Should I draft Riley O'Brien or Jose Hernandez?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Riley O'Brien or Jose Hernandez.

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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Riley O'Brien · Forearm (Out)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.15	-0.37
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	93.00	75.00
W	2	1
L	0	2
SV	0	0
IP	47.0	47.0
H	41	45
ER	21	24
K	48	54
BB	23	22
ERA	4.02	4.60
WHIP	1.36	1.43

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	0.0	6.0
W	0	1
L	0	1
SV	0	1
IP	1.0	5.1
H	1	5
ER	1	2
K	2	4
BB	2	4
ERA	9.00	3.53
WHIP	3.00	1.76

Recent News
	Cardinals' Riley O'Brien: Shut down after forearm setback Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' Riley O'Brien: Rehab assignment begins Saturday Published June 13th, 2024 via CBS Sports Riley O'Brien sees 'progression' in rehab from arm injury Published June 12th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Cardinals' Riley O'Brien: Tossing live BP Published June 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' Riley O'Brien: Throwing off mound Published May 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals place right-hander Riley O'Brien on IL due to right flexor tendon strain Published May 26th, 2024 via Yahoo News Australia Cardinals' Riley O'Brien: Long tossing Published May 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' Riley O'Brien: Transferred to 60-day IL Published May 10th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Pirates Claim Dennis Santana, DFA Jose Hernandez Published June 19th, 2024 via MSN Dodgers Acquire Jose Hernandez From Pirates - RealGM Wiretap Published June 14th, 2024 via RealGM Dodgers acquire lefty Jose Hernandez from Pirates Published June 14th, 2024 via MSN Pirates trade Jose Hernandez back to Dodgers Published June 14th, 2024 via Yahoo Sports Dodgers Acquire Jose Hernandez From Pirates - RealGM Wiretap Published June 14th, 2024 via RealGM Pirates Trade Jose Hernandez Back to Dodgers Published June 14th, 2024 via Pittsburgh Baseball Now Pirates trade Jose Hernandez back to Dodgers Published June 14th, 2024 via WPXI Pittsburgh Dodgers acquire lefty Jose Hernandez from Pirates \| Baseball \| citizentribune.com Published June 13th, 2024 via Citizentribune

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