Should I draft Reese Olson or James Paxton?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Reese Olson or James Paxton.

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.

Change Players in Draft Analysis

Select Player to Draft

Toss Up

Reese Olson

Change Player

James Paxton

Change Player

DET · SP

LAD · SP

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.31	0.31
ADP	254.78	255.81
PROJ	187.00	187.00

W	7	7
L	9	4
SV	0	0
IP	130.0	100.0
H	128	102
ER	63	48
K	120	103
BB	59	33
ERA	4.36	4.32
WHIP	1.44	1.35

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft Reese Olson or James Paxton Draft Reese Olson or Michael Wacha Draft Reese Olson or Bailey Falter Draft Reese Olson or Taj Bradley Draft Reese Olson or Jake Irvin	Draft James Paxton or Seth Lugo Draft James Paxton or Wade Miley Draft James Paxton or Tyler Anderson Draft James Paxton or Kyle Hendricks Draft James Paxton or Ryne Nelson

Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	94.0	93.0
W	0	5
L	4	0
SV	0	0
IP	47.1	44.1
H	32	37
ER	11	14
K	41	24
BB	15	24
ERA	2.10	2.86
WHIP	1.00	1.38

Recent News
	Fantasy Baseball Week 9 Preview: Top 10 sleeper pitchers include Reese Olson, Clarke Schmidt Published May 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports Fantasy Baseball Players to Trade Now: Ranger Suarez, Reese Olson, Max Kepler Published May 17th, 2024 via FantasyPros Detroit Tigers: Reese Olson has historic lack of run support Published May 15th, 2024 via 97.1 The Ticket Detroit Tigers: Hard Luck Stories of Reese Olson, Jack Flaherty & Colt Keith Published May 15th, 2024 via BVM Sports Reese Olson's Gem Wasted in Tough Loss Published May 15th, 2024 via FantasyPros Reese Olson's Stellar Outing Ends With No-Decision Published May 14th, 2024 Tigers' Reese Olson: Stellar against Marlins Published May 14th, 2024 via CBS Sports Reese Olson's Incredible Pitching Performance and Historic Jersey Swap Event Published May 14th, 2024 via BVM Sports	Dodgers News: James Paxton 'Wills Himself To Success' Published May 18th, 2024 via DodgerBlue.com Dodgers' Dave Roberts Heavily Praises James Paxton Following Another Strong Outing Published May 18th, 2024 via Dodgers Nation James Paxton has mediocre outing, Dodgers still triumph Published May 18th, 2024 via FantasyPros James Paxton delivers strong six innings, helps Dodgers beat visiting Reds Published May 17th, 2024 via MSN Dodgers' James Paxton: Quality start in no-decision Published May 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports Dodgers News: Dave Roberts Impressed By James Paxton's Ability To Minimize Damage Published May 17th, 2024 via DodgerBlue.com What's Led To James Paxton's Success? The Dodgers' League-Leading Defensive Positioning Published May 15th, 2024 via Sports Info Solutions Teoscar Hernandez and James Paxton combine to get Dodgers back on winning track Published May 12th, 2024 via MSN

New Seasons Now Available

Free Tools

Use our free tools to become a fantasy expert and dominate your league!

Get started in seconds
Sync unlimited leagues for free - no paywalls!
Customized for your league, roster and scoring settings
Support for football, baseball, basketball and hockey
Roto and point-based support
Live Draft Syncing
Draft decision analysis
Intuitive Mock Drafts
Insights on H2H matchups
Most scoring statistics supported
No manual entry required
Much, much more!!

Browser Extension