Should I draft Lance McCullers or Jake Irvin?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Lance McCullers or Jake Irvin.

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	-0.12	-0.05
ADP	Undrafted	254.88
PROJ	135.00	153.00
W	3	5
L	1	9
SV	0	0
IP	63.0	126.0
H	51	127
ER	25	64
K	66	99
BB	29	49
ERA	3.57	4.57
WHIP	1.27	1.40

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	0.0	210.0
W	0	6
L	0	6
SV	0	0
IP	0.0	98.0
H	0	81
ER	0	33
K	0	86
BB	0	23
ERA	0.00	3.03
WHIP	0.00	1.06

Recent News
	Baby girl No. 2 on the way for Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr., wife Kara Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN Houston Astros' Lance McCullers Jr. Takes Significant Rehab Step After Surgery Published June 22nd, 2024 via BVM Sports Astros' Lance McCullers: Throwing off mound Saturday Published June 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Lance McCullers Jr. Throws Bullpen Over The Weekend Published June 17th, 2024 Astros' Lance McCullers: Making progress Published June 7th, 2024 via CBS Sports Lance McCullers Jr. Likely Out "A Little While" Published June 4th, 2024 via MSN Astros' Lance McCullers gets shot at playoff glory after bitter ending a year ago Published May 29th, 2024 via Yahoo Canada Sports Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. gets elbow surgery and the now out until 2020 Published May 27th, 2024 via Yahoo Movies UK	Jake Irvin Twirls Another Quality Start Published June 30th, 2024 Jake Irvin Allows One Hit Across Six Frames On Saturday Published June 29th, 2024 Jake Irvin pitches 6 solid innings as the Nationals beat the Rays 8-1 to stop a 4-game slide Published June 29th, 2024 via The Washington Post Nationals' Jake Irvin: Registers another quality start Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jake Irvin Stymies Rays Bats, Nationals Bang Out 13 Hits And Defeat Rays 8-1 Published June 29th, 2024 via Sports Talk Florida Washington Nationals news & notes: Jake Irvin nails at the Trop; CJ Abrams leads Nats to 8-1 win... Published June 29th, 2024 via Federal Baseball Jake Irvin stars again as Nationals beat Rays to end losing skid Published June 29th, 2024 via The Washington Post Dave Martinez on Jake Irvin's start, CJ Abrams' homer \| 06/29/2024 Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com

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