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Kenta Maeda or Bowden Francis

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Kenta Maeda

Kenta Maeda

SPDetroit Tigers DET
Bowden Francis

Bowden Francis

SPToronto Blue Jays TOR
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Maeda over Francis

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Kenta Maeda
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Francis over Maeda

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Bowden Francis
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Performance Kenta Maeda
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000500.601
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.250-000721.672
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Bowden Francis
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000001.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-000211.002
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kenta Maeda
OWN
25%
+0.31 compared to last week
START
19%
+3.78 compared to last week
OWN/START Bowden Francis
OWN
 
2%
-0.13 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-0.42 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kenta Maeda
92nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Bowden Francis
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kenta Maeda

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 93rd among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 224th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • 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 75 in WHIP and is currently ranked 69th with 1.21
  • Currently ranked 103rd in ERA with 4.29
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 62nd with 31
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 91st
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -6, L: -7, WHIP: +0.18, ERA: +1.722, K's: -104, Walks: -24
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Bowden Francis

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 307th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Not too impressive in saves and is currently ranked 138th with 1
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +1, L: +2, WHIP: +0.878, ERA: +7.017, K's: -18, Walks: -1
Next Up Health Check
Injury Kenta Maeda

No Injury Reported

Injury Bowden Francis

FOREARM - Since Apr 25, 2024

Francis is dealing with right forearm extensor tendinitis and has been placed on the 15-day injured list.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kenta Maeda
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29VS STLSteven Matz
Apr 30VS STLKyle Gibson
May 01VS STLMiles Mikolas
May 03@NYYMarcus Stroman
May 04@NYYNestor Cortes
May 05@NYYLuis Gil
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Bowden Francis
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29VS KCJonathan Bowlan
Apr 30VS KCCole Ragans
May 01VS KCSeth Lugo
May 03@WASPatrick Corbin
May 04@WASJake Irvin
May 05@WASMacKenzie Gore
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000001.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Kenta Maeda
12.32
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Bowden Francis
5.68
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Kenta Maeda
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2016 LAD 32 173.1 2930 179 50 0 16-11 3.53 1.15 9.3 468
2017 LAD 29 134.1 2181 140 34 1 13-6 4.22 1.15 9.4 342
2018 LAD 39 118.1 2051 153 43 2 8-10 4.03 1.34 11.6 332
2019 LAD 41 153.2 2491 176 51 3 10-8 4.04 1.08 10.3 410
2020 MIN 12 71.2 1077 85 13 0 6-1 2.51 0.77 10.7 226
2021 MIN 21 106.2 1775 113 32 0 6-5 4.73 1.3 9.5 220
2023 MIN 23 108.1 1769 121 31 0 6-8 4.32 1.21 10.1 228
2024 DET 5 22.2 396 17 7 0 0-1 5.96 1.37 6.8 30
ON PACE 28 129 2291 98 40 0 0-5 5.96 1.37 6.8 172
3-YEAR AVG 22 107 1772 117 32 0 6-7 4.47 1.25 9.7 224
Career 202 882.0 14670 984 261 0 0-0 4.04 1.17 10
Career Bowden Francis
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2022 TOR 1 2.1 9 1 0 0 0-0 0 0.43 3.9 2
2023 TOR 20 34.0 539 35 8 1 1-0 1.85 0.88 9.3 96
2024 TOR 5 14.2 249 17 7 0 2-2 8.59 1.7 10.4 20
ON PACE 27 80 1390 94 39 0 11-11 8.59 1.7 10.4 110
3-YEAR AVG 11 17 274 18 4 1 1-0 1.96 0.87 8.8 49
Career 26 51.0 797 53 15 0 0-0 3.71 1.1 9.4
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