Should I draft Yu Darvish or Griffin Canning?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Yu Darvish or Griffin Canning.

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	1.88
ADP	162.57	Undrafted
PROJ	301.00	294.00
W	9	10
L	8	8
SV	0	0
IP	157.0	147.0
H	142	138
ER	72	68
K	158	161
BB	47	44
ERA	4.13	4.16
WHIP	1.20	1.24

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	127.0	94.0
W	4	3
L	3	8
SV	0	0
IP	56.1	93.2
H	45	93
ER	20	50
K	53	63
BB	15	32
ERA	3.21	4.83
WHIP	1.07	1.34

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	Angels' Griffin Canning: Struggles continue in no-decision Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Griffin Canning shines and Angels hit 3 homers in victory over Cardinals Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN Tigers vs. Griffin Canning and the Angels: Batter vs. Pitcher Stats and How to Watch Info - June 29 Published June 29th, 2024 via Lineups Griffin Canning pitches Angels past A's Published June 25th, 2024 via Deadspin Griffin Canning pitches Angels past A's Published June 25th, 2024 via Reuters Griffin Canning pitches Angels past A's \| Outdoors \| news-shield.com Published June 24th, 2024 via News-shield Taylor Ward and Griffin Canning lift Angels to victory over Athletics Published June 24th, 2024 via Los Angeles Times Griffin Canning pitches Angels past A's \| \| victoriaadvocate.com Published June 24th, 2024 via Victoria Advocate

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