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Louie Varland or Jose Alvarado

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Louie Varland

Louie Varland

SPMinnesota Twins MIN
Jose Alvarado

Jose Alvarado

RPPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Varland over Alvarado

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Louie Varland
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarado over Varland

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Jose Alvarado
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Performance Louie Varland
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jose Alvarado
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-001100.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.800-003300.405
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Louie Varland
OWN
 
8%
-0.03 compared to last week
START
 
4%
-0.13 compared to last week
OWN/START Jose Alvarado
OWN
79%
+0.19 compared to last week
START
73%
+2.32 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Louie Varland
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jose Alvarado
36th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Louie Varland

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 547th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -4, L: +1, WHIP: +0.934, ERA: +4.674, K's: -54, Walks: -8
Breakdown Jose Alvarado

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: P RP . However, he plays P most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 36th among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 115th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Mason Miller
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 94th
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 64th with 2.69
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 78th with 21
  • Not too impressive with strikeouts and is currently ranked 198th with 49
  • Top 35 in saves and is currently ranked 28th with 12
  • Top 50 in holds and is currently ranked 50th with 13
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +1, L: EVEN, WHIP: -0.125, ERA: +1.586, K's: -52, Walks: -11
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Louie Varland

No Injury Reported

Injury Jose Alvarado

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Louie Varland
DateOpponentResult
May 14VS NYYCarlos RodonL 1-5
May 15VS NYYMarcus StromanL 0-4
May 16VS NYYClarke Schmidt
May 17@CLETriston McKenzie
May 18@CLELogan Allen
May 19@CLETanner Bibee
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jose Alvarado
DateOpponentResult
May 13@NYMOrion KerkeringW 4-5
May 14@NYMAaron NolaW 0-4
May 15VS NYMRanger SuarezW 10-5
May 16VS NYMJose Quintana
May 17VS WASJake Irvin
May 18VS WASMacKenzie Gore
May 19VS WASTrevor Williams
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-002220.673
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Louie Varland
6.48
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jose Alvarado
13.79
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Louie Varland
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2022 MIN 1 5.0 74 3 2 0 0-0 3.6 1 5.4 9
2023 MIN 19 66.1 1110 72 17 0 4-3 4.75 1.28 9.8 152
2024 MIN 4 16.2 354 18 9 0 0-4 9.18 2.16 9.7 -4
ON PACE 15 63 1365 69 34 0 0-15 9.18 2.16 9.7 -15
3-YEAR AVG 10 36 592 38 10 0 2-2 4.62 1.24 9.2 80
Career 24 88.0 1538 93 28 0 0-0 5.52 1.43 9.5
Career Jose Alvarado
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2017 TB 35 27.1 463 29 9 0 0-3 3.95 1.21 9.6 60
2018 TB 70 52.1 1038 80 29 8 1-6 2.92 1.36 13.8 215
2019 TB 35 25.1 586 39 27 7 1-6 5.68 2.21 13.9 96
2020 TB 11 10.2 241 17 9 0 0-0 5.06 1.78 14.3 23
2021 PHI 63 54.1 1018 66 46 5 6-1 4.31 1.6 10.9 154
2022 PHI 68 60.0 1032 91 27 3 5-2 3.45 1.22 13.7 182
2023 PHI 50 49.1 855 70 21 10 0-1 2.01 1.2 12.8 173
2024 PHI 19 17.2 290 16 7 8 1-1 3.57 1.02 8.2 75
ON PACE 69 64 1067 58 25 29 3-3 3.57 1.02 8.2 277
3-YEAR AVG 60 54 968 76 31 6 4-1 3.25 1.32 12.4 170
Career 351 290.0 5523 408 175 0 0-0 3.66 1.43 12.7
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