Should I draft Mason Black or Clayton Kershaw?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Mason Black or Clayton Kershaw.

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	-0.27	-0.25
ADP	Undrafted	257.62
PROJ	97.00	100.00
W	2	3
L	2	1
SV	0	0
IP	59.0	47.0
H	57	44
ER	28	21
K	56	50
BB	23	15
ERA	4.27	4.02
WHIP	1.36	1.26

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	-8.0	0.0
W	0	0
L	1	0
SV	0	0
IP	14.1	0.0
H	21	0
ER	14	0
K	10	0
BB	7	0
ERA	8.94	0.00
WHIP	1.99	0.00

Recent News
	Giants adding Mason Black and Hayden Birdsong to injury-depleted pitching corps Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Giants No. 7 prospect Mason Black's sixth strikeout \| 06/28/2024 Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com SF Giants Recall Mason Black, Option Him for Hayden Birdsong After Brief Stint with Club Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Giants' Mason Black: Optioned to Triple-A Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants adding Mason Black and Hayden Birdsong to injury-depleted pitching corps Published June 25th, 2024 via MSN Giants turning to Triple-A pitchers Mason Black and Hayden Birdsong Published June 25th, 2024 via San Francisco Chronicle Giants' Mason Black: Recalled from Sacramento Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Mason Black to make MLB debut vs. Phillies Published June 21st, 2024 via MSN	Clayton Kershaw's rehab is trending upwards, but what Dodgers rotation will he return to? Published July 3rd, 2024 via The New York Times Dodgers Injury Update: Clayton Kershaw Resuming Throwing Program Published July 2nd, 2024 via DodgerBlue.com Clayton Kershaw Resumes Throwing Published July 2nd, 2024 Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw resumes throwing program Published July 2nd, 2024 via OCRegister Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw resumes throwing program \| Sports \| albanyherald.com Published July 2nd, 2024 via The Albany Herald Clayton Kershaw resumes throwing, getting anxious to return to Dodgers Published July 2nd, 2024 via True Blue LA Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw resumes throwing program \| Fieldlevel \| rockdalenewtoncitizen.com Published July 2nd, 2024 via Rockdale Newton Citizen Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw: Returns to throwing Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports

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