Should I draft Shota Imanaga or Jameson Taillon?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Shota Imanaga or Jameson Taillon.

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	1.30
ADP	153.27	257.96
PROJ	275.00	256.00

W	9	8
L	7	7
SV	0	0
IP	142.0	147.0
H	136	142
ER	61	67
K	134	124
BB	37	38
ERA	3.87	4.10
WHIP	1.22	1.22

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	185.0	74.0
W	5	3
L	0	2
SV	0	0
IP	53.2	38.1
H	40	38
ER	5	11
K	58	25
BB	9	11
ERA	.85	2.60
WHIP	.92	1.29

Recent News
	Shota Imanaga's start pushed back to series with Brewers Published May 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Strategic Management of Cubs Breakout Pitcher Shota Imanaga Sparks Legendary Comparisons Published May 25th, 2024 via BVM Sports The Shota Imanaga plan: What the Cubs are doing with their breakout pitcher Published May 25th, 2024 via The New York Times The Moment Shota Imanaga Knew He Wanted to Join Cubs Has CFB Fans Confused Published May 25th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Cubs: Shota Imanaga getting 10 days' rest between starts Published May 25th, 2024 via Chicago Tribune Lars Nootbaar must wait for his showdown with Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga: Cardinals Extra Published May 25th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Cubs' Shota Imanaga: Proactive Move Backs Start Against Brewers Explained by Counsell Published May 25th, 2024 via BVM Sports Why Cubs pushed Shota Imanaga's next start to Wednesday in Milwaukee Published May 25th, 2024 via Chicago Sun-Times	Jameson Taillon struggles, Cubs fall to Cardinals Published May 26th, 2024 via FantasyPros Cubs' Jameson Taillon: Just shy of quality start Published May 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cubs' Jameson Taillon: Loses to former team Published May 19th, 2024 via CBS Sports Jameson Taillon gave up 6 hits, 3 runs in Cubs loss to Pirates Published May 19th, 2024 via NBC Sports Chicago Jameson Taillon takes loss Sunday Published May 19th, 2024 via FantasyPros Jameson Taillon gave up 6 hits, 3 runs in Cubs loss to Pirates Published May 19th, 2024 via Yahoo Sports What will the Cubs do with Kyle Hendricks? + Jameson Taillon interview (Hour 1) Published May 19th, 2024 via Audacy Jameson Taillon Career Stats - MLB Published May 19th, 2024 via ESPN Australia

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