Should I draft Yu Darvish or Yusei Kikuchi?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Yu Darvish or Yusei Kikuchi.

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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Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.98	1.72
ADP	162.38	253.96
PROJ	301.00	283.00
W	9	8
L	8	7
SV	0	0
IP	157.0	145.0
H	142	134
ER	72	67
K	158	158
BB	47	47
ERA	4.13	4.16
WHIP	1.20	1.25

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	127.0	140.0
W	4	4
L	3	8
SV	0	0
IP	56.1	88.1
H	45	95
ER	20	41
K	53	93
BB	15	21
ERA	3.21	4.19
WHIP	1.07	1.32

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	Blue Jays Rumors: Justin Turner, Kevin Kiermaier, Yusei Kikuchi, and more to hit the MLB 2024 trade deadline, per report Published June 30th, 2024 via Sportskeeda Yusei Kikuchi and Danny Jansen are reportedly on the trading block, among others Published June 30th, 2024 via Blue Jays Nation Sunday Notes: Yusei Kikuchi Feels Takeya Nakamura Deserves More Respect Published June 30th, 2024 via FanGraphs Yusei Kikuchi Trade Rumors: Braves could be a possible landing spot for ex-Mariners pitcher as team looks to bolster ... Published June 29th, 2024 via Sportskeeda Yusei Kikuchi: Potential Trade and Performance Impact \| Sports \| hastingstribune.com Published June 29th, 2024 via The Hastings Tribune Yusei Kikuchi: Potential Trade and Performance Impact \| Sports \| tribuneledgernews.com Published June 29th, 2024 via Cherokee Tribune Ledger News Blue Jays' Yusei Kikuchi: Fans seven in Friday's loss Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Instant Reaction: Yusei Kikuchi gave up four solo home runs in a 7-3 defeat to the Red Sox Published June 28th, 2024 via MSN

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