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Justin Verlander or Paul Blackburn

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Justin Verlander

Justin Verlander

SPHouston Astros HOU
Paul Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

SPOakland Athletics OAK
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Verlander over Blackburn

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Justin Verlander
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Blackburn over Verlander

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Paul Blackburn
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Performance Justin Verlander
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
8.570-100321.431
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.111-2001371.303
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 Justin Verlander
OWN
95%
-1.12 compared to last week
START
58%
-1.03 compared to last week
OWN/START Paul Blackburn
OWN
23%
-5.54 compared to last week
START
 
2%
-4.28 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Justin Verlander
30th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
Not Ranked
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 31st among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 151st.
  • The current leader among SP'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

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 43rd with 1.15
  • Top 50 in ERA and is currently ranked 38th with 3.21
  • Top 15 in walks and is currently ranked 14th with 49
  • He is among the best in wins and is currently ranked 5th with 13
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -12, L: -6, WHIP: +0.074, ERA: +0.865, K's: -124, Walks: -34
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 Justin Verlander

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 Justin Verlander
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
nan-nan0
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 Justin Verlander
11.38
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Paul Blackburn
10.35
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 6 34.0 560 26 14 0 2-2 3.97 1.21 6.9 68
ON PACE 20 115 1890 87 47 0 6-6 3.97 1.21 6.9 227
3-YEAR AVG 30 183 2858 176 43 0 17-7 2.74 1.03 8.6 502
Career 388 2522.0 41048 2653 674 0 0-0 3.12 1.08 9.5
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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Matchups

Week 1
ARI @BUF
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
Matchup Time
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