Should I draft Merrill Kelly or Justin Steele?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Merrill Kelly or Justin Steele.

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	2.55	3.56
ADP	167.18	105.88
PROJ	342.00	360.00
W	12	12
L	9	8
SV	0	0
IP	176.0	176.0
H	157	167
ER	74	71
K	163	172
BB	59	51
ERA	3.78	3.63
WHIP	1.23	1.24

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	70.0	57.0
W	2	0
L	0	3
SV	0	0
IP	24.2	44.1
H	17	39
ER	6	21
K	21	43
BB	6	12
ERA	2.23	4.29
WHIP	.95	1.16

Recent News
	Merrill Kelly To Start Throwing Progression On Tuesday Published June 3rd, 2024 Diamondbacks' Zac Gallen, Merrill Kelly to begin throwing Published June 3rd, 2024 via Arizona Sports Diamondbacks' Zac Gallen, Merrill Kelly to being throwing Published June 3rd, 2024 via Arizona Sports Zac Gallen and Merrill Kelly to start throwing program Published June 3rd, 2024 via Burn City Sports Diamondbacks' Merrill Kelly: Taking next step in rehab Published June 3rd, 2024 via CBS Sports 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	Cubs' Justin Steele: Stuck with loss in quality start Published June 8th, 2024 via CBS Sports Reds Edge Cubs 3-2 as Justin Steele Shines But Falls Short Published June 7th, 2024 via BVM Sports Cubs' Justin Steele: Struggles with control Saturday Published June 1st, 2024 via CBS Sports Justin Steele Batter vs. Pitching Stats Published June 1st, 2024 via ESPN Cubs president Jed Hoyer: Justin Steele 'deserved way better than that' Tuesday vs. Brewers Published May 28th, 2024 via Chicago Sun-Times Justin Steele shines with 8 strikeouts in Cubs' loss to Brewers Published May 28th, 2024 via BVM Sports A glass half-full: Cubs' Justin Steele pitched like an ace against the Brewers Monday Published May 28th, 2024 via Cubbies Crib Justin Steele Shines After Injury: A Breakthrough for Cubs Pitcher? Published May 28th, 2024 via BVM Sports

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