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Justin Verlander or Elly De La Cruz

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Justin Verlander

Justin Verlander

SPHouston Astros HOU
Elly De La Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

SSCincinnati Reds CIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Verlander over De La Cruz

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Justin Verlander
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting De La Cruz over Verlander

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Elly De La Cruz
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Performance Justin Verlander
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-000820.571
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.251-1001051.252
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Elly De La Cruz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.269125.3670.42357
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.229138.3150.3131113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Justin Verlander
OWN
97%
+0.53 compared to last week
START
80%
+31.82 compared to last week
OWN/START Elly De La Cruz
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
100%
+0.38 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Justin Verlander
31st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Elly De La Cruz
2nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Justin Verlander

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: SP P . However, he plays SP most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 32nd among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 138th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Castillo
  • Can't be doing much worse than he is right now. Failing to live up to expectations is one thing, but playing this bad is another.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 47th with 1.14
  • Top 35 in ERA and is currently ranked 29th with 3.05
  • Top 15 in walks and is currently ranked 14th with 47
  • He is among the best in wins and is currently ranked 4th with 13
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -12, L: -7, WHIP: +0.064, ERA: +0.295, K's: -127, Walks: -36
Breakdown Elly De La Cruz

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 3rd among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 3rd.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • Wow, would you look at that. The experts got it right on the money.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 105th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.332
  • Ranked 285th in batting average with 0.237
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 222nd with 0.318
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 175th with 0.428
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 186th with 0.745
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 187th with 55
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 71st with 49
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 143rd in RBI with 54
  • Top 25 in runs scored and is currently ranked 22nd with 81
  • Top 100 in HRs and is currently ranked 76th with 19
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.035, OBP: +0.072, HRs: -4, RBI: -22, Runs: -32, Wlks: -12, Stls: -4,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Justin Verlander

No Injury Reported

Injury Elly De La Cruz

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Justin Verlander
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS OAKSpencer ArrighettiW 9-2
May 14VS OAKJosh HaderW 2-1
May 15VS OAKFramber ValdezW 3-0
May 16VS OAKCristian JavierW 8-1
May 17VS MILHunter BrownW 5-4
May 18VS MILBryse Wilson
May 19VS MILColin Rea
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Elly De La Cruz
DateOpponentResult
May 13@ARIJustin MartinezL 6-5
May 14@ARIHunter GreeneW 2-6
May 15@ARIRyan ThompsonL 2-1
May 16@LADNick MartinezW 2-7
May 17@LADMichael GroveL 7-3
May 18@LADWalker Buehler
May 19@LADYoshinobu Yamamoto
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.276025.3440.31098
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Justin Verlander
11.59
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Elly De La Cruz
22.86
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Justin Verlander
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2010 DET 30 205.2 3406 201 63 0 18-9 3.37 1.15 8.8 602
2011 DET 33 243.0 3816 249 59 0 25-5 2.44 0.94 9.2 809
2012 DET 33 238.1 3768 239 60 0 17-8 2.68 1.06 9 714
2013 DET 34 218.1 3692 217 75 0 13-12 3.63 1.31 9 552
2014 DET 30 190.1 3196 148 62 0 14-11 4.63 1.41 7 405
2015 DET 20 131.0 2150 113 32 0 5-8 3.44 1.11 7.8 324
2016 DET 34 225.1 3668 254 57 0 16-9 3.08 1.01 10.1 668
2017 DET 33 206.0 3530 219 72 0 15-8 3.36 1.17 9.6 562
2018 HOU 34 211.2 3427 290 37 0 16-9 2.55 0.91 12.3 708
2019 HOU 40 258.1 4046 338 56 0 22-10 2.86 0.87 11.8 816
2020 HOU 1 6.0 73 7 1 0 1-0 3 0.67 10.5 22
2022 HOU 30 187.1 2838 194 35 0 19-4 2.26 0.91 9.3 576
2023 NYM 30 180.2 2878 158 51 0 14-9 3.19 1.14 7.9 428
2024 HOU 5 29.1 462 23 12 0 2-1 3.38 1.19 7.1 67
ON PACE 18 105 1663 82 43 0 7-3 3.38 1.19 7.1 241
3-YEAR AVG 30 183 2858 176 43 0 17-7 2.74 1.03 8.6 502
Career 387 2519.2 40950 2650 672 0 0-0 3.11 1.08 9.5
Career Elly De La Cruz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 CIN 99 91 13 67 44 34 34 .235 .298 .410 327
2024 CIN 45 43 9 35 22 30 22 .270 .370 .503 207
ON PACE 162 154 32 126 79 108 79 .270 .370 .503 745
3-YEAR AVG 99 91 13 67 44 34 34 .235 .298 .410 327
Career 144 134 22 102 66 64 56 .245 .320 .437
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI vs DET 08:10 EDT EST Zac Gallen
Jack Flaherty
ATL vs SD 07:15 EDT EST Bryce Elder
Yu Darvish
BAL vs SEA 04:05 EDT EST
Luis Castillo
BOS @STL 07:15 EDT EST Kutter Crawford
Miles Mikolas
CHC vs PIT 02:20 EDT EST Shota Imanaga
Bailey Falter
CHW @NYY 01:05 EDT EST Brad Keller
Luis Gil
CIN @LAD 09:10 EDT EST Graham Ashcraft
Walker Buehler
CLE vs MIN 06:10 EDT EST Logan Allen
Bailey Ober
COL @SF 04:05 EDT EST Ty Blach
Kyle Harrison
HOU vs MIL 07:10 EDT EST Justin Verlander
Bryse Wilson
KC vs OAK 07:10 EDT EST Seth Lugo
Ross Stripling
LAA @TEX 07:15 EDT EST Patrick Sandoval
Jose Urena
MIA vs NYM 04:10 EDT EST Braxton Garrett
Luis Severino
PHI vs WAS 06:05 EDT EST Cristopher Sanchez
MacKenzie Gore
TB @TOR 03:07 EDT EST Zach Eflin
Kevin Gausman
Matchup Time
DAL vs OKC 8:00 PM EST
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EDM vs VAN 8:00 PM EST