Should I draft Matt Strahm or Julian Merryweather?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Matt Strahm or Julian Merryweather.

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	0.80	0.49
ADP	252.66	Undrafted
PROJ	161.00	139.00
W	3	1
L	5	4
SV	2	2
IP	71.0	67.0
H	63	56
ER	29	27
K	87	82
BB	18	29
ERA	3.68	3.63
WHIP	1.14	1.27

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	102.0	11.0
W	3	0
L	1	0
SV	0	0
IP	31.2	4.2
H	21	4
ER	5	1
K	41	6
BB	4	2
ERA	1.44	2.14
WHIP	.80	1.43

Recent News
	Future All-Star Matt Strahm? He discusses bullpen games, hair, and more on the Takeoff podcast with John Clark Published June 19th, 2024 via NBC Sports Philadelphia Future All-Star Matt Strahm? He discusses bullpen games, hair, and more on the Takeoff podcast with John Clark Published June 19th, 2024 via NBC Sports Philadelphia Future All-Star Matt Strahm? He discusses bullpen games, hair, and more \| Takeoff with John Clark Published June 19th, 2024 via BVM Sports What would it mean to Matt Strahm to make the 2024 All-Star game? Published June 18th, 2024 via NBC Sports Philadelphia Matt Strahm, Seranthony Dominguez, and the Search for a Trustworthy Arm in the Phillies Bullpen Published June 17th, 2024 via Philadelphia Sports Nation How Matt Strahm and Jeff Hoffman became catch partners - and baseball's best bullpen duo Published June 13th, 2024 via The New York Times Philadelphia Phillies' Dynamic Duo: Matt Strahm and Jeff Hoffman, Baseball's Best Bullpen Pair Published June 13th, 2024 via BVM Sports Why Soto over Strahm? What happened with Alvarado? Thomson on bullpen moves Published June 9th, 2024 via NBC Sports Philadelphia	Cubs' Julian Merryweather: Throws bullpen session Published June 15th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cubs' Julian Merryweather: Out through All-Star break Published June 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Julian Merryweather To Start Throwing Monday Published May 17th, 2024 Cubs' Julian Merryweather: Nearing throwing program Published May 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cubs News: Injury updates on Jameson Taillon, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Julian Merryweather Published April 17th, 2024 via CubsHQ Julian Merryweather Moved To 60-Day Injured List Published April 17th, 2024 Cubs' Julian Merryweather: Goes to 60-day IL Published April 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports Chicago Cubs bullpen fails 1st test without reliever Julian Merryweather, who will be sidelined at least a month Published April 9th, 2024 via AOL

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