Should I draft Chris Sale or Yu Darvish?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Chris Sale or Yu Darvish.

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	2.92	1.98
ADP	115.37	162.38
PROJ	324.00	301.00
W	9	9
L	5	8
SV	0	0
IP	137.0	157.0
H	118	142
ER	58	72
K	165	158
BB	38	47
ERA	3.81	4.13
WHIP	1.14	1.20

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	290.0	127.0
W	10	4
L	3	3
SV	0	0
IP	93.2	56.1
H	69	45
ER	29	20
K	118	53
BB	17	15
ERA	2.80	3.21
WHIP	.92	1.07

Recent News
	Atlanta Braves Pitcher Chris Sale Resurgent Season Highlights Cy Young Potential Published June 28th, 2024 via BVM Sports Braves' Chris Sale: Dominant in tough-luck defeat Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Chris Sale Fans 11 In Tough-Luck Loss Published June 27th, 2024 Chris Sale Shines in Braves' 1-0 Loss to White Sox: A Recap of Sale's Stellar Performance Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Chris Sale passes Juan Marichal on all-time list \| 06/27/2024 Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Chris Sale sets season high in strikeouts in Braves loss Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com White Sox beat Chris Sale, Braves thanks to Luis Robert Jr. home run Published June 27th, 2024 via Yahoo Sports Chris Sale's 11th strikeout \| 06/27/2024 \| Atlanta Braves Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com	Padres' Yu Darvish: Resumes light throwing Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Padres' Yu Darvish ups scoreless IP streak to 25, gets 200th win Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Yu Darvish's Imaging Comes Out Clean Published June 27th, 2024 MLB Injury Update: Angels' Mike Trout's Recovery making steady progress; Padres' Yu Darvish's elbow Imaging came ... Published June 27th, 2024 via Sportskeeda Padres' Yu Darvish: Imaging comes out clean Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Padres Notes: Roster Shakeup, Fernando Tatis Jr.'s Injury, Yu Darvish's Setback Published June 25th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Yu Darvish Dealing With Elbow Inflammation, Won't Start Tuesday Published June 24th, 2024 Padres place Fernando Tatis Jr. (leg) on IL; Yu Darvish remains sidelined with elbow inflammation - The Athletic Published June 24th, 2024 via The New York Times

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