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Josh Hader or Paul Blackburn

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Josh Hader

Josh Hader

RPHouston Astros HOU
Paul Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

SPOakland Athletics OAK
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Hader over Blackburn

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Hader
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Blackburn over Hader

 
 
 
 
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Performance Josh Hader
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-001410.332
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-003720.594
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Paul Blackburn
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
15.750-100532.501
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Hader
OWN
97%
+3.2 compared to last week
START
95%
+3.87 compared to last week
OWN/START Paul Blackburn
OWN
22%
-5.86 compared to last week
START
 
2%
-4.36 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Hader
3rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Josh Hader

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: P RP . However, he plays P most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 3rd among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 132nd.
  • The current leader among RP's is Logan Allen
  • 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

  • Currently ranked 154th in WHIP with 1.34
  • Top 100 in ERA and is currently ranked 77th
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 63rd with 24
  • Top 50 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 37th with 71
  • Currently ranked 167th in wins with 4
  • Top 15 in saves and is currently ranked 12th with 21
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: EVEN, L: EVEN, WHIP: +0.037, ERA: +3.149, K's: -54, Walks: -21
Breakdown Paul Blackburn

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 86th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 159th in WHIP with 1.44
  • Currently ranked 118th in ERA with 4.51
  • Top 35 in walks and is currently ranked 33rd with 44
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 93rd
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -1, L: -5, WHIP: -0.432, ERA: -0.576, K's: -68, Walks: -30
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Hader

No Injury Reported

Injury Paul Blackburn

FOOT - Since May 11, 1970

Blackburn is dealing with a right foot stress reaction and has been placed on the 15-day injured list. He is expected to return in June.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Hader
DateOpponentResult
May 20VS LAAJose SuarezL 7-9
May 21VS LAAGriffin Canning
May 22VS LAATyler Anderson
May 24@OAKRoss Stripling
May 25@OAKJP Sears
May 26@OAKAaron Brooks
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-000310.501
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Paul Blackburn
DateOpponentResult
May 21VS COLCal Quantrill
May 22VS COLAustin Gomber
May 23VS COLRyan Feltner
May 24VS HOUJustin Verlander
May 25VS HOUSpencer Arrighetti
May 26VS HOUFramber Valdez
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Hader
14.51
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Paul Blackburn
10.35
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Josh Hader
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2017 MIL 35 43.0 779 68 22 0 2-3 2.3 1.09 14.2 137
2018 MIL 55 74.1 1316 143 30 12 6-1 2.66 0.89 17.3 358
2019 MIL 62 72.0 1211 140 21 37 3-6 3 0.89 17.5 496
2020 MIL 23 21.1 413 35 10 14 1-2 3.38 0.89 14.8 156
2021 MIL 59 59.1 950 101 24 32 4-3 1.37 0.83 15.3 348
2022 MIL 55 51.0 930 85 20 36 2-4 3.88 1.08 15 306
2023 SD 61 54.0 1042 85 30 33 2-3 1.33 1.15 14.2 319
2024 HOU 19 20.0 357 31 9 6 2-3 4.5 1.2 14 74
ON PACE 64 68 1204 104 30 20 6-10 4.5 1.2 14 249
3-YEAR AVG 58 54 974 90 25 34 3-3 2.1 1.01 14.6 324
Career 369 388.0 6998 688 166 0 0-0 2.64 0.99 16
Career Paul Blackburn
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2017 OAK 10 58.2 937 22 16 0 3-1 3.22 1.26 3.4 108
2018 OAK 6 27.2 442 19 6 0 2-3 7.16 1.41 6.2 47
2019 OAK 4 11.0 224 8 4 0 0-2 10.64 2.09 6.6 -1
2021 OAK 9 39.1 681 26 10 0 1-4 5.72 1.58 6 32
2022 OAK 21 112.0 1762 89 30 0 7-6 4.26 1.25 7.2 206
2023 OAK 21 103.2 1875 104 43 0 4-7 4.6 1.55 9 178
2024 OAK 8 46.0 732 36 13 0 3-2 4.11 1.15 7 98
ON PACE 26 153 2420 119 42 0 9-6 4.11 1.15 7 322
3-YEAR AVG 17 84 1439 73 28 0 4-6 4.62 1.41 7.7 138
Career 79 393.2 6653 304 122 0 0-0 4.76 1.4 7
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ATL vs PIT
BAL @KC
CAR @NO
CHI vs TEN
CIN vs NE
CLE vs DAL
DEN @SEA
DET vs LAR
GB @PHI
HOU @IND
JAC @MIA
LAC vs LV
MIN @NYG
NYJ @SF
TB vs WAS
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @LAD 10:10 EDT EST Brandon Pfaadt
Gavin Stone
ATL @CHC 07:40 EDT EST Charlie Morton
Javier Assad
BAL @STL 07:45 EDT EST Kyle Bradish
Lance Lynn
BOS @TB 06:50 EDT EST Cooper Criswell
Zack Littell
CHW @TOR 07:07 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Yusei Kikuchi
CIN vs SD 06:40 EDT EST Andrew Abbott
Joe Musgrove
CLE vs NYM 06:10 EDT EST Carlos Carrasco
Adrian Houser
COL @OAK 09:40 EDT EST Cal Quantrill
Aaron Brooks
DET @KC 07:40 EDT EST Casey Mize
Alec Marsh
HOU vs LAA 08:10 EDT EST Cristian Javier
Griffin Canning
MIA vs MIL 06:40 EDT EST Trevor Rogers
Robert Gasser
MIN @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Joe Ryan
Patrick Corbin
NYY vs SEA 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Bryan Woo
PHI vs TEX 06:40 EDT EST Ranger Suarez
Jon Gray
PIT vs SF 06:40 EDT EST Martin Perez
Logan Webb
Matchup Time
BOS vs IND 8:00 PM EST
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