Should I draft Yuki Matsui or James McArthur?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Yuki Matsui or James McArthur.

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	1.04	0.92
ADP	256.39	232.49
PROJ	178.00	169.00
W	1	1
L	2	3
SV	11	12
IP	61.0	65.0
H	51	61
ER	25	28
K	70	64
BB	24	23
ERA	3.69	3.88
WHIP	1.23	1.29

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	50.0	117.0
W	3	4
L	2	3
SV	0	14
IP	35.0	32.2
H	23	37
ER	14	16
K	31	27
BB	22	7
ERA	3.60	4.47
WHIP	1.29	1.37

Recent News
	Padres News: Yuki Matsui's Continues to Have Mike Shildt's Trust Despite Command Issues Published June 26th, 2024 via Athlon Sports Padres' Yuki Matsui Still Searching for Command Amid Hot Streak Published June 26th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Padres' Yuki Matsui Struggles but Mike Shildt Shows Faith in MLB Debut Season Published June 8th, 2024 via BVM Sports Padres' Mike Shildt Backs Yuki Matsui: 'We're Gonna Need Him' Published June 8th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Yuki Matsui K's Lourdes Gurriel Jr. for final out \| 06/07/2024 Published June 7th, 2024 via MLB.com Padres' Yuki Matsui: Struggling of late Published June 5th, 2024 via CBS Sports After Adam Mazur's stellar debut for Padres, Yuki Matsui struggles again in loss to Angels Published June 5th, 2024 via MSN After Adam Mazur's stellar debut for Padres, Yuki Matsui struggles again in loss to Angels Published June 5th, 2024 via The San Diego Union-Tribune	James McArthur Tosses Scoreless Ninth Published June 28th, 2024 Royals' James McArthur: Nails down 14th save Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports James McArthur retires Steven Kwan to seal 2-1 win \| 06/27/2024 Published June 27th, 2024 via MLB.com James McArthur secures win \| 06/26/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 26th, 2024 via MLB.com James McArthur Notches 13th Save Of Season Monday Published June 25th, 2024 Royals' James McArthur: Notches second save of June Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports James McArthur seals the win \| 06/24/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 24th, 2024 via MLB.com James McArthur picks off Schuemann after review \| 06/20/2024 \| Kansas City Royals Published June 20th, 2024 via MLB.com

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