Should I draft John King or Kevin Kelly?

See our analysis of the choice to draft John King or Kevin Kelly.

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	-0.22
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	74.00	87.00
W	1	0
L	0	3
SV	0	0
IP	45.0	53.0
H	46	48
ER	19	21
K	30	47
BB	12	14
ERA	3.80	3.57
WHIP	1.29	1.17

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	47.0	81.0
W	2	2
L	1	0
SV	0	1
IP	29.2	35.2
H	30	33
ER	10	13
K	26	36
BB	4	4
ERA	3.08	3.32
WHIP	1.16	1.05

Recent News
	How relief pitcher John King significantly improved his sinker: Cardinals Extra Published June 15th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Cardinals Reliever John King Shines in Crucial Win Against Phillies Published June 4th, 2024 via BVM Sports Attention Cardinals Fans: All Hail the (John) King Published June 4th, 2024 via Red Bird Rants Cardinals' John King: Nabs win Sunday Published June 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' John King: Collects first win Published May 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports John King recalled from Triple-A Published April 24th, 2024 via FantasyPros Cardinals' John King: Called up to majors Published April 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports John King optioned to Triple-A Memphis Published April 9th, 2024 via FantasyPros	Kevin Kelly Is a Tampa Bay Find With a 'Unique Look' Published May 22nd, 2024 via FanGraphs Kevin Kelly Picks Up Save Wednesday Published May 16th, 2024 Kevin Kelly Seals the Deal Against Red Sox Published May 16th, 2024 via FantasyPros Rays' Kevin Kelly: Nabs save Wednesday Published May 15th, 2024 via CBS Sports Kevin Kelly recalled from Triple-A Published April 22nd, 2024 via FantasyPros Rays' Kevin Kelly: Back with big club Published April 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Kevin Kelly optioned to Triple-A Published April 18th, 2024 via FantasyPros Rays' Kevin Kelly: Headed to minors Published April 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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