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Justin Verlander or Brent Rooker

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

Justin Verlander

SPHouston Astros HOU
Brent Rooker

Brent Rooker

DHOakland Athletics OAK
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Verlander over Rooker

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Justin Verlander
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Rooker over Verlander

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Brent Rooker
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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 Brent Rooker
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.208021.2400.25006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.308298.3680.481113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Justin Verlander
OWN
96%
-0.7 compared to last week
START
65%
-5.13 compared to last week
OWN/START Brent Rooker
OWN
89%
+1.26 compared to last week
START
82%
-2.61 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Justin Verlander
31st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Brent Rooker
52nd
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 142nd.
  • 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 45th with 1.15
  • Top 50 in ERA and is currently ranked 36th with 3.21
  • Top 15 in walks and is currently ranked 12th with 49
  • He is among the best in wins and is currently ranked 4th 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 Brent Rooker

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH RF LF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 52nd among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 4th.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • You have to be impressed by how much better he is performing. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.344 and is currently ranked 77th
  • Ranked 168th in batting average with 0.260
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 164th with 0.332
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 44th with 0.523
  • Top 75 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 54th with 0.854
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 237th with 5
  • Top 100 in RBI and is currently ranked 97th with 57
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 176th in runs scored with 52
  • Top 35 in HRs and is currently ranked 33rd with 26
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.031, OBP: +0.027, HRs: -20, RBI: -40, Runs: -40, Wlks: -34, Stls: -2,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Justin Verlander

No Injury Reported

Injury Brent Rooker

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Justin Verlander
DateOpponentResult
May 20VS LAAReid Detmers
May 21VS LAAGriffin Canning
May 22VS LAATyler Anderson
May 24@OAKRoss Stripling
May 25@OAKJP Sears
May 26@OAK
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Brent Rooker
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
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200011.2500.26704
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Justin Verlander
11.52
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Brent Rooker
16.49
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 21 120 1972 91 49 0 7-7 3.97 1.21 6.9 237
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 Brent Rooker
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 MIN 7 5 1 4 4 0 0 .294 .400 .588 16
2021 MIN 57 35 8 23 14 0 15 .193 .288 .376 109
2022 SD 14 3 0 1 1 0 3 .107 .219 .143 13
2023 OAK 146 114 30 61 69 4 49 .246 .329 .488 387
2024 OAK 36 36 10 21 29 2 15 .277 .356 .562 129
ON PACE 121 121 33 70 97 6 50 .277 .356 .562 435
3-YEAR AVG 72 51 13 28 28 1 22 .226 .313 .443 170
Career 260 193 49 110 117 6 82 .236 .322 .465
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Week 22
KC vs SF
SF vs KC
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @LAD 10:10 EDT EST Slade Cecconi
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
ATL vs SD 12:20 EDT EST Reynaldo Lopez
Dylan Cease
BAL @STL 07:45 EDT EST Dean Kremer
Sonny Gray
BOS @TB 06:50 EDT EST Tanner Houck
Taj Bradley
CHW @TOR 03:07 EDT EST Erick Fedde
Jose Berrios
CLE vs NYM 06:10 EDT EST Ben Lively
Tylor Megill
DET @KC 07:40 EDT EST Reese Olson
Michael Wacha
HOU vs LAA 08:10 EDT EST Framber Valdez
Reid Detmers
MIA vs MIL 06:40 EDT EST Ryan Weathers
Joe Ross
MIN @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Pablo Lopez
Mitchell Parker
NYY vs SEA 07:05 EDT EST Marcus Stroman
Logan Gilbert
Matchup Time
No games scheduled
Matchup Time
EDM @VAN 9:00 PM EST