Should I draft Yu Darvish or Cristopher Sanchez?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Yu Darvish or Cristopher Sanchez.

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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Yu Darvish · Elbow (Day To Day)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.98	1.17
ADP	162.61	223.55
PROJ	301.00	245.00
W	9	8
L	8	8
SV	0	0
IP	157.0	138.0
H	142	132
ER	72	60
K	158	126
BB	47	43
ERA	4.13	3.91
WHIP	1.20	1.27

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	127.0	216.0
W	4	6
L	3	3
SV	0	0
IP	56.1	93.1
H	45	86
ER	20	24
K	53	79
BB	15	24
ERA	3.21	2.32
WHIP	1.07	1.18

Recent News
	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	Cristopher Sanchez Outshines Harper as The Good Phight's Player of the Week Published July 2nd, 2024 via BVM Sports Philadelphia Phillies Pitcher Cristopher Sanchez Shines for All-Star Selection Published June 29th, 2024 via BVM Sports Cristopher Sanchez Hurls Complete Game Gem Friday Published June 29th, 2024 Cristopher Sanchez Spins Shutout With Nine Strikeouts Published June 29th, 2024 Cristopher Sanchez stuns Marlins in first-career complete game shutout Published June 28th, 2024 via Yahoo Sports Cristopher Sanchez throws shutout as Phillies top Marlins Published June 28th, 2024 via Deadspin Phillies Notebook: Cristopher Sanchez delivers career night with offense in need Published June 28th, 2024 via The Delaware County Daily Times Phillies Notebook: Cristopher Sanchez delivers career night as offense struggles Published June 28th, 2024 via Reading Eagle

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