Should I draft Kenta Maeda or Yu Darvish?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Kenta Maeda 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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Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.50	1.98
ADP	244.06	162.04
PROJ	268.00	301.00
W	7	9
L	9	8
SV	0	0
IP	141.0	157.0
H	129	142
ER	63	72
K	149	158
BB	39	47
ERA	4.02	4.13
WHIP	1.19	1.20

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	53.0	127.0
W	2	4
L	4	3
SV	0	0
IP	59.1	56.1
H	65	45
ER	38	20
K	45	53
BB	19	15
ERA	5.79	3.21
WHIP	1.42	1.07

Recent News
	Kenta Maeda Leaves After Taking Liner To Hip Published June 29th, 2024 Angels vs. Kenta Maeda and the Tigers: Batter vs. Pitcher Stats and How to Watch Info - June 28 Published June 28th, 2024 via Lineups 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 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	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 Padres News: Yu Darvish's return to Padres rotation further delayed Published June 24th, 2024 via Athlon Sports Padres' Yu Darvish: Dealing with elbow inflammation Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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