Should I draft Joey Estes or Matt Sauer?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Joey Estes or Matt Sauer.

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	-0.38	-0.58
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	69.00	57.00
W	1	1
L	2	1
SV	0	0
IP	50.0	40.0
H	48	41
ER	25	21
K	38	37
BB	16	17
ERA	4.50	4.73
WHIP	1.28	1.45

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	63.0	-4.0
W	2	0
L	3	0
SV	0	0
IP	46.1	16.1
H	44	23
ER	27	14
K	39	9
BB	12	11
ERA	5.27	7.83
WHIP	1.21	2.11

Recent News
	Athletics' Joey Estes: Fans eight in tough-luck loss Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Joey Estes Strikes Out Eight In Loss Published June 26th, 2024 Joey Estes strikes out eight \| 06/26/2024 \| Oakland Athletics Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Joey Estes escapes early trouble \| 06/26/2024 Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com A's Joey Estes, evoking memories for manager, to face Angels Published June 26th, 2024 via The Albany Herald Athletics' Joey Estes: Bounces back with quality start Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Breaking down Joey Estes' start \| 06/21/2024 \| Oakland Athletics Published June 21st, 2024 via MLB.com Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitchers: Hogan Harris, Miles Mikolas, Joey Estes Published June 20th, 2024 via MSN	Matt Sauer Returns to Yankees After Royals Rule 5 Pick Fizzles Out Published May 26th, 2024 via BVM Sports Yankees' Matt Sauer: Returned to Yankees Published May 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Matt Sauer designated for assignment. How his Rule 5 Draft status is affected Published May 23rd, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports Royals' Matt Sauer designated for assignment. How his Rule 5 Draft status is affected Published May 20th, 2024 via Kansas City Star Royals Designate Matt Sauer For Assignment Published May 20th, 2024 via BVM Sports Royals select Sam Long, designate Matt Sauer for assignment Published May 20th, 2024 via Royals Review Matt Sauer designated for assignment Published May 20th, 2024 via FantasyPros Royals' Matt Sauer: Jettisoned from 40-man roster Published May 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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