Should I draft Keegan Akin or Jake Diekman?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Keegan Akin or Jake Diekman.

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	-0.28	-0.05
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	82.00	101.00
W	1	2
L	1	1
SV	0	0
IP	42.0	54.0
H	37	48
ER	18	26
K	41	69
BB	12	35
ERA	3.86	4.33
WHIP	1.17	1.54

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	98.0	38.0
W	2	2
L	0	2
SV	0	3
IP	42.2	26.1
H	28	12
ER	16	12
K	47	30
BB	13	20
ERA	3.41	4.14
WHIP	.97	1.23

Recent News
	Keegan Akin's strong relief \| 06/14/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published June 14th, 2024 via MLB.com Orioles' Keegan Akin: Allows homer but grabs win Published June 13th, 2024 via CBS Sports Keegan Akin seals the win with a strikeout \| 06/09/2024 Published June 9th, 2024 via MLB.com Keegan Akin gets the strikeout for the win \| 06/01/2024 Published June 1st, 2024 via MLB.com Keegan Akin navigates bases-loaded jam \| 05/07/2024 \| Baltimore Orioles Published May 7th, 2024 via MLB.com Orioles' Keegan Akin: Nabs win Thursday Published May 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Danny Coulombe and Keegan Akin adding stability to Orioles bullpen Published April 10th, 2024 via Camden Chat Keegan Akin debuts, catcher Bryan Holaday pitches in Orioles' streak-snapping 15-3 loss to Nationals Published April 6th, 2024 via AOL	Mets' Jake Diekman: Nabs second win Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Mets' Jake Diekman: Picks up one-out save Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Jake Diekman Earns Two-Out Save Monday Published June 4th, 2024 Mets' Jake Diekman: Notches second save Published June 3rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Jake Diekman Blows Save In Loss to Diamondbacks Published June 2nd, 2024 Mets' Jake Diekman: Blows save, takes loss Published June 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Mets' bullpen tosses four scoreless innings before Jake Diekman blows save Published June 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Jake Diekman on his blown save & Jose Quintana assesses his 2nd shortest outing of the season following 5-4 loss to Published June 2nd, 2024 via WTNZ

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