Should I draft Kai-Wei Teng or AJ Smith-Shawver?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Kai-Wei Teng 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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Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.36	-0.32
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	73.00	84.00
W	2	1
L	3	1
SV	0	0
IP	44.0	52.0
H	40	46
ER	20	27
K	48	51
BB	22	23
ERA	4.09	4.67
WHIP	1.41	1.33

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	-7.0	12.0
W	0	0
L	0	0
SV	0	0
IP	11.0	4.1
H	15	3
ER	12	0
K	7	4
BB	8	2
ERA	9.82	0.00
WHIP	2.09	1.22

Recent News
	Giants option Kai-Wei Teng, call up Sean Hjelle as possible long reliever Published May 7th, 2024 via MSN Giants option Kai-Wei Teng, call up Sean Hjelle as possible long reliever Published May 5th, 2024 via MSN SF Giants Shake Up Roster: Sean Hjelle Returns as Kai-Wei Teng Is Sent to Triple-A Published April 22nd, 2024 via BVM Sports Giants option Kai-Wei Teng, call up Sean Hjelle, send Alex Cobb to 60-day IL Published April 20th, 2024 via San Francisco Chronicle Giants option Kai-Wei Teng, call up Sean Hjelle as possible long reliever Published April 20th, 2024 via MSN Kai-Wei Teng to return to starting rotation in Triple-A; Sean Hjelle takes his spot in SF Giants bullpen Published April 20th, 2024 via MSN Giants' Kai-Wei Teng: Headed down to Triple-A Published April 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports Giants' Kai-Wei Teng: Goes three innings in debut Published March 31st, 2024 via CBS Sports	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 Ray Kerr makes first MLB start after AJ Smith-Shawver's injury Published May 24th, 2024 via MLB.com Braves' AJ Smith-Shawver has oblique strain, goes on injured list Published May 24th, 2024 via The Atlanta Journal Constitution A.J. Smith-Shawver, Atlanta Braves, SP - News, Stats, Bio Published May 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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