Should I draft Justin Steele or Yu Darvish?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Justin Steele or Yu Darvish.

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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Please note dynasty rankings are based upon our 2024 Preseason Projections and do not consider in-season performance.

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

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Justin Steele

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Yu Darvish · Elbow (Day To Day)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	3.31	0.99
ADP	105.27	162.03
PROJ	360.00	301.00
W	12	9
L	8	8
SV	0	0
IP	176.0	157.0
H	167	142
ER	71	72
K	172	158
BB	51	47
ERA	3.63	4.13
WHIP	1.24	1.20

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	135.0	127.0
W	0	4
L	3	3
SV	0	0
IP	70.1	56.1
H	59	45
ER	28	20
K	70	53
BB	16	15
ERA	3.59	3.21
WHIP	1.07	1.07

Recent News
	Justin Steele Provides Emotional Wakeup Call from 'Place of Love' During Rare Cubs Win Published June 30th, 2024 via Cubs Insider Justin Steele sends a strong but meaningful message to his Chicago Cubs' teammates Published June 30th, 2024 via Cubbies Crib Cubs' Justin Steele: Logs quality start in no-decision Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports 'Place of love': Why Cubs' Justin Steele showed frustration and what it means moving forward \| Chicago Cubs News Published June 29th, 2024 via Marquee Sports Network Justin Steele shines as Cubs display passion in crucial win over Brewers Published June 29th, 2024 via BVM Sports Justin Steele, Ian Happ lead Cubs in much-needed win Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Column: Chicago Cubs answer Justin Steele's wake-up call with a 5-3 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers Published June 29th, 2024 via Chicago Tribune Justin Steele and the Cubs show some fire during much-needed win in Milwaukee Published June 29th, 2024 via The New York Times	Padres' Yu Darvish: Resumes light throwing Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Padres' Yu Darvish ups scoreless IP streak to 25, gets 200th win Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Yu Darvish's Imaging Comes Out Clean Published June 27th, 2024 MLB Injury Update: Angels' Mike Trout's Recovery making steady progress; Padres' Yu Darvish's elbow Imaging came ... Published June 27th, 2024 via Sportskeeda Padres' Yu Darvish: Imaging comes out clean Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Padres Notes: Roster Shakeup, Fernando Tatis Jr.'s Injury, Yu Darvish's Setback Published June 25th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Yu Darvish Dealing With Elbow Inflammation, Won't Start Tuesday Published June 24th, 2024 Padres place Fernando Tatis Jr. (leg) on IL; Yu Darvish remains sidelined with elbow inflammation - The Athletic Published June 24th, 2024 via The New York Times

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