Should I draft Merrill Kelly or Chris Sale?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Merrill Kelly or Chris Sale.

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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Merrill Kelly · Shoulder (Out)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.55	2.89
ADP	167.42	114.97
PROJ	342.00	324.00

W	12	9
L	9	5
SV	0	0
IP	176.0	137.0
H	157	118
ER	74	58
K	163	165
BB	59	38
ERA	3.78	3.81
WHIP	1.23	1.14

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	70.0	220.0
W	2	8
L	0	1
SV	0	0
IP	24.2	63.2
H	17	45
ER	6	15
K	21	78
BB	6	9
ERA	2.23	2.14
WHIP	.95	.85

Recent News
	Merrill Kelly Expected To Begin A Throwing Program Next Week Published May 28th, 2024 Diamondbacks' Merrill Kelly: Nearing throwing program Published May 28th, 2024 via CBS Sports Diamondbacks' Merrill Kelly: MRI shows healing Published May 25th, 2024 via CBS Sports Torey Lovullo updates on Merrill Kelly's injury status Published May 23rd, 2024 via Burn City Sports Fantasy Baseball Injury Reports for Pitchers - Updates for Merrill Kelly, Reese Olson, Kenta Maeda, Jon Gray, Shane ... Published May 23rd, 2024 via MSN Merrill Kelly Scheduled For MRI This Week Published May 23rd, 2024 Merrill Kelly (shoulder) to undergo MRI this week Published May 22nd, 2024 via FantasyPros Diamondbacks' Merrill Kelly: Scheduled for MRI Published May 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports	Three Braves takeaways: Resurgent Chris Sale, the return of Sean Murphy and more Published May 28th, 2024 via The New York Times Chris Sale Does Something Not Done in Last 21 Years of Atlanta Braves History Published May 28th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Chris Sale visits with TAPS families \| 05/27/2024 \| Atlanta Braves Published May 27th, 2024 via MLB.com Chris Sale, 35, Stuns MLB Hitters with Historic Dominance Published May 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Chris Sale is Rebounding Nicely with the Braves Published May 27th, 2024 via Last Word On Sports Chris Sale Dominates Pirates On Sunday Published May 27th, 2024 Backed by Braves' bats, Chris Sale stifles Pirates Published May 26th, 2024 via Citizentribune Braves' Chris Sale: Earns seventh consecutive win Published May 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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