Should I draft Michael Rucker or Cole Sands?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Michael Rucker or Cole Sands.

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	-0.60	-0.69
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	56.00	48.00
W	1	0
L	1	0
SV	0	0
IP	30.0	28.0
H	29	25
ER	14	12
K	33	24
BB	10	11
ERA	4.20	3.86
WHIP	1.30	1.29

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	0.0	83.0
W	0	3
L	0	1
SV	0	2
IP	0.0	36.1
H	0	33
ER	0	17
K	0	42
BB	0	7
ERA	0.00	4.24
WHIP	0.00	1.11

Recent News
	Michael Rucker Advances To Triple-A As Rehab Continues Published June 24th, 2024 via KSL Sports Phillies' Michael Rucker: Continuing rehab at Double-A Published June 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports Phillies' Michael Rucker: Moved to 60-day IL Published June 3rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Phillies Injury Update: Taijuan Walker, Luis Ortiz, Dylan Covey and Michael Rucker Published April 16th, 2024 via That Balls Outta Here Phillies' Michael Rucker: Shelved with hand injury Published March 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Phillies' Michael Rucker: Sidelined by finger injury Published March 13th, 2024 via CBS Sports Preview of Philadelphia Phillies' reliever Michael Rucker for 2024 season: Performance analysis & projections Published February 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Philadelphia Phillies 2024 Season Preview: RHP Michael Rucker Published February 27th, 2024 via That Balls Outta Here	How Twins reliever Cole Sands helped Chris Paddack unlock more velocity Published June 6th, 2024 via Star Tribune Cole Sands seals the Twins' win \| 05/31/2024 \| Minnesota Twins Published May 31st, 2024 via MLB.com Twins' Cole Sands: Earns second win in relief Published May 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Is Cole Sands Heading Down the Same Path Jordan Balazovic Did in 2023? Published May 17th, 2024 via Twins Daily Cole Sands seals the deal against Red Sox Published May 5th, 2024 via FantasyPros Twins' Cole Sands: Nabs second save Published May 4th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cole Sands Collects Second Save On Saturday Published May 4th, 2024 Could The Twins Stretch Cole Sands Out For Rotation Depth? Published May 3rd, 2024 via Zone Coverage

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