Should I draft Tarik Skubal or Yu Darvish?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Tarik Skubal or Yu Darvish.

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	5.55	1.98
ADP	46.23	162.04
PROJ	372.00	301.00
W	10	9
L	7	8
SV	0	0
IP	150.0	157.0
H	120	142
ER	55	72
K	174	158
BB	37	47
ERA	3.30	4.13
WHIP	1.05	1.20

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	292.0	127.0
W	9	4
L	3	3
SV	0	0
IP	97.0	56.1
H	72	45
ER	25	20
K	112	53
BB	19	15
ERA	2.32	3.21
WHIP	.94	1.07

Recent News
	MLB Rumors: Red Sox deadline direction, Tarik Skubal truth, Rays surprise sellers? Published June 27th, 2024 via FanSided St. Louis Cardinals Eye Cy Young Favorite Tarik Skubal in Potential Trade Move Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Dodgers Targeting Tarik Skubal: MLB Exec Believes LA Could Land Tigers' Ace Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Dodgers Rumors: MLB exec believes LA could overwhelm Tigers for Tarik Skubal Published June 27th, 2024 via Dodgers Way Tarik Skubal trade deadline dilemma once again worrying Tigers fans Published June 26th, 2024 via Motor City Bengals Detroit Tigers' Tarik Skubal showed he's a true ace again vs. Phillies Published June 26th, 2024 via Detroit Free Press Tarik Skubal Shuts Down Phillies Tuesday Published June 26th, 2024 How Tigers ace Tarik Skubal shut down one of baseball's best lineups Published June 26th, 2024 via The New York Times	Yu Darvish's Imaging Comes Out Clean Published June 27th, 2024 MLB Injury Update: Angels' Mike Trout's Recovery making steady progress; Padres' Yu Darvish's elbow Imaging came ... Published June 27th, 2024 via Sportskeeda Padres' Yu Darvish: Imaging comes out clean Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Padres Notes: Roster Shakeup, Fernando Tatis Jr.'s Injury, Yu Darvish's Setback Published June 25th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Yu Darvish Dealing With Elbow Inflammation, Won't Start Tuesday Published June 24th, 2024 Padres place Fernando Tatis Jr. (leg) on IL; Yu Darvish remains sidelined with elbow inflammation - The Athletic Published June 24th, 2024 via The New York Times Padres News: Yu Darvish's return to Padres rotation further delayed Published June 24th, 2024 via Athlon Sports Padres' Yu Darvish: Dealing with elbow inflammation Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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