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Who Should I Start? - Week 32 • Start New
Taijuan Walker

Taijuan Walker

SP • Philadelphia Phillies PHI
Justin Steele

Justin Steele

SP • Chicago Cubs CHC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Walker over Steele

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Steele over Walker

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Taijuan Walker
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Performance Justin Steele
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Taijuan Walker
OWN
12%
No change since last week.
START
12%
+5.88 compared to last week
OWN/START Justin Steele
OWN
88%
No change since last week.
START
59%
+11.76 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Taijuan Walker
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Justin Steele
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Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Taijuan Walker

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: P SP . However, he plays P most often.
  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 518th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Zack Wheeler

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -12, L: +1, WHIP: +0.434, ERA: +2.839, K's: -80, Walks: -34
Breakdown Justin Steele

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: P SP . However, he plays P most often.
  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 386th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Zack Wheeler

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.9.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -11, L: EVEN, WHIP: -0.084, ERA: -0.067, K's: -41, Walks: +1
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Taijuan Walker

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Injury Justin Steele

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Taijuan Walker
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Matchups Justin Steele
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Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Taijuan Walker
-0.12
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Justin Steele
5.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Taijuan Walker
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2013 SEA 3 15.0 233 12 4 0 1-0 3.6 1 7.2 39
2014 SEA 6 30.0 488 28 16 0 2-3 2.7 1.27 8.4 74
2015 SEA 29 167.1 2632 157 40 0 11-8 4.63 1.21 8.4 409
2016 SEA 25 132.0 2311 119 37 0 8-11 4.3 1.26 8.1 306
2017 ARI 28 155.0 2743 146 61 0 9-9 3.54 1.35 8.5 367
2018 ARI 3 13.0 224 9 5 0 0-0 3.46 1.54 6.2 23
2019 ARI 1 1.0 15 1 0 0 0-0 0 1 9 3
2020 SEA 11 53.1 884 50 19 0 4-3 2.7 1.16 8.4 132
2021 NYM 28 150.0 2359 137 55 0 7-10 4.44 1.19 8.2 288
2022 NYM 28 153.0 2419 122 45 0 12-5 3.59 1.2 7.2 349
2023 PHI 31 170.1 2839 138 71 0 15-6 4.44 1.33 7.3 367
2024 PHI 19 81.1 1435 58 37 0 3-7 7.3 1.77 6.4 73
3-YEAR AVG 29 157 2539 132 57 0 11-7 4.18 1.25 7.6 335
Career 212 1114.1 18582 977 390 0 0-0 4.29 1.3 7.9
Career Justin Steele
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2021 CHC 19 52.0 886 55 25 0 4-4 4.33 1.38 9.5 101
2022 CHC 24 119.1 2032 126 50 0 4-7 3.17 1.35 9.5 250
2023 CHC 30 173.1 2680 176 36 0 16-5 3.38 1.18 9.1 464
2024 CHC 24 132.1 2046 135 37 0 5-5 3.33 1.11 9.2 320
3-YEAR AVG 24 114 1866 119 37 0 8-5 3.44 1.27 9.3 272
Career 97 474.2 7644 492 148 0 0-0 3.43 1.23 9.3
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