Should I draft Shota Imanaga or Hunter Brown?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Shota Imanaga or Hunter Brown.

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	1.58	2.01
ADP	155.97	187.57
PROJ	275.00	305.00

W	9	11
L	7	7
SV	0	0
IP	142.0	147.0
H	136	134
ER	61	68
K	134	166
BB	37	52
ERA	3.87	4.16
WHIP	1.22	1.27

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	185.0	0.0
W	5	1
L	0	4
SV	0	0
IP	53.2	37.1
H	40	51
ER	5	32
K	58	41
BB	9	21
ERA	.85	7.76
WHIP	.92	1.94

Recent News
	Bailey Falter Pitches Well In No-Decision Against The Cubs Published May 18th, 2024 Shota Imanaga Goes Seven Strong Innings Saturday Afternoon Published May 18th, 2024 Cubs: Shota Imanaga continues making history Published May 18th, 2024 via Chicago Tribune Shota Imanaga's historic start continues in 1-0 Cubs win Published May 18th, 2024 via Chicago Sun-Times Cubs' Shota Imanaga: MLB Rise with 0.84 ERA, Historic Start Published May 18th, 2024 via BVM Sports Cubs Pitcher Shota Imanaga Remains Unhittable Published May 18th, 2024 via Outkick WATCH: Cubs rookie Shota Imanaga bows to umpire after each new ball Published May 18th, 2024 via Sportskeeda Shota Imanaga: The Cubs' coffee-loving ace just continues to make history \| Chicago Cubs News Published May 18th, 2024 via Marquee Sports Network	Astros' Hunter Brown: Wins with shaky outing Published May 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports Hunter Brown scrapes by for a win against Brewers Published May 18th, 2024 via FantasyPros Hunter Brown's outing against the Brewers \| 05/17/2024 \| Houston Astros Published May 17th, 2024 via MLB.com Dynasty Baseball Trade Targets: Davis Schneider and Hunter Brown Published May 15th, 2024 via Fantasy Six Pack Hunter Brown To Start A Game This Weekend Published May 13th, 2024 Astros' Hunter Brown: Rejoining rotation this weekend Published May 13th, 2024 via CBS Sports Astros' Hunter Brown: Excels in long relief Published May 12th, 2024 via CBS Sports Breaking down Hunter Brown's pitches \| 05/11/2024 \| Houston Astros Published May 11th, 2024 via MLB.com

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