Should I draft Shelby Miller or James Karinchak?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Shelby Miller or James Karinchak.

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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James Karinchak · Shoulder (Day To Day)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	-0.23	0.02
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	86.00	106.00
W	0	1
L	2	3
SV	0	0
IP	50.0	50.0
H	40	36
ER	20	22
K	49	75
BB	23	29
ERA	3.60	3.96
WHIP	1.26	1.30

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Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	30.0	0.0
W	3	0
L	4	0
SV	0	0
IP	17.2	0.0
H	11	0
ER	8	0
K	18	0
BB	6	0
ERA	4.19	0.00
WHIP	.99	0.00

Recent News
	Shelby Miller's Incredible MLB Comeback Has Deep Texas Roots Published June 7th, 2024 via Texas Monthly Tigers News: Shelby Miller Returns to Bolster Bullpen After IL Stint Published June 5th, 2024 via Athlon Sports Tigers' Shelby Miller: Effective in return Published June 4th, 2024 via CBS Sports Shelby Miller Activated On Tuesday Published June 4th, 2024 Detroit Tigers Activate Shelby Miller, Demote Reliever to Triple-A Published June 4th, 2024 via Detroit Sports Nation Detroit Tigers' Shelby Miller back from injury; Mason Englert to minors Published June 4th, 2024 via Detroit Free Press Tigers option reliever to Toledo as Shelby Miller returns Published June 4th, 2024 via MLive.com Tigers' Shelby Miller: Officially activated Published June 4th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Guardians injury updates on Steven Kwan, Gavin Williams and James Karinchak Published May 17th, 2024 via cleveland.com Guardians option reliever James Karinchak to minors after latest ineffective outing Published April 26th, 2024 via Yahoo New Zealand News Guardians notes: James Karinchak to join team on road trip, nearing return to mound Published April 25th, 2024 via The Gazette Guardians notes: James Karinchak to join team on road trip, nearing return to mound Published April 25th, 2024 via Chronicle Telegram Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher James Karinchak delivers during the sixth inning in the continuation of a suspended ... Published April 23rd, 2024 via The Gazette Guardians' James Karinchak: Goes on 60-day IL Published March 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports James Karinchak (shoulder) cleared to begin throwing program Published March 11th, 2024 via FantasyPros Guardians' James Karinchak: Initiates throwing program Published March 11th, 2024 via CBS Sports

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