Should I draft Max Meyer or Matt Manning?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Max Meyer or Matt Manning.

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	-0.21	-0.11
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	113.00	139.00

W	3	6
L	4	8
SV	0	0
IP	77.0	106.0
H	78	106
ER	38	53
K	72	78
BB	31	35
ERA	4.44	4.50
WHIP	1.42	1.33

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	53.0	33.0
W	2	0
L	0	1
SV	0	0
IP	17.0	22.2
H	11	21
ER	4	11
K	14	22
BB	3	9
ERA	2.12	4.46
WHIP	.82	1.35

Recent News
	Marlins Option Max Meyer To Triple-A Published May 5th, 2024 via MSN Marlins' Max Meyer: Makes four-inning start at Triple-A Published April 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Marlins prospect Max Meyer to make Opening Day roster Published April 23rd, 2024 via MLB.com Charley Walters Pleads for Twins to Save Former Gopher Max Meyer from Marlins Published April 22nd, 2024 via Yardbarker Max Meyer vs. Edward Cabrera: Analyzing Their MLB Impact Published April 21st, 2024 via SportsGrid Marlins Limiting Max Meyer's Workload Published April 20th, 2024 Marlins' Max Meyer: Facing restricted workload Published April 20th, 2024 via CBS Sports Max Meyer optioned to Triple-A Jacksonville Published April 18th, 2024 via MLB.com	Detroit Tigers news: Matt Manning on his way back to MLB with Kenta Maeda hitting IL Published May 12th, 2024 via Motor City Bengals Matt Manning To Be Promoted For Monday Start Published May 11th, 2024 Tigers' Matt Manning: Slated to start for big club Monday Published May 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers' Matt Manning: Set to start Monday for Detroit Published May 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports Tigers' Matt Manning: Likely Maeda replacement Published May 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports Detroit Tigers to promote Matt Manning to start Monday vs. Marlins, replacing Kenta Maeda Published May 11th, 2024 via Detroit Free Press Tigers pitcher Matt Manning goes on injured list for second time with broken right foot Published May 6th, 2024 via Yahoo Movies Canada How many MLB rotations could Matt Manning crack today? Published May 3rd, 2024 via Chat Sports

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Highest Player Projections

Preseason
Jalen Hurts (PHI)	348
Christian McCaffrey (SF)	347
Josh Allen (BUF)	339
Patrick Mahomes (KC)	338
CeeDee Lamb (DAL)	334
Breece Hall (NYJ)	318
Tyreek Hill (MIA)	315
Lamar Jackson (BAL)	304
Dak Prescott (DAL)	302
Ja'Marr Chase (CIN)	297
Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET)	296
Justin Jefferson (MIN)	293
C.J. Stroud (HOU)	281
Joe Burrow (CIN)	280
Bijan Robinson (ATL)	279
A.J. Brown (PHI)	278
Jayden Daniels (WSH)	277
Caleb Williams (CHI)	277
Brock Purdy (SF)	276

End of Season Results
Nikola Jokic (DEN)	4820.3
Luka Doncic (DAL)	4618.0
Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL)	4328.0
Domantas Sabonis (SAC)	4320.0
Anthony Davis (LAL)	4052.8
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC)	3884.3
LeBron James (LAL)	3613.5
Jayson Tatum (BOS)	3579.5
Victor Wembanyama (SA)	3567.3
Jalen Brunson (NY)	3530.5
Kevin Durant (PHX)	3523.8
Anthony Edwards (MIN)	3468.0
De'Aaron Fox (SAC)	3401.0
Paolo Banchero (ORL)	3345.0
Dejounte Murray (ATL)	3332.3
Tyrese Haliburton (IND)	3204.8
DeMar DeRozan (CHI)	3204.0
Stephen Curry (GS)	3185.0
Damian Lillard (MIL)	3148.5

