Should I draft James McArthur or Yuki Matsui?

See our analysis of the choice to draft James McArthur or Yuki Matsui.

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	0.92	1.04
ADP	230.75	257.04
PROJ	169.00	178.00
W	1	1
L	3	2
SV	12	11
IP	65.0	61.0
H	61	51
ER	28	25
K	64	70
BB	23	24
ERA	3.88	3.69
WHIP	1.29	1.23

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	106.0	42.0
W	4	3
L	3	2
SV	13	0
IP	30.2	33.0
H	37	22
ER	16	14
K	27	28
BB	7	22
ERA	4.77	3.82
WHIP	1.46	1.33

Recent News
	James McArthur Notches 13th Save Of Season Monday Published June 25th, 2024 Royals' James McArthur: Notches second save of June Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports James McArthur seals the win \| 06/24/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com James McArthur picks off Schuemann after review \| 06/20/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 20th, 2024 via MLB.com Royals' James McArthur: Secures win Thursday Published June 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' James McArthur: Crumbles in extra-inning loss Published June 10th, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' James McArthur: Crumbles in extra-inning loss Published June 9th, 2024 via CBS Sports James McArthur seals the Royals' win \| 06/08/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 8th, 2024 via MLB.com	Padres' Yuki Matsui Struggles but Mike Shildt Shows Faith in MLB Debut Season Published June 8th, 2024 via BVM Sports Padres' Mike Shildt Backs Yuki Matsui: 'We're Gonna Need Him' Published June 8th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Yuki Matsui K's Lourdes Gurriel Jr. for final out \| 06/07/2024 Published June 7th, 2024 via MLB.com Padres' Yuki Matsui: Struggling of late Published June 5th, 2024 via CBS Sports After Adam Mazur's stellar debut for Padres, Yuki Matsui struggles again in loss to Angels Published June 5th, 2024 via MSN After Adam Mazur's stellar debut for Padres, Yuki Matsui struggles again in loss to Angels Published June 5th, 2024 via The San Diego Union-Tribune After Adam Mazur's stellar debut for Padres, Yuki Matsui struggles again in loss to Angels Published June 4th, 2024 via The San Diego Union-Tribune Yuki Matsui can't close Michael King's strong start in Padres' loss Published June 3rd, 2024 via MLB.com

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