Should I draft Chris Sale or Taijuan Walker?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Chris Sale or Taijuan Walker.

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	2.90	1.38
ADP	114.10	Undrafted
PROJ	324.00	261.00
W	9	10
L	5	9
SV	0	0
IP	137.0	168.0
H	118	163
ER	58	78
K	165	128
BB	38	57
ERA	3.81	4.18
WHIP	1.14	1.31

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	210.0	41.0
W	8	3
L	1	1
SV	0	0
IP	67.2	32.2
H	54	40
ER	23	20
K	82	25
BB	10	12
ERA	3.08	5.59
WHIP	.95	1.61

Recent News
	Chris Sale Endures Worst Outing Of Season Against A's Published June 1st, 2024 Travis d'Arnaud Checks Into Lineup to Catch Chris Sale on Saturday Versus Athletics Published June 1st, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Chris Sale seeks eighth straight win as Braves face A's Published June 1st, 2024 via Citizentribune Chris Sale, Cubs and other fascinating MLB storylines Published May 31st, 2024 via MLB.com Chris Sale Posts Historically Dominant May Amid Atlanta Braves' Struggles Published May 31st, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Chris Sale Turning Back the Clock for Braves Published May 31st, 2024 via Northwest Georgia News Chris Sale's best highlights from May \| 05/30/2024 \| Atlanta Braves Published May 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Chris Sale's comments after latest shutout prove exactly why Braves won the trade Published May 29th, 2024 via MSN	Philadelphia Phillies Lose 0-1 Against San Francisco Giants: Taijuan Walker's Performance Questioned Published May 30th, 2024 via BVM Sports Phillies' Nick Castellanos Shines, Taijuan Walker Falters, Bullpen Options Explored Published May 30th, 2024 via BVM Sports Phillies takeaways on Castellanos' uptick, Walker's splitter, bullpen depth options Published May 30th, 2024 via The New York Times Should the Phillies replace Taijuan Walker with Spencer Turnbull? It's complicated. Published May 29th, 2024 via The Philadelphia Inquirer Taijuan Walker Struggles As The Philadelphia Phillies Lose To The San Francisco Giants Published May 28th, 2024 via FirstCoastNews.com WTLV-WJXX What are Philadelphia Phillies Going to Do With Taijuan Walker? Published May 28th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Phillies play worst defensive game of season, Walker struggles in loss to Giants Published May 27th, 2024 via NBC Sports Philadelphia Phillies' Taijuan Walker: Takes first loss Monday Published May 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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