Should I draft Nestor Cortes or Yusei Kikuchi?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Nestor Cortes or Yusei Kikuchi.

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	1.63	1.70
ADP	216.94	242.76
PROJ	278.00	283.00
W	9	8
L	6	7
SV	0	0
IP	136.0	145.0
H	121	134
ER	60	67
K	136	158
BB	40	47
ERA	3.97	4.16
WHIP	1.18	1.25

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	148.0	117.0
W	3	2
L	4	4
SV	0	0
IP	71.0	61.0
H	60	60
ER	26	22
K	67	61
BB	15	13
ERA	3.30	3.25
WHIP	1.06	1.20

Recent News
	Yankees Pitcher Nestor Cortes Proposes to Girlfriend After MLB's All-Star Game: '2 of My Dreams Come True' Published May 31st, 2024 via Yahoo Movies Canada Yankees Vs. Angels Takeaways: Nestor Cortes' Historic Outing Spoiled By A Late Defensive Blunder Published May 29th, 2024 via Athlon Sports "It's impressive for us" - Nestor Cortes Jr. praises Yankees pitching squad despite team's disheartening loss against ... Published May 29th, 2024 via Sportskeeda Yankees' Nestor Cortes: Decent in no-decision Published May 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Nestor Cortes strikes out 4 Angels \| 05/28/2024 \| New York Yankees Published May 28th, 2024 via MLB.com NYY @ LAA: Nestor Cortes vs. Griffin Canning Published May 28th, 2024 via MSN MLB fans loved hilariously funky pitch from Yankees' Nestor Cortes Published May 28th, 2024 via MSN MLB Prop Picks Tonight: Picks for Grayson Rodriguez, Nestor Cortes Published May 28th, 2024 via The Action Network	GDB 57.0: Yusei Kikuchi takes the mound against the Pirates Published June 1st, 2024 via Blue Jays Nation Assessing the impact of Yusei Kikuchi's new curveball a year after its debut Published June 1st, 2024 via MSN Exploring Yusei Kikuchi's Strikeout Odds and MLB Predictions Published June 1st, 2024 via Cherokee Tribune Ledger News Exploring Yusei Kikuchi of the Toronto Blue Jays Strikeout Odds and MLB Predictions Published June 1st, 2024 via SportsGrid Keep or Trade? Yusei Kikuchi could be one of the best rental pitchers available this summer Published May 28th, 2024 via Blue Jays Nation Yusei Kikuchi allows five runs Sunday Published May 26th, 2024 via FantasyPros Toronto's Yusei Kikuchi Allows Five Runs and Eight Hits in Three Innings; Tigers Beat Blue Jays 14-11 Published May 26th, 2024 via The Japan News Yusei Kikuchi gets roughed up in season-low three-inning outing Published May 26th, 2024 via Toronto Sun

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