Should I draft Steven Matz or Max Scherzer?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Steven Matz or Max Scherzer.

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	0.38	0.30
ADP	Undrafted	219.12
PROJ	191.00	185.00
W	6	5
L	7	2
SV	0	0
IP	108.0	77.0
H	104	64
ER	47	31
K	101	84
BB	31	19
ERA	3.92	3.62
WHIP	1.25	1.08

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	9.0	28.0
W	1	1
L	2	1
SV	0	0
IP	27.2	10.1
H	37	5
ER	19	2
K	17	8
BB	11	2
ERA	6.29	1.78
WHIP	1.76	.69

Recent News
	Steven Matz Transferred To 60-Day Injured List Published June 28th, 2024 Cardinals' Steven Matz: Shifted to 60-day IL Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports St. Louis Cardinals Urgent Search for Pitcher After Steven Matz's Injury Setback Published June 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports Steven Matz Suffers Rehab Setback Published June 22nd, 2024 Cardinals Rotation Woes: Steven Matz Out 4-6 Weeks, Trade Options Ahead Published June 22nd, 2024 via BVM Sports Cardinals' never-ending Steven Matz injury saga takes another frustrating turn Published June 22nd, 2024 via MSN Cardinals' never-ending Steven Matz injury saga takes another frustrating turn Published June 22nd, 2024 via FanSided Cardinals' Steven Matz: Shut down multiple weeks Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports	Should Rangers Trade Max Scherzer? Published June 30th, 2024 via Last Word On Sports Does It Matter? Texas Rangers Have Max Scherzer Back, With Tyler Mahle And Jacob deGrom Coming Soon Published June 29th, 2024 via Yardbarker Max Scherzer Adds Yet Another Spectacular Achievement To Hallowed Career Published June 28th, 2024 via Yardbarker Max Scherzer's four strikeouts \| 06/28/2024 \| Texas Rangers Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Max Scherzer flirts with top ten on all-time strikeout list Published June 28th, 2024 via AS USA Rangers' Max Scherzer: Allows two runs in loss Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Albert Suárez outduels Max Scherzer to help Orioles beat Rangers 2-1 Published June 28th, 2024 via WTOP Max Scherzer passes Greg Maddux on MLB's all-time strikeout list, now chasing Justin Verlander Published June 28th, 2024 via Yahoo Sports

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