Should I draft Louie Varland or Hunter Brown?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Louie Varland or Hunter Brown.

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	2.02
ADP	Undrafted	187.69
PROJ	269.00	305.00
W	8	11
L	6	7
SV	0	0
IP	128.0	147.0
H	118	134
ER	55	68
K	138	166
BB	35	52
ERA	3.87	4.16
WHIP	1.20	1.27

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	-22.0	28.0
W	0	1
L	4	5
SV	0	0
IP	16.2	49.1
H	27	57
ER	17	35
K	18	53
BB	9	24
ERA	9.44	6.42
WHIP	2.22	1.65

Recent News
	Louie Varland Has Rebuilt His Confidence In St. Paul Published May 20th, 2024 via Zone Coverage Twins' Louie Varland, after demotion, sees success with different pitch Published May 17th, 2024 via Star Tribune Louie Varland Could Be Removed From Rotation Published May 5th, 2024 via MSN Louie Varland Could Be Removed From Rotation Published May 5th, 2024 via MSN Louie Varland Is Stealing From deGrom's Arsenal. So Why Isn't He Getting Outs? Published April 23rd, 2024 via Zone Coverage Twins Lack Starting Pitching Depth Behind Louie Varland Published April 23rd, 2024 via Twins Daily Louie Varland Sent To Minors Published April 22nd, 2024 Twins send Louie Varland to minors, activate Max Kepler Published April 22nd, 2024 via Star Tribune	Houston Astros Defeat Seattle Mariners: Spencer Arrighetti and Hunter Brown Shine in Recent Game Published May 31st, 2024 via BVM Sports Hunter Brown and Spencer Arrighetti step up for injury-riddled Houston Astros Published May 30th, 2024 via MSN Houston Astros: Hunter Brown and Spencer Arrighetti step up Published May 30th, 2024 via Houston Chronicle As Astros brace for bad news, breakthroughs by Hunter Brown, Spencer Arrighetti are welcome Published May 30th, 2024 via The New York Times Yordan Alvarez and Hunter Brown Published May 29th, 2024 via The Crawfish Boxes Hunter Brown Sends Nine Mariners Packing Published May 29th, 2024 Astros' Hunter Brown: Bullpen spoils bid Tuesday Published May 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Astros' Hunter Brown: Bullpen spoils win Tuesday Published May 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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