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Paul Blackburn or Alexis Diaz

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Paul Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

SPOakland Athletics OAK
Alexis Diaz

Alexis Diaz

RPCincinnati Reds CIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Blackburn over Diaz

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Paul Blackburn
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Performance Paul Blackburn
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
13.500-000512.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
9.000-1001011.302
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Alexis Diaz
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
7.500-001202.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.140-004411.195
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Paul Blackburn
OWN
50%
-16.07 compared to last week
START
25%
-19.62 compared to last week
OWN/START Alexis Diaz
OWN
93%
-1.27 compared to last week
START
89%
-4.11 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
107th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Alexis Diaz
12th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Paul Blackburn

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 107th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 53rd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • He is performing amazing in the past 30 days. Will he keep it up?
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 149th in WHIP with 1.45
  • Currently ranked 104th in ERA with 4.29
  • Top 35 in walks and is currently ranked 33rd with 40
  • Currently ranked 115th in wins with 5
  • Top 100 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 97th with 102.2
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: -6, WHIP: -0.492, ERA: -1.346, K's: -76, Walks: -34
Breakdown Alexis Diaz

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 13th among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 117th.
  • The current leader among RP'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

  • Currently ranked 249th in WHIP with 1.54
  • Currently ranked 231st in ERA with 4.63
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 44th with 23
  • Not too impressive with strikeouts and is currently ranked 236th with 40
  • Top 50 in wins and is currently ranked 48th with 7
  • He is among the best in saves and is currently ranked 10th with 21
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -8, L: -4, WHIP: -0.072, ERA: +0.329, K's: -72, Walks: -30
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Paul Blackburn

No Injury Reported

Injury Alexis Diaz

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Paul Blackburn
DateOpponentResult
Mar 28VS CLEShane BieberL 0-8
Mar 29VS CLELogan AllenL 4-6
Mar 30VS CLENick SandlinL 3-12
Mar 31VS CLEDany JimenezW 4-3
Apr 01VS BOSTanner HouckL 0-9
Apr 02VS BOSJosh WinckowskiL 4-5
Apr 03VS BOSNick PivettaL 0-1
Apr 05@DETJason FoleyL 5-4
Apr 06@DETPaul BlackburnW 0-4
Apr 07@DETJoe BoyleW 1-7
Apr 09@TEXMichael KellyW 3-4
Apr 10@TEXCody BradfordL 6-2
Apr 11@TEXJP SearsW 0-1
Apr 12VS WASMichael KellyW 2-1
Apr 13VS WASMacKenzie GoreL 1-3
Apr 14VS WASMitch SpenceW 7-6
Apr 15VS STLSonny GrayL 1-3
Apr 16VS STLLance LynnL 2-3
Apr 17VS STLPaul BlackburnW 6-3
Apr 19@CLETriston McKenzieL 10-2
Apr 20@CLELogan AllenL 6-3
Apr 21@CLETanner BibeeL 6-2
Apr 22@NYYLucas ErcegW 0-2
Apr 23@NYYMarcus StromanL 4-3
Apr 24@NYYClarke SchmidtL 7-3
Apr 25@NYYAlex WoodW 1-3
Apr 26@BALMitch SpenceW 2-3
Apr 27@BALCole IrvinL 7-0
Apr 28@BALT.J. McFarlandW 6-7
Apr 29VS PITJoe BoyleW 5-1
Apr 30VS PITMitch SpenceW 5-2
May 01VS PITRoss StriplingW 4-0
May 03VS MIARyan Weathers
May 04VS MIATrevor Rogers
May 05VS MIASixto Sanchez
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.342-1002891.096
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Alexis Diaz
DateOpponentResult
Mar 28VS WASFrankie MontasW 8-2
Mar 30VS WASHunter HarveyL 6-7
Mar 31VS WASLucas SimsW 6-5
Apr 01@PHIAlexis DiazW 3-6
Apr 02@PHISpencer TurnbullL 9-4
Apr 03@PHIFrankie MontasW 1-4
Apr 05VS NYMDrew SmithL 2-3
Apr 06VS NYMEmilio PaganW 9-6
Apr 07VS NYMSean ManaeaL 1-3
Apr 08VS MILGraham AshcraftW 10-8
Apr 09VS MILJoe RossL 5-9
Apr 10VS MILBryse WilsonL 2-7
Apr 11VS MIL
Apr 12@CHWAndrew AbbottW 1-11
Apr 13@CHWNick LodoloW 0-5
Apr 14@CHWGraham AshcraftW 4-11
Apr 15@SEAGeorge KirbyL 9-3
Apr 16@SEALogan GilbertL 3-1
Apr 17@SEABryce MillerL 5-1
Apr 19VS LAANick LodoloW 7-1
Apr 20VS LAAGraham AshcraftW 7-5
Apr 21VS LAAEmilio PaganW 3-0
Apr 22VS PHIRanger SuarezL 0-7
Apr 23VS PHIFernando CruzW 8-1
Apr 24VS PHIJustin WilsonW 7-4
Apr 25VS PHIZack WheelerL 0-5
Apr 26@TEXJose LeclercL 2-1
Apr 27@TEXHunter GreeneW 4-8
Apr 28@TEXDane DunningL 4-3
Apr 29@SDNick LodoloW 2-5
Apr 30@SDYu DarvishL 6-4
May 01@SDEnyel De Los SantosL 6-2
May 03VS BAL
May 04VS BAL
May 05VS BALDean Kremer
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.751-1061361.2512
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Paul Blackburn
12.10
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Alexis Diaz
16.64
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 6 35.0 538 28 9 0 2-1 3.34 1.09 7.2 80
ON PACE 30 178 2723 141 45 0 10-5 3.34 1.09 7.2 405
3-YEAR AVG 17 84 1439 73 28 0 4-6 4.62 1.41 7.7 138
Career 77 382.2 6459 296 118 0 0-0 4.7 1.4 7
Career Alexis Diaz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 CIN 55 . . . 0
2023 CIN 70 . . . 0
2024 CIN 12 . . . 0
ON PACE 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 63 . . . 0
Career 137 . . .
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