Should I draft Lance McCullers or Matthew Boyd?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Lance McCullers or Matthew Boyd.

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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Lance McCullers

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Injury Alert

Lance McCullers · Forearm (Out)

Matthew Boyd · Elbow (Out)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.12	-0.20
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	135.00	115.00
W	3	2
L	1	3
SV	0	0
IP	63.0	73.0
H	51	74
ER	25	36
K	66	75
BB	29	28
ERA	3.57	4.44
WHIP	1.27	1.40

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	0.0	0.0
W	0	0
L	0	0
SV	0	0
IP	0.0	0.0
H	0	0
ER	0	0
K	0	0
BB	0	0
ERA	0.00	0.00
WHIP	0.00	0.00

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	Triston McKenzie, Gavin Williams, Matthew Boyd and a messy Guardians rotation Published June 30th, 2024 via The New York Times Guardians sign LHP Matthew Boyd to a one year deal Published June 29th, 2024 via 92.3 The Fan Guardians sign left-hander Matthew Boyd, who continues to recover from Tommy John surgery Published June 29th, 2024 via Spectrum News 1 Guardians' Matthew Boyd: Placed on IL Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Guardians officially announce signing of lefty Matthew Boyd; activate Eli Morgan from IL Published June 29th, 2024 via cleveland.com Tigers News: Matthew Boyd is Back in the American League Central Published June 29th, 2024 via Athlon Sports Former Detroit Tigers P Matthew Boyd Signs Major League Deal Published June 29th, 2024 via Detroit Sports Nation Guardians, Matthew Boyd Reach Agreement On Contract Published June 28th, 2024 via RealGM

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