Should I draft John Means or Cal Quantrill?

See our analysis of the choice to draft John Means or Cal Quantrill.

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	0.60	0.00
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	206.00	165.00
W	7	7
L	6	9
SV	0	0
IP	116.0	152.0
H	107	170
ER	53	81
K	89	98
BB	23	47
ERA	4.11	4.80
WHIP	1.12	1.43

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	58.0	146.0
W	2	6
L	0	4
SV	0	0
IP	20.2	79.0
H	16	69
ER	6	29
K	16	56
BB	2	30
ERA	2.67	3.30
WHIP	.89	1.25

Recent News
	John Means' future with the Orioles is unknown, but his impact has been definitive Published June 17th, 2024 via The Baltimore Banner Drew French on John Means: "Team first, very selfless guy" Published June 17th, 2024 via MASNsports.com Orioles' John Means hopes to bounce back from 2nd Tommy John surgery Published June 16th, 2024 via Baltimore Sun John Means looking to pitch again following second Tommy John surgery Published June 15th, 2024 via MLB.com Orioles' John Means: Shifted to 60-day IL Published June 13th, 2024 via CBS Sports Orioles' John Means and Tyler Wells to both undergo elbow surgery, miss rest of 2024 Published June 9th, 2024 via MSN Orioles starters John Means, Tyler Wells out for season Published June 5th, 2024 via MSN Orioles' John Means, Tyler Wells to undergo elbow surgery and miss remainder of 2024 MLB season Published June 4th, 2024 via MSN	Rockies acquire Cal Quantrill in trade with Guardians Published June 13th, 2024 via MSN Rockies' Cal Quantrill: Another scoreless start Published June 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cal Quantrill brilliant again as Rockies hold on to beat Twins Published June 11th, 2024 via Boulder Daily Camera Cal Quantrill K's five \| 06/11/2024 \| Colorado Rockies Published June 11th, 2024 via MLB.com Cal Quantrill brilliant again as Rockies hold on to beat Twins Published June 11th, 2024 via The Denver Post Cal Quantrill throws 6 scoreless innings in Rockies' 5-4 win over Twins Published June 11th, 2024 via CBS News Colorado Rockies game no. 67 thread: Cal Quantrill vs Louis Varland Published June 11th, 2024 via BVM Sports Colorado Rockies game no. 67 thread: Cal Quantrill vs Louis Varland Published June 11th, 2024 via Purple Row

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