Should I draft Gavin Williams or Shota Imanaga?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Gavin Williams 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	1.14	1.60
ADP	210.96	161.14
PROJ	243.00	275.00
W	8	9
L	7	7
SV	0	0
IP	124.0	142.0
H	107	136
ER	53	61
K	128	134
BB	49	37
ERA	3.85	3.87
WHIP	1.26	1.22

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	0.0	212.0
W	0	7
L	0	2
SV	0	0
IP	0.0	85.0
H	0	80
ER	0	29
K	0	84
BB	0	14
ERA	0.00	3.07
WHIP	0.00	1.11

Recent News
	Triston McKenzie optioned to Triple-A for necessary improvements after Gavin Williams' return Published July 1st, 2024 via BVM Sports Cleveland Guardians Activate Pitcher Gavin Williams to Face Chicago White Sox on July 3rd Published June 30th, 2024 via BVM Sports Gavin Williams In, Triston McKenzie Out; Guardians Finish Tough Stretch With Important Month Ahead Published June 30th, 2024 via WHAS11.com Guardians' Gavin Williams: Making first start Wednesday Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Gavin Williams Returning To Cleveland Published June 30th, 2024 Guardians activate RHP Gavin Williams, option RHP Triston McKenzie Published June 30th, 2024 via Citizentribune Triston McKenzie, Gavin Williams, Matthew Boyd and a messy Guardians rotation Published June 30th, 2024 via The New York Times Guardians Roster Moves: Gavin Williams Activated, Triston McKenzie Optioned To Triple-A Published June 30th, 2024 via BVM Sports	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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