Should I draft Jared Jones or Alek Manoah?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Jared Jones or Alek Manoah.

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	-0.12	-0.07
ADP	198.39	Undrafted
PROJ	133.00	148.00
W	5	6
L	7	7
SV	0	0
IP	94.0	99.0
H	91	95
ER	44	51
K	77	93
BB	37	40
ERA	4.21	4.64
WHIP	1.36	1.36

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	181.0	49.0
W	5	1
L	6	2
SV	0	0
IP	86.0	24.1
H	70	17
ER	35	10
K	93	26
BB	25	8
ERA	3.66	3.73
WHIP	1.10	1.04

Recent News
	Pirates balancing winning with Paul Skenes and Jared Jones health Published June 28th, 2024 via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jared Jones Won't Make A Start This Week Published June 27th, 2024 Pirates' Jared Jones: Not making start this week Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jared Jones strikes out Shohei Ohtani on 101 mph Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Jared Jones: A Deep Dive into the Pirates' Promising Pitcher Published June 23rd, 2024 via SportsGrid Jared Jones Goes Seven Innings, Fans Eight In Win Published June 23rd, 2024 Exploring Jared Jones' Home vs. Road Performance in MLB Published June 23rd, 2024 via Herald Review Pirates' Jared Jones: Fans eight in fifth win Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports	Alek Manoah has successful hybrid Tommy John surgery, recovery expected to be 12-14 months Published June 18th, 2024 via Blue Jays Nation Blue Jays' Manoah has Tommy John surgery, out 12-14 months Published June 18th, 2024 via TSN Blue Jays' Alek Manoah has surgery, will return to Toronto for rehab Published June 18th, 2024 via Sportsnet.ca Alek Manoah's 2024 Season is Officially Over Published June 18th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Blue Jays' John Schneider reveals potential Alek Manoah replacement Published June 12th, 2024 via ClutchPoints Blue Jays face season-defining stretch without Alek Manoah Published June 11th, 2024 via FanSided Blue Jays' Alek Manoah: Set for internal brace surgery Published June 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports Inside Alek Manoah's emotional week from injury to surgery date Published June 10th, 2024 via Sportsnet.ca

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