 27th man for doubleheader against Athletics Published June 16th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Twins' Louie Varland: Back with big club as 27th man Published June 16th, 2024 via CBS Sports Moving Louie Varland to the Bullpen Isn't Straightforward Published June 14th, 2024 via Twins Daily

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