Should I draft Dylan Cease or Yu Darvish?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Dylan Cease 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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Yu Darvish · Elbow (Day To Day)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	3.13	1.98
ADP	85.00	162.57
PROJ	322.00	301.00
W	9	9
L	8	8
SV	0	0
IP	160.0	157.0
H	144	142
ER	75	72
K	203	158
BB	72	47
ERA	4.22	4.13
WHIP	1.35	1.20

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	237.0	127.0
W	7	4
L	6	3
SV	0	0
IP	98.1	56.1
H	74	45
ER	42	20
K	125	53
BB	30	15
ERA	3.85	3.21
WHIP	1.06	1.07

Recent News
	Dylan Cease Chased Early Tuesday Night Published July 3rd, 2024 Dylan Cease has rough start vs. Rangers Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Breaking down Dylan Cease's pitches \| 07/02/2024 \| San Diego Padres Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Padres Aim for Victory Over Rangers with Top Pitcher Dylan Cease Published July 2nd, 2024 via Blue Mountain Eagle Rangers vs. Dylan Cease and the Padres: Batter vs. Pitcher Stats and How to Watch Info - July 2 Published July 2nd, 2024 via Lineups The Padres List Dylan Cease As Tuesday's Probable Pitcher Published July 1st, 2024 Dylan Cease sharp as Padres ease into sweep of Nationals Published June 28th, 2024 via MSN Dylan Cease Ties Record in San Diego Padres History with Great Outing on Wednesday Published June 27th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated	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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