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Justin Verlander or Brandon Pfaadt

Who Should I Start? - Week 1 • Start New
Justin Verlander

Justin Verlander

SP • San Francisco Giants SF
Brandon Pfaadt

Brandon Pfaadt

SP • Arizona Diamondbacks ARI
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Verlander over Pfaadt

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Pfaadt over Verlander

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Justin Verlander
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Performance Brandon Pfaadt
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Justin Verlander
OWN
47%
+9.72 compared to last week
START
18%
+2.7 compared to last week
OWN/START Brandon Pfaadt
OWN
93%
+1.27 compared to last week
START
71%
+1.7 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Justin Verlander
86th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Brandon Pfaadt
62nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Justin Verlander

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: P SP . However, he plays P most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 86th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 458th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Tarik Skubal
  • 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 171st in WHIP with 1.73
  • Currently ranked 182nd in ERA with 8.33
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -9, L: -3, WHIP: +0.242, ERA: +2.281, K's: -84, Walks: -24
Breakdown Brandon Pfaadt

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 63rd among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 54th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Tarik Skubal
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 109th in WHIP with 1.38
  • Currently ranked 147th in ERA with 5.49
  • Top 50 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 47th with 91
  • Top 15 in wins and is currently ranked 14th with 8
  • Top 100 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 95th with 76.1
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +8, L: EVEN, WHIP: -0.145, ERA: -0.695, K's: +65, Walks: +11
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Justin Verlander

No Injury Reported

Injury Brandon Pfaadt

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Justin Verlander
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Matchups Brandon Pfaadt
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Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Justin Verlander
12.96
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Brandon Pfaadt
17.48
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 17 90.1 1580 74 27 0 5-6 5.48 1.38 7.4 150
3-YEAR AVG 26 152 2432 142 38 0 13-6 3.22 1.09 8.3 385
Career 399 2578.1 42068 2701 687 0 0-0 3.19 1.09 9.4
Career Brandon Pfaadt
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2023 ARI 24 113.1 1942 120 31 0 3-10 5.48 1.4 9.5 181
2024 ARI 32 177.0 2793 185 42 0 11-10 4.83 1.27 9.4 385
3-YEAR AVG 28 145 2368 153 37 0 7-10 5.04 1.32 9.4 283
Career 56 290.1 4735 305 73 0 0-0 5.08 1.32 9.5
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Matchups

Week 22
KC vs PHI
PHI vs KC
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BOS @UTA 9:30 PM EST
CHA @OKC 8:00 PM EST
CLE @PHO 10:00 PM EST
DAL vs DET 8:30 PM EST
DEN @POR 10:00 PM EST
HOU @MIA 8:00 PM EST
LAC vs MEM 10:30 PM EST
MIN vs NO 8:00 PM EST
ORL @WAS 7:00 PM EST
PHI @SA 8:00 PM EST
Matchup Time
CBJ @PIT 7:00 PM EST