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Justin Verlander or Paul Blackburn

Who Should I Start? - Week 7 • Start New
Justin Verlander

Justin Verlander

SPHouston Astros HOU
Paul Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

SPOakland Athletics OAK
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Verlander over Blackburn

 
 
 
 
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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
6.750-100461.672
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.030-10011101.683
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Paul Blackburn
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.291-000310.711
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.731-000821.182
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Justin Verlander
OWN
98%
-1 compared to last week
START
90%
-1.67 compared to last week
OWN/START Paul Blackburn
OWN
49%
-0.15 compared to last week
START
26%
+1.48 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Justin Verlander
28th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
109th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Justin Verlander

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 28th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 174th.
  • 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 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 37th with 1.13
  • Top 25 in ERA and is currently ranked 25th with 2.85
  • Top 25 in walks and is currently ranked 25th with 42
  • He wins a lot of games and is currently ranked 3rd with 12
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -13, L: -8, WHIP: +0.034, ERA: -0.995, K's: -137, Walks: -41
Breakdown Paul Blackburn

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 109th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 29th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • Super human effort in the past 30 days. If he can keep it up, then keep him. . otherwise think trade.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 137th in WHIP with 1.40
  • Top 100 in ERA and is currently ranked 94th
  • Top 35 in walks and is currently ranked 34th with 41
  • Top 75 in wins and is currently ranked 73rd with 6
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 74th with 109.2
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -1, L: -6, WHIP: -0.562, ERA: -1.686, K's: -73, Walks: -33
Next Up Health Check
Injury Justin Verlander

No Injury Reported

Injury Paul Blackburn

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Justin Verlander
DateOpponentResult
May 07@NYYLuis GilL 10-3
May 08@NYYCarlos Rodon
May 09@NYYMarcus Stroman
May 10@DETCasey Mize
May 11@DETTarik Skubal
May 12@DETJack Flaherty
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
12.600-100232.201
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Paul Blackburn
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS TEXJose LeclercL 2-4
May 07VS TEXJose UrenaL 8-15
May 08VS TEXMichael Lorenzen
May 08VS TEXJack Leiter
May 10@SEABryce Miller
May 11@SEALuis Castillo
May 12@SEA
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Justin Verlander
12.23
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Paul Blackburn
12.74
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 4 22.1 367 15 10 0 1-1 4.43 1.39 6 39
ON PACE 18 103 1698 69 46 0 4-4 4.43 1.39 6 181
3-YEAR AVG 30 183 2858 176 43 0 17-7 2.74 1.03 8.6 502
Career 386 2512.2 40855 2642 670 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 7 42.0 643 31 10 0 3-1 3 1.02 6.6 102
ON PACE 30 184 2815 135 43 0 13-4 3 1.02 6.6 444
3-YEAR AVG 17 84 1439 73 28 0 4-6 4.62 1.41 7.7 138
Career 78 389.2 6564 299 119 0 0-0 4.64 1.39 6.9
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Martin Perez
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MIN vs SEA 07:40 EDT EST Chris Paddack
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