Should I draft Walker Buehler or Yu Darvish?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Walker Buehler 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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Injury Alert

Walker Buehler · Hip (Day To Day)

Yu Darvish · Elbow (Day To Day)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.25	1.98
ADP	171.42	162.38
PROJ	251.00	301.00
W	9	9
L	4	8
SV	0	0
IP	120.0	157.0
H	110	142
ER	51	72
K	110	158
BB	32	47
ERA	3.83	4.13
WHIP	1.18	1.20

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	22.0	127.0
W	1	4
L	4	3
SV	0	0
IP	37.0	56.1
H	47	45
ER	24	20
K	31	53
BB	10	15
ERA	5.84	3.21
WHIP	1.54	1.07

Recent News
	Dodgers Still Deciding Walker Buehler's Next Steps Published June 22nd, 2024 Dodgers manager Dave Roberts' Walker Buehler injury admission will catch fans' attention Published June 21st, 2024 via ClutchPoints Clayton Kershaw starts Tuesday in Triple-A, plan for Walker Buehler still TBD Published June 21st, 2024 via True Blue LA Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw ready for next step, Walker Buehler in limbo Published June 21st, 2024 via OCRegister Walker Buehler Archives \| Page 19 of 48 Published June 21st, 2024 via Dodgers Nation MLB Injury Update June 20: MLB Injury Update: Dodgers' Ace Walker Buehler Headed to Injury List; CJ Abrams to ... Published June 20th, 2024 via Sportskeeda Walker Buehler Archives \| Page 10 of 48 Published June 20th, 2024 via Dodgers Nation Dodgers Set Goals For Walker Buehler On Injured List Published June 20th, 2024 via Yardbarker	Padres' Yu Darvish: Resumes light throwing Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Padres' Yu Darvish ups scoreless IP streak to 25, gets 200th win Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN 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

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