Should I draft Kenta Maeda or Bailey Ober?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Kenta Maeda or Bailey Ober.

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	1.50	2.81
ADP	242.68	135.15
PROJ	268.00	330.00
W	7	11
L	9	9
SV	0	0
IP	141.0	164.0
H	129	155
ER	63	73
K	149	164
BB	39	35
ERA	4.02	4.01
WHIP	1.19	1.16

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft Kenta Maeda or Bailey Ober Draft Kenta Maeda or Hunter Brown Draft Kenta Maeda or Yu Darvish Draft Kenta Maeda or Griffin Canning Draft Kenta Maeda or Kyle Harrison	Draft Bailey Ober or Chris Sale Draft Bailey Ober or Jose Berrios Draft Bailey Ober or Shane Bieber Draft Bailey Ober or Max Fried Draft Bailey Ober or Bobby Miller

Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	44.0	171.0
W	2	7
L	4	4
SV	0	0
IP	54.0	82.0
H	59	71
ER	36	41
K	41	83
BB	18	20
ERA	6.00	4.50
WHIP	1.43	1.11

Recent News
	Kenta Maeda Gives Up Three Runs and Eight Hits in 4 2/3 Innings; White Sox Beat Tigers 5-1 Published June 22nd, 2024 via The Japan News Tigers' Kenta Maeda: Allows three runs in loss Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers offense shut down, squanders better outing from Maeda Published June 22nd, 2024 via Detroit News Tigers lineup: Jake Rogers catching Kenta Maeda on Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLive.com White Sox vs. Kenta Maeda and the Tigers: Batter vs. Pitcher Stats and How to Watch Info - June 22 Published June 21st, 2024 via Lineups Detroit Tigers, Veteran Pitcher Kenta Maeda Agree to Multi-Year Contract Published June 20th, 2024 via MSN Detroit Tigers' Kenta Maeda exits start with right abdominal discomfort after two pitches Published June 20th, 2024 via MSN Kenta Maeda Permits Five Hits and Four Runs in Five Innings; Astros Beat Tigers 4-1 Published June 16th, 2024 via The Japan News	Bailey Ober, Pablo López make Twins history on the mound Published June 24th, 2024 via Athlon Sports Twins System Recap: Bailey Ober is a Unicorn; Walker Jenkins Homers Published June 24th, 2024 via Twins Daily Bailey Ober throws first career complete game vs. A's Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com Twins' Bailey Ober: Tosses first career complete game Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Bailey Ober on first career complete game in win \| 06/22/2024 Published June 22nd, 2024 via MLB.com Bailey Ober records first complete game as Twins rout Athletics 10-2 Published June 22nd, 2024 via MSN Bailey Ober Throws Historic Complete Game... and Not Just Because It's 2024 and Nobody Does That Anymore Published June 22nd, 2024 via MSN Bailey Ober dominates with first career complete game, Twins beat A's 10-2 Published June 22nd, 2024 via BVM Sports

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