Should I draft Ryan Walker or Justin Topa?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Ryan Walker or Justin Topa.

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

Justin Topa · Knee (Out)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.33	-0.02
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	128.00	103.00
W	3	1
L	2	3
SV	0	0
IP	55.0	66.0
H	52	66
ER	22	27
K	73	54
BB	19	19
ERA	3.60	3.68
WHIP	1.29	1.29

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	128.0	0.0
W	4	0
L	3	0
SV	0	0
IP	43.0	0.0
H	30	0
ER	10	0
K	58	0
BB	8	0
ERA	2.09	0.00
WHIP	.88	0.00

Recent News
	Giants' Ryan Walker: Stuck with loss Saturday Published June 15th, 2024 via CBS Sports San Francisco reliever Ryan Walker proud to be one of three ex-Cougars in MLB Published June 11th, 2024 via The Spokesman Review Giants' Ryan Walker: Picks up fourth win Published May 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Ryan Walker: Returns Friday Published May 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Ryan Walker: Dealing with back tightness Published May 15th, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Ryan Walker: Collects third win Published May 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Ryan Walker impressing as leverage arm in Giants' bullpen Published May 1st, 2024 via MLB.com San Francisco Giants: Blake Snell Injured - Ryan Walker Steps In, Landen Roupp Recalled Published April 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports	Twins' Justin Topa: Set to throw bullpen session Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Twins' Justin Topa: Shifts to 60-day IL Published May 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Twins Reliever Justin Topa Sidelined With Patellar Tendon Tear, Return Awaited in 2024 Published May 14th, 2024 via BVM Sports Byron Buxton could be back with Twins by the weekend; Justin Topa out six weeks Published May 14th, 2024 via Star Tribune Justin Topa has knee injury setback for Twins Published May 14th, 2024 via MLB.com Twins injury updates: Byron Buxton testing knee, Justin Topa gets injection Published May 14th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Twins' Justin Topa: Avoiding surgery Published May 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Twins' Justin Topa: Dealing with small tear in knee Published May 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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