Should I draft Jared Jones or Lance McCullers?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Jared Jones or Lance McCullers.

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	-0.12
ADP	197.71	Undrafted
PROJ	133.00	135.00
W	5	3
L	7	1
SV	0	0
IP	94.0	63.0
H	91	51
ER	44	25
K	77	66
BB	37	29
ERA	4.21	3.57
WHIP	1.36	1.27

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	181.0	0.0
W	5	0
L	6	0
SV	0	0
IP	86.0	0.0
H	70	0
ER	35	0
K	93	0
BB	25	0
ERA	3.66	0.00
WHIP	1.10	0.00

Recent News
	Pirates' Jared Jones: Re-entering rotation Wednesday Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports The Pirates' Jared Jones embarrassed Brice Turang with a devastating pitch that struck him out while falling Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Livvy Dunne Rocks Paul Skenes, Jared Jones Tee To Game, Shirt's Sales Skyrocket Published June 29th, 2024 via TMZ Pirates skip Jared Jones for Pérez's return from injury and workload management Published June 28th, 2024 via BVM Sports 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	Baby girl No. 2 on the way for Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr., wife Kara Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN Houston Astros' Lance McCullers Jr. Takes Significant Rehab Step After Surgery Published June 22nd, 2024 via BVM Sports Astros' Lance McCullers: Throwing off mound Saturday Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Lance McCullers Jr. Throws Bullpen Over The Weekend Published June 17th, 2024 Astros' Lance McCullers: Making progress Published June 7th, 2024 via CBS Sports Lance McCullers Jr. Likely Out "A Little While" Published June 4th, 2024 via MSN Astros' Lance McCullers gets shot at playoff glory after bitter ending a year ago Published May 29th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. gets elbow surgery and the now out until 2020 Published May 27th, 2024 via Yahoo Movies UK

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