Should I draft Jose Urena or Michael Rucker?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Jose Urena or Michael Rucker.

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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Michael Rucker · Hand (Day To Day)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.39	-0.60
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	65.00	56.00
W	2	1
L	3	1
SV	0	0
IP	60.0	30.0
H	64	29
ER	32	14
K	41	33
BB	23	10
ERA	4.80	4.20
WHIP	1.45	1.30

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	117.0	0.0
W	3	0
L	5	0
SV	1	0
IP	63.2	0.0
H	52	0
ER	20	0
K	44	0
BB	19	0
ERA	2.85	0.00
WHIP	1.12	0.00

Recent News
	Rangers' Jose Urena: Earns unconventional save Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Jose Urena Good To Start On Friday Published June 18th, 2024 via MSN Rangers' Jose Urena: Works as long reliever Friday Published June 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rangers back Jose Urena's strong outing, pound Tigers 9-1 Published June 6th, 2024 via Central Oregon Daily Jose Urena Cruises Past Tigers Published June 6th, 2024 Rangers back Jose Urena's strong outing, pound Tigers 9-1 Published June 6th, 2024 via Deadspin Rangers' Jose Urena: Cruises to win Wednesday Published June 5th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rangers' Jose Urena: Cruises to win Wednesday Published June 5th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Michael Rucker Advances To Triple-A As Rehab Continues Published June 24th, 2024 via KSL Sports Phillies' Michael Rucker: Continuing rehab at Double-A Published June 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports Phillies' Michael Rucker: Moved to 60-day IL Published June 3rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Phillies Injury Update: Taijuan Walker, Luis Ortiz, Dylan Covey and Michael Rucker Published April 16th, 2024 via That Balls Outta Here Phillies' Michael Rucker: Shelved with hand injury Published March 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Phillies' Michael Rucker: Sidelined by finger injury Published March 13th, 2024 via CBS Sports Preview of Philadelphia Phillies' reliever Michael Rucker for 2024 season: Performance analysis & projections Published February 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Philadelphia Phillies 2024 Season Preview: RHP Michael Rucker Published February 27th, 2024 via That Balls Outta Here

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