Should I draft Joey Lucchesi or AJ Smith-Shawver?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Joey Lucchesi or AJ Smith-Shawver.

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	-0.35	-0.32
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	75.00	84.00
W	2	1
L	1	1
SV	0	0
IP	47.0	52.0
H	46	46
ER	22	27
K	34	51
BB	15	23
ERA	4.21	4.67
WHIP	1.30	1.33

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	-9.0	12.0
W	0	0
L	1	0
SV	0	0
IP	4.1	4.1
H	5	3
ER	5	0
K	2	4
BB	4	2
ERA	10.98	0.00
WHIP	2.20	1.22

Recent News
	Mets recall Josh Walker & demote Joey Lucchesi in a series of pitching moves Published May 17th, 2024 via Empire Sports Media Mets Notebook: Team options Joey Lucchesi to Triple-A, Tylor Megill coming off IL Monday Published May 16th, 2024 via New York Daily News Joey Lucchesi Sent To Triple-A Published May 16th, 2024 Mets to call up Mark Vientos and Joey Lucchesi, DFA Joey Wendle and Yohan Ramírez Published May 16th, 2024 via MSN Joey Lucchesi Sent To Triple-A Published May 16th, 2024 via MSN Joey Lucchesi optioned to Triple-A Published May 16th, 2024 via FantasyPros Mets' Joey Lucchesi: Optioned to Triple-A Published May 16th, 2024 via CBS Sports Lucchesi Stumbles Again, Mets Fall to Phillies Published May 16th, 2024 via FantasyPros	Braves Place AJ Smith-Shawver On 15-Day Injured List Published June 20th, 2024 via MSN A Braves-Pirates trade to make quickly after AJ Smith-Shawver injury Published June 8th, 2024 via MSN AJ Smith-Shawver News, Rumors, Stats, Highlights and More Published June 7th, 2024 via ClutchPoints A Braves-Pirates trade to make quickly after AJ Smith-Shawver injury Published May 25th, 2024 via MSN A Braves-Pirates trade to make quickly after AJ Smith-Shawver injury Published May 25th, 2024 via FanSided Atlanta Braves Top Prospect AJ Smith-Shawver Out with Severe Grade 2 Oblique Strain Published May 25th, 2024 via BVM Sports Ray Kerr makes first MLB start after AJ Smith-Shawver's injury Published May 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Braves' AJ Smith-Shawver has oblique strain, goes on injured list Published May 24th, 2024 via The Atlanta Journal Constitution

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