Should I draft Zach Plesac or AJ Smith-Shawver?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Zach Plesac or AJ Smith-Shawver.

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

Strong Recommendation

Zach Plesac

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LAA · SP

ATL · SP

Injury Alert

AJ Smith-Shawver · Oblique (Out)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.42	-0.15
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	73.00	84.00
W	2	1
L	4	1
SV	0	0
IP	70.0	52.0
H	78	46
ER	40	27
K	51	51
BB	20	23
ERA	5.14	4.67
WHIP	1.40	1.33

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	0.0	12.0
W	1	0
L	1	0
SV	0	0
IP	12.0	4.1
H	12	3
ER	11	0
K	5	4
BB	7	2
ERA	8.25	0.00
WHIP	1.58	1.22

Recent News
	Angels News: Halos send struggling pitcher Zach Plesac down to Triple-A Salt Lake Published July 1st, 2024 via Athlon Sports Angels News: Zach Plesac Responds to Disappointing Performance Published July 1st, 2024 via Athlon Sports Angels' Zach Plesac Opens Up About Inconsistent Performance Published July 1st, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Angels' Zach Plesac: Optioned to Triple-A Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Angels' Zach Plesac: Struggles with command Published June 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers vs. Zach Plesac and the Angels: Batter vs. Pitcher Stats and How to Watch Info - June 28 Published June 28th, 2024 via Lineups Angels News: Zach Plesac Calls Out Pitching Mistakes Against Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani Published June 27th, 2024 via MSN Angels News: Zach Plesac Calls Out Pitching Mistakes Against Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani Published June 24th, 2024 via Athlon Sports	AJ Smith-Shawver To Make 2024 Debut On Thursday Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN AJ Smith-Shawver Has Third Consecutive Rough Start Published June 28th, 2024 via MSN Braves Place AJ Smith-Shawver On 15-Day Injured List Published June 20th, 2024 via MSN A Braves-Pirates trade to make quickly after AJ Smith-Shawver injury Published June 8th, 2024 via MSN AJ Smith-Shawver News, Rumors, Stats, Highlights and More Published June 7th, 2024 via ClutchPoints A Braves-Pirates trade to make quickly after AJ Smith-Shawver injury Published May 25th, 2024 via MSN A Braves-Pirates trade to make quickly after AJ Smith-Shawver injury Published May 25th, 2024 via FanSided Atlanta Braves Top Prospect AJ Smith-Shawver Out with Severe Grade 2 Oblique Strain Published May 25th, 2024 via BVM Sports

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