Should I draft Jared Jones or Jordan Lyles?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Jared Jones or Jordan Lyles.

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	-0.15
ADP	198.39	Undrafted
PROJ	133.00	126.00
W	5	7
L	7	10
SV	0	0
IP	94.0	140.0
H	91	166
ER	44	85
K	77	101
BB	37	44
ERA	4.21	5.46
WHIP	1.36	1.50

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	181.0	14.0
W	5	0
L	6	0
SV	0	0
IP	86.0	5.0
H	70	2
ER	35	0
K	93	3
BB	25	2
ERA	3.66	0.00
WHIP	1.10	.80

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	Jordan Lyles dominant as Royals crush Red Sox 13-2 Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN Jordan Lyles dominant as Royals crush Red Sox 13-2 Published May 26th, 2024 via Yahoo Lifestyle UK Jordan Lyles is a must fade as favorite vs. Reds on Tuesday night Published May 21st, 2024 via MSN No Timeline For Jordan Lyles' Return Published April 22nd, 2024 Royals' Jordan Lyles: Likely to miss extended time Published April 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Jordan Lyles: Absence likely an extended one Published April 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Jordan Lyles placed on inactive list Published April 20th, 2024 via FantasyPros Royals' Jordan Lyles: Placed on inactive list Published April 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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