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Jameson Taillon or Paul Skenes

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Jameson Taillon

Jameson Taillon

SPChicago Cubs CHC
Paul Skenes

Paul Skenes

SPPittsburgh Pirates PIT
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Taillon over Skenes

 
 
 
 
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Performance Jameson Taillon
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.490-200652.202
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.490-200652.202
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Paul Skenes
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-0001110.171
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.701-0001830.902
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jameson Taillon
OWN
49%
+0.79 compared to last week
START
31%
+9.63 compared to last week
OWN/START Paul Skenes
OWN
96%
+2.89 compared to last week
START
46%
-0.9 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jameson Taillon
113th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Paul Skenes
46th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jameson Taillon

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: SP P . However, he plays SP most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 114th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 136th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Castillo
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 47th with 1.16
  • Top 50 in ERA and is currently ranked 48th with 3.37
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 90th with 31
  • Top 35 in wins and is currently ranked 34th with 9
  • Not too impressive in saves and is currently ranked 125th with 1
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -5, L: -8, WHIP: -0.111, ERA: -2.983, K's: -118, Walks: -31
Breakdown Paul Skenes

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 46th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 261st.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Castillo
  • 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

  • WHIP is among the best in the league currently ranked 8th with 0.90
  • Top 20 in ERA and is currently ranked 17th with 2.70
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +1, L: EVEN, WHIP: +0.9, ERA: +2.7, K's: +18, Walks: +3
Next Up Health Check
Injury Jameson Taillon

No Injury Reported

Injury Paul Skenes

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jameson Taillon
DateOpponentResult
May 21VS ATLCharlie Morton
May 22VS ATLMax Fried
May 23VS ATL
May 24@STLMiles Mikolas
May 25@STLMatthew Liberatore
May 26@STLSonny Gray
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.500-100232.501
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Paul Skenes
DateOpponentResult
May 21VS SFLogan Webb
May 22VS SFBlake Snell
May 23VS SFMason Black
May 24VS ATLBryce Elder
May 25VS ATLReynaldo Lopez
May 26VS ATLChris Sale
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Jameson Taillon
12.54
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Paul Skenes
10.19
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Jameson Taillon
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2016 PIT 18 104.0 1550 85 17 0 5-4 3.46 1.13 7.4 248
2017 PIT 25 133.2 2322 125 46 0 8-7 4.44 1.48 8.4 286
2018 PIT 32 188.2 2959 179 46 0 14-10 3.24 1.19 8.5 506
2019 PIT 7 37.1 555 30 8 0 2-3 4.1 1.15 7.2 83
2021 NYY 28 137.2 2278 135 42 0 8-5 4.31 1.22 8.8 296
2022 NYY 32 172.1 2699 142 31 0 13-5 3.76 1.13 7.4 390
2023 CHC 30 152.0 2533 140 41 1 8-10 5.15 1.3 8.3 282
2024 CHC 6 32.2 516 22 10 0 3-2 2.2 1.19 6.1 71
ON PACE 20 109 1741 74 33 0 10-6 2.2 1.19 6.1 239
3-YEAR AVG 30 153 2503 139 38 0 10-7 4.38 1.21 8.1 323
Career 178 951.1 15412 858 241 0 0-0 4.01 1.24 8.1
Career Paul Skenes
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2024 PIT 2 . . . 0
ON PACE 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG . . . 0
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