Should I draft Carmen Mlodzinski or Michael Rucker?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Carmen Mlodzinski or Michael Rucker.

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	-0.46	-0.60
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	67.00	56.00
W	1	1
L	3	1
SV	0	0
IP	48.0	30.0
H	46	29
ER	21	14
K	41	33
BB	20	10
ERA	3.94	4.20
WHIP	1.38	1.30

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	33.0	0.0
W	1	0
L	3	0
SV	0	0
IP	24.1	0.0
H	21	0
ER	10	0
K	20	0
BB	9	0
ERA	3.73	0.00
WHIP	1.24	0.00

Recent News
	Carmen Mlodzinski is establishing himself back into the Pirates bullpen Published June 30th, 2024 via Rum Bunter Following rough start to 2nd big-league season, Carmen Mlodzinski continues to 'stack' up productive outings Published June 25th, 2024 via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Carmen Mlodzinski To Serve As Opener On Friday Published June 21st, 2024 Pirates' Carmen Mlodzinski: Opening Friday's game Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Whether as 'opener' or in traditional relief outings, Pirates' Carmen Mlodzinski returning to form Published June 21st, 2024 via TribLIVE Carmen Mlodzinski, Luis Ortiz set the tone for another productive bullpen game Published June 14th, 2024 via DKPittsburghSports.com Pirates' Carmen Mlodzinski: Opening against Rockies Published June 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Carmen Mlodzinski fans Max Kepler \| 06/08/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 8th, 2024 via MLB.com	Michael Rucker Advances To Triple-A As Rehab Continues Published June 24th, 2024 via KSL Sports Phillies' Michael Rucker: Continuing rehab at Double-A Published June 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports Phillies' Michael Rucker: Moved to 60-day IL Published June 3rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Phillies Injury Update: Taijuan Walker, Luis Ortiz, Dylan Covey and Michael Rucker Published April 16th, 2024 via That Balls Outta Here Phillies' Michael Rucker: Shelved with hand injury Published March 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Phillies' Michael Rucker: Sidelined by finger injury Published March 13th, 2024 via CBS Sports Preview of Philadelphia Phillies' reliever Michael Rucker for 2024 season: Performance analysis & projections Published February 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Philadelphia Phillies 2024 Season Preview: RHP Michael Rucker Published February 27th, 2024 via That Balls Outta Here

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