Should I draft Justin Slaten or Steven Cruz?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Justin Slaten or Steven Cruz.

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	-0.60
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	64.00	56.00
W	1	2
L	2	0
SV	0	0
IP	46.0	38.0
H	47	32
ER	25	22
K	49	43
BB	21	35
ERA	4.89	5.21
WHIP	1.48	1.76

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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	Royals' Steven Cruz: Optioned to Triple-A Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Royals' Steven Cruz: Recalled from Triple-A Published June 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports KC Royals pitcher Steven Cruz's debut and 2024 projections Published March 13th, 2024 via BVM Sports Where does Steven Cruz stack up in the KC Royals pitching deck? Published March 13th, 2024 via Kings of Kauffman Royals' Steven Cruz: Sent down to Triple-A Published March 8th, 2024 via CBS Sports Grading the 2023 KC Royals: Pitcher Steven Cruz showcases raw ... Published October 23rd, 2023 via Kings of Kauffman Royals' Steven Cruz: Filling opener role Saturday Published September 30th, 2023 via CBS Sports Royals' Steven Cruz: Opener assignment Sunday Published September 23rd, 2023 via CBS Sports

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