Should I draft Justin Slaten or Michael Kelly?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Justin Slaten or Michael 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	-0.50	-0.35
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	64.00	76.00
W	1	2
L	2	3
SV	0	0
IP	46.0	49.0
H	47	46
ER	25	24
K	49	52
BB	21	24
ERA	4.89	4.41
WHIP	1.48	1.43

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	106.0	57.0
W	4	3
L	2	2
SV	1	0
IP	40.0	31.1
H	34	27
ER	13	9
K	42	22
BB	6	10
ERA	2.93	2.60
WHIP	1.00	1.19

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	Suspended A's Pitcher Michael Kelly Will Lose Out On $740k Salary After Betting A Total Of $99 On MLB Games Published June 7th, 2024 via Fanbuzz Michael Kelly suspended for one year for violating MLB's sports betting rules Published June 5th, 2024 via MSN Former West Boca Raton High pitcher, four others suspended from MLB after gambling scandal Published June 5th, 2024 via Palm Beach Post Best photos of former West Boca baseball star Michael Kelly Published June 4th, 2024 via Palm Beach Post Suspension of A's pitcher Michael Kelly shines a light on MLB's gambling hypocrisy Published June 4th, 2024 via MSN Suspension of A's Michael Kelly shines a light on MLB's hypocrisy Published June 4th, 2024 via San Francisco Chronicle Oakland A's react to Michael Kelly's gambling suspension. Can he return to MLB? Published June 4th, 2024 via The Mercury News A's and ex-Astros minor leaguer Michael Kelly suspended for gambling Published June 4th, 2024 via Houston Chronicle

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