Should I draft Ryan Walker or Joe Kelly?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Ryan Walker or Joe Kelly.

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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Ryan Walker

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Joe Kelly · Shoulder (Day To Day)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.33	0.05
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	128.00	108.00
W	3	1
L	2	2
SV	0	1
IP	55.0	46.0
H	52	36
ER	22	18
K	73	61
BB	19	19
ERA	3.60	3.52
WHIP	1.29	1.20

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	91.0	18.0
W	4	0
L	2	0
SV	0	0
IP	29.0	13.1
H	21	13
ER	7	7
K	38	14
BB	5	5
ERA	2.17	4.81
WHIP	.90	1.37

Recent News
	Giants' Ryan Walker: Picks up fourth win Published May 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Ryan Walker: Returns Friday Published May 18th, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Ryan Walker: Dealing with back tightness Published May 15th, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Ryan Walker: Collects third win Published May 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Ryan Walker impressing as leverage arm in Giants' bullpen Published May 1st, 2024 via MLB.com San Francisco Giants: Blake Snell Injured - Ryan Walker Steps In, Landen Roupp Recalled Published April 24th, 2024 via BVM Sports Giants turn to Ryan Walker in bid for sweep of Mets Published April 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Ryan Walker: Opening Wednesday's game Published April 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Dodgers Injury Updates: Joe Kelly, Brusdar Graterol & Dustin May Published May 21st, 2024 via DodgerBlue.com Joe Kelly Begins Throwing Program Monday Published May 20th, 2024 Dodgers injury news: Evan Phillips, Joe Kelly, Bobby Miller, Dustin May Published May 20th, 2024 via True Blue LA Dodgers' Joe Kelly: Launching throwing program Published May 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports Joe Kelly (shoulder) starts throwing progression Published May 20th, 2024 via FantasyPros Dodgers News: Joe Kelly's Shoulder Injury Not Believed To Be Severe Published May 7th, 2024 via DodgerBlue.com Dodgers put Joe Kelly on injured list because of shoulder strain Published May 7th, 2024 via Los Angeles Times Dodgers Place Joe Kelly On IL With Posterior Strain Published May 7th, 2024 via RealGM

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