Should I draft Riley O'Brien or Luis Garcia?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Riley O'Brien or Luis Garcia.

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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Injury Alert

Riley O'Brien · Forearm (Out)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.15	0.13
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	93.00	114.00
W	2	3
L	0	2
SV	0	0
IP	47.0	62.0
H	41	58
ER	21	27
K	48	57
BB	23	22
ERA	4.02	3.92
WHIP	1.36	1.29

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	0.0	77.0
W	0	3
L	0	0
SV	0	3
IP	1.0	35.0
H	1	32
ER	1	17
K	2	36
BB	2	12
ERA	9.00	4.37
WHIP	3.00	1.26

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	Houston Astros injury updates: Kyle Tucker and Luis Garcia Published June 7th, 2024 via Houston Chronicle Angels reliever Luis Garcia has bounced back from a rough start Published June 1st, 2024 via MSN Angels reliever Luis Garcia has bounced back from a rough start Published June 1st, 2024 via MSN Angels reliever Luis Garcia has bounced back from a rough start Published June 1st, 2024 via OCRegister Luis Garcia Earns Third Save Published May 22nd, 2024 Luis Garcia Seals the Deal in Tight Angels Victory Published May 22nd, 2024 via FantasyPros Angels' Luis Garcia: Notches third save Published May 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Angels' Luis Garcia: Grabs four-out save Published May 19th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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