Today (5/14)
Dylan Cease (SD)	18.60
Ronel Blanco (HOU)	15.97
Chris Sale (ATL)	15.70
Sonny Gray (STL)	15.54
Logan Gilbert (SEA)	15.41
Aaron Nola (PHI)	13.25
Mitchell Parker (WSH)	12.35
Jameson Taillon (CHC)	12.06
Slade Cecconi (ARI)	11.66
Kyle Bradish (BAL)	11.56
Nick Pivetta (BOS)	11.43
Erick Fedde (CHW)	10.95
Gavin Stone (LAD)	10.87
Reid Detmers (LAA)	10.63
Reese Olson (DET)	10.48
Carlos Rodon (NYY)	10.01
Hunter Greene (CIN)	9.17
Jose Butto (NYM)	8.58
Aaron Civale (TB)	8.44

End of Season Results
Nathan MacKinnon (COL)	1262
Auston Matthews (TOR)	1112
Nikita Kucherov (TB)	1096
Connor McDavid (EDM)	1027
David Pastrnak (BOS)	1011
Artemi Panarin (NYR)	990
Filip Forsberg (NSH)	924
Mikko Rantanen (COL)	909
Sam Reinhart (FLA)	893
Kirill Kaprizov (MIN)	870
Roman Josi (NSH)	868
Cale Makar (COL)	866
J.T. Miller (VAN)	864
William Nylander (TOR)	857
Leon Draisaitl (EDM)	856
Zach Hyman (EDM)	826
Sidney Crosby (PIT)	806
Evan Bouchard (EDM)	805
Quinn Hughes (VAN)	789

Most Added Players

Greg Zuerlein (NYJ)	+69.96%
Anthony Richardson (IND)	+69.32%
Ka'imi Fairbairn (HOU)	+68.96%
Nick Chubb (CLE)	+64.77%
Aaron Rodgers (NYJ)	+60.94%
Joe Burrow (CIN)	+56.03%
Mike Williams (NYJ)	+54.76%
Tank Dell (HOU)	+53.76%
Mark Andrews (BAL)	+44.76%
Darnell Mooney (ATL)	+44.58%

Chet Holmgren (OKC)	+1.17%
Kevin Durant (PHX)	+0.99%
Tyrese Maxey (PHI)	+0.76%
Paul George (LAC)	+0.35%
Stephen Curry (GS)	+0.28%
DeMar DeRozan (CHI)	+0.28%
Damian Lillard (MIL)	+0.24%
Jimmy Butler (MIA)	+0.19%
Anthony Davis (LAL)	+0.13%
LeBron James (LAL)	+0.13%

Kyle Manzardo (CLE)	+56.37%
Christian Scott (NYM)	+48.84%
Paul Skenes (PIT)	+43.06%
Robert Gasser (MIL)	+39.47%
Jack Leiter (TEX)	+35.95%
Brent Rooker (OAK)	+30.57%
Mike Clevinger (CHW)	+28.06%
Tyler Soderstrom (OAK)	+26.24%
Mason Black (SF)	+25.77%
Abraham Toro (OAK)	+23.03%

Jake Walman (DET)	+29.58%
Colton Parayko (STL)	+28.32%
Brayden McNabb (VGS)	+27.44%
David Savard (MTL)	+27.15%
Adam Larsson (SEA)	+23.51%
Matt Roy (LA)	+23.08%
Ben Chiarot (DET)	+23.05%
Rafael Harvey-Pinard (MTL)	+22.92%
Ryan Graves (PIT)	+22.89%
Jeff Petry (DET)	+22.25%

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Travis Kelce (KC)
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Dak Prescott (DAL)
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Saquon Barkley (PHI)
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Jared Goff (DET)
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Mitchell Robinson (NY)
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Evan Mobley (CLE)
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Max Strus (CLE)
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Caris LeVert (CLE)
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Derrick White (BOS)
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Jrue Holiday (BOS)
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Jaylen Brown (BOS)
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Daulton Varsho (TOR)
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Elehuris Montero (COL)
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Ezequiel Tovar (COL)
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Dakota Hudson (COL)
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Brenton Doyle (COL)
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Mason Black (SF)
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Brandon Marsh (PHI)
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Jacob Trouba (NYR)
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Zach Hyman (EDM)
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Alexandar Georgiev (COL)
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Valeri Nichushkin (COL)
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Jordan Martinook (CAR)
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Wyatt Johnston (DAL)
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Carson Soucy (VAN)
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Valeri Nichushkin (COL)
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