Should I draft Tyler Kinley or Riley O'Brien?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Tyler Kinley or Riley O'Brien.

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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Riley O'Brien · Forearm (Out)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.09	-0.15
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	111.00	93.00
W	0	2
L	3	0
SV	7	0
IP	56.0	47.0
H	56	41
ER	28	21
K	56	48
BB	21	23
ERA	4.50	4.02
WHIP	1.38	1.36

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	38.0	0.0
W	3	0
L	1	0
SV	5	0
IP	32.2	1.0
H	39	1
ER	30	1
K	33	2
BB	20	2
ERA	8.39	9.00
WHIP	1.83	3.00

Recent News
	Rockies' Tyler Kinley: Fires two shutout innings Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rockies' Tyler Kinley: Serves up grand slam Published June 19th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rockies' Tyler Kinley: Hangs on for save Published June 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tyler Kinley Earns A Save Saturday Published June 9th, 2024 Rockies' Tyler Kinley: Records another save Published June 8th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tyler Kinley seals the save and the Rockies' victory \| 06/08/2024 Published June 8th, 2024 via MLB.com Tyler Kinley Secures Third Save Published June 7th, 2024 Tyler Kinley strikes out Nolan Gorman to seal 3-2 win \| 06/06/2024 Published June 6th, 2024 via MLB.com	Cardinals' Riley O'Brien: Shut down after forearm setback Published June 23rd, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' Riley O'Brien: Rehab assignment begins Saturday Published June 13th, 2024 via CBS Sports Riley O'Brien sees 'progression' in rehab from arm injury Published June 12th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Cardinals' Riley O'Brien: Tossing live BP Published June 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' Riley O'Brien: Throwing off mound Published May 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals place right-hander Riley O'Brien on IL due to right flexor tendon strain Published May 26th, 2024 via Yahoo News Australia Cardinals' Riley O'Brien: Long tossing Published May 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' Riley O'Brien: Transferred to 60-day IL Published May 10th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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