Should I draft Ross Stripling or Paul Blackburn?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Ross Stripling or Paul Blackburn.

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.

Change Players in Draft Analysis

Select Player to Draft

Strong Recommendation

Ross Stripling

Change Player

Paul Blackburn

Change Player

OAK · SP,RP

OAK · SP

Injury Alert

Ross Stripling · Elbow (Out)

Paul Blackburn · Foot (Out)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.40	0.18
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	192.00	177.00
W	6	7
L	7	9
SV	0	0
IP	124.0	137.0
H	131	146
ER	59	69
K	101	107
BB	27	47
ERA	4.28	4.53
WHIP	1.27	1.41

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft Ross Stripling or Alex Wood Draft Ross Stripling or Luis Severino Draft Ross Stripling or Michael Wacha Draft Ross Stripling or Shane Baz Draft Ross Stripling or Chase Silseth	Draft Paul Blackburn or Kyle Freeland Draft Paul Blackburn or Jose Quintana Draft Paul Blackburn or Luis Severino Draft Paul Blackburn or Patrick Corbin Draft Paul Blackburn or Jordan Wicks

Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	1.0	84.0
W	1	3
L	9	2
SV	0	0
IP	55.2	46.0
H	77	40
ER	36	21
K	35	36
BB	12	13
ERA	5.87	4.11
WHIP	1.61	1.15

Recent News
	Ross Stripling To Face Live Hitters On Wednesday Published July 1st, 2024 Athletics' Ross Stripling: Set to face hitters Wednesday Published July 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Athletics' Ross Stripling: Throws bullpen Tuesday Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Oakland A's Paul Blackburn and Ross Stripling Scheduled for Bullpen Sessions This Week Published June 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports Ken Rosenthal, Ross Stripling & Josh Rojas join; Royce Lewis can't stop mashing \| Foul Territory Published June 21st, 2024 via BVM Sports Ross Stripling To Throw His First Bullpen Next Week Published June 20th, 2024 Athletics' Ross Stripling: Set for bullpen session Published June 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports Athletics' Ross Stripling: Throwing from 105 feet Published June 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Paul Blackburn To Face Live Hitters On Wednesday Published July 1st, 2024 Athletics' Paul Blackburn: Cleared to face hitters Published July 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Athletics' Paul Blackburn: Making progress in throwing program Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Oakland A's Paul Blackburn and Ross Stripling Scheduled for Bullpen Sessions This Week Published June 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports Paul Blackburn Throws Bullpen Session Thursday Published June 20th, 2024 Athletics' Paul Blackburn: Throwing off mound Thursday Published June 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports Athletics' Paul Blackburn: Making noteworthy progress Published June 10th, 2024 via CBS Sports Athletics' Paul Blackburn: Making noteworthy progress Published June 10th, 2024 via CBS Sports

New Seasons Now Available

Free Tools

Use our free tools to become a fantasy expert and dominate your league!

Get started in seconds
Sync unlimited leagues for free - no paywalls!
Customized for your league, roster and scoring settings
Support for football, baseball, basketball and hockey
Roto and point-based support
Live Draft Syncing
Draft decision analysis
Intuitive Mock Drafts
Insights on H2H matchups
Most scoring statistics supported
No manual entry required
Much, much more!!

Browser Extension