Should I draft Yusei Kikuchi or Shota Imanaga?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Yusei Kikuchi or Shota Imanaga.

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	1.72	1.60
ADP	253.96	161.14
PROJ	283.00	275.00
W	8	9
L	7	7
SV	0	0
IP	145.0	142.0
H	134	136
ER	67	61
K	158	134
BB	47	37
ERA	4.16	3.87
WHIP	1.25	1.22

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	140.0	212.0
W	4	7
L	8	2
SV	0	0
IP	88.1	85.0
H	95	80
ER	41	29
K	93	84
BB	21	14
ERA	4.19	3.07
WHIP	1.32	1.11

Recent News
	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	Shota Imanaga logs quality start as Cubs power past Giants in 10 innings Published June 28th, 2024 via MLB.com Cubs' Shota Imanaga: Records quality start Thursday Published June 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cubs takeaways from the West Coast: Trade deadline, Shota Imanaga's All-Star bid and more Published June 27th, 2024 via The New York Times Chicago Cubs' Star Pitcher Shota Imanaga Receives Caution for Heavy Workload Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Chicago Cubs Receive Cautionary Warning About Shota Imanaga Published June 27th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Pirates Paul Skenes jumps Shota Imanaga as NL ROY betting favorite amid hot start Published June 27th, 2024 via ClutchPoints Mixing It Up: Shota Imanaga's fastball, Kyle Gibson's curve, and more Published June 26th, 2024 via NBC Sports Cubs' Shota Imanaga: Start moved to Thursday Published June 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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