Should I draft Yu Darvish or Mitch Keller?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Yu Darvish or Mitch Keller.

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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Please note dynasty rankings are based upon our 2024 Preseason Projections and do not consider in-season performance.

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

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Yu Darvish

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Yu Darvish · Elbow (Day To Day)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.99	2.50
ADP	162.61	163.72
PROJ	301.00	351.00
W	9	11
L	8	9
SV	0	0
IP	157.0	183.0
H	142	168
ER	72	82
K	158	184
BB	47	60
ERA	4.13	4.03
WHIP	1.20	1.25

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	127.0	217.0
W	4	9
L	3	5
SV	0	0
IP	56.1	103.1
H	45	102
ER	20	40
K	53	96
BB	15	27
ERA	3.21	3.49
WHIP	1.07	1.25

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	Pirates fall 7-4 after Cardinals rough up Mitch Keller Published July 3rd, 2024 via WPXI Pittsburgh Despite off night, Mitch Keller still worth getting behind when going gets tough Published July 2nd, 2024 via DKPittsburghSports.com Mitch Keller's five-strikeout start \| 07/02/2024 Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Pirates' Mitch Keller: Allows five earned runs in loss Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Mitch Keller continues streak of pitching five-plus innings Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Rare off night for Mitch Keller leads Pirates to series opening loss to Cardinals Published July 2nd, 2024 via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Mitch Keller's outing against the Cardinals \| 07/02/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published July 2nd, 2024 via MLB.com Cardinals vs. Mitch Keller and the Pirates: Batter vs. Pitcher Stats and How to Watch Info - July 2 Published July 1st, 2024 via Lineups

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