Should I draft Lucas Sims or Mark Leiter?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Lucas Sims or Mark Leiter.

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	-0.06	0.26
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	100.00	123.00
W	1	1
L	4	2
SV	0	0
IP	59.0	61.0
H	48	50
ER	28	26
K	74	69
BB	32	22
ERA	4.27	3.84
WHIP	1.36	1.18

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	31.0	26.0
W	1	1
L	1	3
SV	1	0
IP	18.2	22.0
H	13	21
ER	8	9
K	20	30
BB	10	8
ERA	3.96	3.68
WHIP	1.26	1.32

Recent News
	Lucas Sims Shines as Reds Pitcher Delivers Key Save Against St. Louis Cardinals Published May 29th, 2024 via BVM Sports Lucas Sims Earns First Save Of Season Monday Published May 28th, 2024 Reds' Lucas Sims: Nails down first save Published May 27th, 2024 via CBS Sports Lucas Sims seals the win \| 05/27/2024 \| Cincinnati Reds Published May 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Lucas Sims Batter vs. Pitching Stats Published May 27th, 2024 via ESPN Australia What's happened to Lucas Sims as 2024 downfall with Reds continues? Published May 13th, 2024 via Blog Red Machine Lucas Sims Batter vs. Pitching Stats Published April 24th, 2024 via ESPN Reds' Lucas Sims: Picks up relief win Published March 31st, 2024 via CBS Sports	Mark Leiter Jr. 2024 MLB Splits Published May 25th, 2024 via ESPN Australia Mark Leiter Jr.: The Surprising Chicago Cubs Pitcher and Top 5 MLB Reliever Published May 23rd, 2024 via BVM Sports Chicago Cubs lineup vs. Pirates: Seiya Suzuki at DH, Mark Leiter Jr. to pitch Published April 30th, 2024 via CubsHQ Cubs' Mark Leiter: Records first win Published April 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cubs: Mark Leiter Jr., Yency Almonte solidify bullpen Published April 26th, 2024 via Chicago Tribune Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Mark Leiter Jr, Hector Neris, Wilyer Abreu, Sean Bouchard Published April 23rd, 2024 via FantasyPros Cubs' Mark Leiter: Opening for saves Published April 21st, 2024 via CBS Sports Cubs reliever Mark Leiter Jr.'s family makes history, while he starts season strong in pivotal role Published April 18th, 2024 via Chicago Sun-Times

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