Should I draft Brandon Williamson or Javier Assad?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Brandon Williamson or Javier Assad.

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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Injury Alert

Brandon Williamson · Shoulder (Out)

Javier Assad · Forearm (Out)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.22	-0.14
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	110.00	129.00
W	3	4
L	3	3
SV	0	0
IP	75.0	75.0
H	73	72
ER	37	33
K	65	64
BB	33	27
ERA	4.44	3.96
WHIP	1.41	1.32

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	0.0	171.0
W	0	4
L	0	3
SV	0	0
IP	0.0	83.0
H	0	73
ER	0	28
K	0	79
BB	0	33
ERA	0.00	3.04
WHIP	0.00	1.28

Recent News
	Reds' Brandon Williamson: Won't undergo surgery Published June 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Reds' Brandon Williamson: Won't need surgery Published June 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Reds Receive Disappointing Update About Brandon Williamson Published June 12th, 2024 via Athlon Sports Reds News: Young Cincy stars could have season-ending surgeries, Carson Spiers' role Published June 12th, 2024 via Blog Red Machine Cincinnati Reds Get Bad News On Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Brandon Williamson Published June 11th, 2024 via BVM Sports Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Brandon Williamson evaluating surgery Published June 11th, 2024 via MLB.com Cincinnati Reds' Encarnacion-Strand, Brandon Williamson face possible season-ending surgery Published June 11th, 2024 via The Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati Reds' Encarnacion-Strand, Brandon Williamson face possible season-ending surgery Published June 11th, 2024 via Yahoo Sports	Chicago Cubs placed Javier Assad on 15-day injured list Published June 27th, 2024 via ChiCitySports Chicago Cubs Replace Injured Starter Javier Assad with Veteran Pitcher Vinny Nittoli Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Cubs Put Javier Assad On 15-Day Injured List Published June 27th, 2024 Cubs place RHP Javier Assad (forearm) on 15-day IL Published June 27th, 2024 via ESPN Cubs Place Javier Assad on IL with Forearm Extensor Strain Published June 27th, 2024 via Cubs Insider Chicago Cubs Update: Javier Assad Injured, Vinny Nittoli Signed to Major League Deal Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Chicago Cubs Struggle Continues: Javier Assad's Injury Adds to Last-Place Woes Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Cubs put Javier Assad on IL, sign reliever Vinny Nittoli before series finale against the Giants Published June 27th, 2024 via Chicago Sun-Times

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