Should I draft Kirby Yates or Shawn Armstrong?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Kirby Yates or Shawn Armstrong.

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	0.26	0.32
ADP	190.69	Undrafted
PROJ	123.00	127.00

W	1	2
L	3	1
SV	4	0
IP	59.0	58.0
H	47	54
ER	28	22
K	69	62
BB	30	16
ERA	4.27	3.41
WHIP	1.31	1.21

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	107.0	41.0
W	3	1
L	0	1
SV	7	1
IP	18.1	21.1
H	7	21
ER	2	10
K	22	26
BB	8	9
ERA	.99	4.27
WHIP	.83	1.42

Recent News
	Kirby Yates secures the Rangers' 4-0 victory \| 05/15/2024 \| Texas Rangers Published May 15th, 2024 via MLB.com Kirby Yates - MLB Relief pitcher - News, Stats, Bio and more - The Athletic Published May 13th, 2024 via The New York Times Bruce Bochy's maneuver has saved Jose Leclerc, Kirby Yates in Rangers' bullpen Published May 12th, 2024 via Nolan Writin' Rangers' Kirby Yates: Notches seventh save Published May 9th, 2024 via CBS Sports Kirby Yates Seals a Shaky Save in Slugfest Published May 9th, 2024 via FantasyPros Kirby Yates seals the win for the Rangers \| 05/08/2024 Published May 8th, 2024 via MLB.com 2024 Fantasy Baseball Declining Veterans \| Jose Berrios \| Kirby Yates Published May 8th, 2024 via Fantasy Six Pack Kirby Yates Seals the Deal in Rangers' Victory Published May 7th, 2024 via FantasyPros	Rays' Shawn Armstrong: Opening Wednesday's contest Published April 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Shawn Armstrong: Serving as opener Sunday Published April 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Shawn Armstrong records save Sunday Published April 8th, 2024 via FantasyPros Shawn Armstrong Picks Up Save, Pete Fairbanks Not Used Published April 8th, 2024 Rays' Shawn Armstrong: Two-inning save Sunday Published April 7th, 2024 via CBS Sports Ryan Pepiot starts, Shawn Armstrong ends Rays' tense win over Rockies Published April 7th, 2024 via Tampa Bay Times Rays' Shawn Armstrong: Earns loss as opener Published March 31st, 2024 via CBS Sports Rays' Shawn Armstrong: Serving as opener Published March 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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