Should I draft Jack Flaherty or John Means?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Jack Flaherty or John Means.

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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Please note dynasty rankings are based upon our 2024 Preseason Projections and do not consider in-season performance.

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

Strong Recommendation

Jack Flaherty

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DET · SP

BAL · SP

Injury Alert

Jack Flaherty · Back (Day To Day)

John Means · Elbow (Out For Season)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.96	0.42
ADP	224.39	Undrafted
PROJ	236.00	206.00
W	7	7
L	10	6
SV	0	0
IP	150.0	116.0
H	140	107
ER	71	53
K	147	89
BB	64	23
ERA	4.26	4.11
WHIP	1.36	1.12

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	229.0	58.0
W	5	2
L	5	0
SV	0	0
IP	89.0	20.2
H	75	16
ER	32	6
K	115	16
BB	14	2
ERA	3.24	2.67
WHIP	1.00	.89

Recent News
	Jack Flaherty will miss a start as misery follows the Tigers to Minnesota Published July 3rd, 2024 via The New York Times Jack Flaherty Receives Injection For His Back, Skipping Next Start Published July 2nd, 2024 Tigers to skip RHP Jack Flaherty after second injection for back pain Published July 2nd, 2024 via Scranton Times-Tribune Detroit Tigers' Jack Flaherty to miss Wednesday start in Minnesota Published July 2nd, 2024 via Detroit Free Press Tigers' Jack Flaherty: Skipping start this week Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers Shopping Jack Flaherty As Deadline Approaches Published July 1st, 2024 Chicago Cubs Potential Trade for Detroit Tigers' Jack Flaherty Sparks MLB Deadline Speculations Published July 1st, 2024 via BVM Sports Mets Trade Proposal Swaps Top Prospect for $14 Million Starting Pitcher Published July 1st, 2024 via Heavy.com	John Means Orioles Future Uncertain After Career-Defining Challenges Published June 28th, 2024 via BVM Sports Has John Means' Time With the Orioles Come to an End? Published June 28th, 2024 via Just Baseball Orioles starters John Means, Tyler Wells out for season Published June 20th, 2024 via MSN Orioles put starting pitcher John Means on injured list with left forearm strain Published June 17th, 2024 via Yahoo Eurosport UK John Means' future with the Orioles is unknown, but his impact has been definitive Published June 17th, 2024 via The Baltimore Banner Drew French on John Means: "Team first, very selfless guy" Published June 17th, 2024 via MASNsports.com Orioles' John Means hopes to bounce back from 2nd Tommy John surgery Published June 16th, 2024 via Baltimore Sun John Means looking to pitch again following second Tommy John surgery Published June 15th, 2024 via MLB.com

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