Should I draft Frankie Montas or Shota Imanaga?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Frankie Montas or Shota Imanaga.

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	0.80	1.60
ADP	Undrafted	161.07
PROJ	220.00	275.00
W	6	9
L	7	7
SV	0	0
IP	130.0	142.0
H	125	136
ER	61	61
K	125	134
BB	43	37
ERA	4.22	3.87
WHIP	1.29	1.22

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	95.0	212.0
W	3	7
L	6	2
SV	0	0
IP	72.1	85.0
H	65	80
ER	34	29
K	58	84
BB	30	14
ERA	4.24	3.07
WHIP	1.32	1.11

Recent News
	Reds' Frankie Montas: Notches quality start Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Breaking down Frankie Montas' pitches Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com Frankie Montas' four strikeouts \| 06/22/2024 \| Cincinnati Reds Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com Frankie Montas Has Historic Performance in Cincinnati Reds' 4-1 Win Over Colorado Rockies Published June 18th, 2024 via MSN Reds' Frankie Montas: Throws five frames Published June 16th, 2024 via CBS Sports Frankie Montas strikes out five over five-plus innings \| 06/16/2024 Published June 16th, 2024 via MLB.com Frankie Montas, Carson Spiers on 4-2 loss \| 06/09/2024 \| Cincinnati Reds Published June 9th, 2024 via MLB.com Frankie Montas records just four outs as the Cubs beat the Reds Published June 9th, 2024 via The Cincinnati Enquirer	Shota Imanaga logs quality start as Cubs power past Giants in 10 innings Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Cubs' Shota Imanaga: Records quality start Thursday Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cubs takeaways from the West Coast: Trade deadline, Shota Imanaga's All-Star bid and more Published June 27th, 2024 via The New York Times Chicago Cubs' Star Pitcher Shota Imanaga Receives Caution for Heavy Workload Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Chicago Cubs Receive Cautionary Warning About Shota Imanaga Published June 27th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Pirates Paul Skenes jumps Shota Imanaga as NL ROY betting favorite amid hot start Published June 27th, 2024 via ClutchPoints Mixing It Up: Shota Imanaga's fastball, Kyle Gibson's curve, and more Published June 26th, 2024 via NBC Sports Cubs' Shota Imanaga: Start moved to Thursday Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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