Should I draft Lance Lynn or Taijuan Walker?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Lance Lynn or Taijuan Walker.

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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Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.95	0.98
ADP	218.58	Undrafted
PROJ	295.00	261.00
W	9	10
L	9	9
SV	0	0
IP	170.0	168.0
H	165	163
ER	80	78
K	159	128
BB	49	57
ERA	4.24	4.18
WHIP	1.26	1.31

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	168.0	57.0
W	4	3
L	3	3
SV	0	0
IP	87.2	53.0
H	83	58
ER	35	33
K	84	43
BB	31	21
ERA	3.61	5.60
WHIP	1.31	1.49

Recent News
	"Yass daddy" - Lance Lynn's wife Dymin celebrates Cardinals ace pitcher's 1000th career strikeout at Busch Stadium Published June 30th, 2024 via Sportskeeda Cardinals' Lance Lynn: Cruises to victory Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Extended interview: Cardinals' pitcher Lance Lynn on team's 2-0 win over Reds Published June 30th, 2024 via KSDK.com Lance Lynn dominates Reds as Cardinals split series Published June 30th, 2024 via MLB.com Lance Lynn is 'a character, for sure,' Cardinals catcher Pedro Pages says Published June 30th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Lance Lynn Strikes Career Milestone: 1000th K for St. Louis Cardinals Published June 30th, 2024 via BVM Sports Cardinals Audio: Oliver Marmol, Lance Lynn, Ryan Helsley 6-30-24 Published June 30th, 2024 via STLSportsPage Lance Lynn Makes St. Louis Cardinals History, Tosses 1,000th Strikeout With Club Published June 30th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated	Phillies target a local product who won't solve their Taijuan Walker problem Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN De George: With Taijuan Walker injury, burden on Phillies' starters even greater Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN An emergency Phillies-Tigers trade to replace Taijuan Walker Published June 29th, 2024 via FanSided 3 trade deadline options for Phillies to replace Taijuan Walker in the rotation Published June 29th, 2024 via That Balls Outta Here With Spencer Turnbull, Taijuan Walker on IL, Michael Mercado to get the nod Published June 28th, 2024 via The Trentonian Taijuan Walker Won't Be Back Before All-Star Break Published June 27th, 2024 Phillies' Taijuan Walker: Ruled out through All-Star break Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Phillies manager provides injury update on Taijuan Walker Published June 26th, 2024 via Yardbarker

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