Should I draft Justin Slaten or Mason Thompson?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Justin Slaten or Mason Thompson.

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	-0.50	-0.58
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	64.00	57.00
W	1	1
L	2	2
SV	0	0
IP	46.0	46.0
H	47	46
ER	25	23
K	49	36
BB	21	20
ERA	4.89	4.50
WHIP	1.48	1.43

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	106.0	0.0
W	4	0
L	2	0
SV	1	0
IP	40.0	0.0
H	34	0
ER	13	0
K	42	0
BB	6	0
ERA	2.93	0.00
WHIP	1.00	0.00

Recent News
	Justin Slaten - Closers and Saves Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Adds Published June 19th, 2024 via MSN Red Sox fans and foes are starting to recognize reliever Justin Slaten Published June 16th, 2024 via The Boston Globe Justin Slaten K's Giancarlo Stanton Published June 15th, 2024 via MLB.com Justin Slaten seals the win \| 05/31/2024 \| Boston Red Sox Published May 31st, 2024 via MLB.com Justin Slaten seals the win \| 05/20/2024 \| Boston Red Sox Published May 20th, 2024 via MLB.com Red Sox's Justin Slaten: Suffers second loss Published May 19th, 2024 via CBS Sports Red Sox vs Cardinals: Kutter Crawford Shines, Justin Slaten Struggles in Cardinal's Win Published May 19th, 2024 via BVM Sports Justin Slaten - MLB Starting pitcher - News, Stats, Bio and more - The Athletic Published May 13th, 2024 via The New York Times	Nationals' Mason Thompson: Moves to 60-day IL Published March 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Nats reliever Mason Thompson needs Tommy John, will miss 2024 season Published February 28th, 2024 via The Washington Post Washington Nationals Reliever Set to Undergo Tommy John Surgery Published February 28th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Washington Nationals Pitcher Mason Thompson Undergoing Second Tommy John Surgery Published February 28th, 2024 via BVM Sports Mason Thompson to undergo Tommy John surgery Published February 28th, 2024 via FantasyPros Nationals' Mason Thompson: Undergoing Tommy John surgery Published February 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Mason Thompson To Be Re-Evaluated This Week Published February 26th, 2024 Nationals' Mason Thompson: Getting checked out this week Published February 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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