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Justin Verlander or Yordan Alvarez

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Justin Verlander

Justin Verlander

SPHouston Astros HOU
Yordan Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

LFHouston Astros HOU
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Verlander over Alvarez

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Justin Verlander
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarez over Verlander

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yordan Alvarez
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Performance Justin Verlander
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Yordan Alvarez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.190115.3700.33306
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.31931010.4290.553013
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Justin Verlander
OWN
94%
+1.22 compared to last week
START
16%
+6.35 compared to last week
OWN/START Yordan Alvarez
OWN
100%
-0.21 compared to last week
START
95%
-4.94 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Justin Verlander
36th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Yordan Alvarez
5th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Justin Verlander

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Yordan Alvarez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 6th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 7th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 105th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.332
  • Top 15 in batting average with 0.324 and is currently ranked 11th
  • Among the best in on base percentage and is currently ranked 5th with 0.427
  • Top 15 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 11th with 0.618
  • Among the best in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 3rd with 1.045
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 44th with 51
  • Top 50 in RBI and is currently ranked 39th with 70
  • Top 50 in runs scored and is currently ranked 44th with 62
  • Top 20 in HRs and is currently ranked 19th with 25
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.007, OBP: -0.023, HRs: -30, RBI: -90, Runs: -69, Wlks: -60, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Justin Verlander

SHOULDER - Since Mar 5, 2024

Verlander is recovering from right shoulder inflammation and has been placed on the 15-day injured list. He is expected to make the start for the Astros.
Injury Yordan Alvarez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Justin Verlander
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS ATLAaron BummerL 1-6
Apr 16VS ATLReynaldo LopezL 2-6
Apr 17VS ATLA.J. MinterL 4-5
Apr 19@WASMacKenzie Gore
Apr 20@WASTrevor Williams
Apr 21@WASMitchell Parker
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Yordan Alvarez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS ATLAaron BummerL 1-6
Apr 16VS ATLReynaldo LopezL 2-6
Apr 17VS ATLA.J. MinterL 4-5
Apr 19@WASMacKenzie Gore
Apr 20@WASTrevor Williams
Apr 21@WASMitchell Parker
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.154112.1540.38503
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Justin Verlander
12.26
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Yordan Alvarez
23.66
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
ON PACE 270 1622 25902 1422 459 0 126-81 3.19 1.14 7.9 3854
3-YEAR AVG 30 183 2858 176 43 0 17-7 2.74 1.03 8.6 502
Career 382 2490.1 40488 2627 660 0 0-0 3.1 1.08 9.5
Career Yordan Alvarez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 HOU 105 112 28 63 81 0 59 .302 .399 .606 371
2020 HOU 2 2 1 2 4 0 0 .250 .333 .625 11
2021 HOU 159 164 35 104 112 1 62 .282 .358 .539 593
2022 HOU 142 143 38 99 105 1 81 .292 .398 .591 600
2023 HOU 134 139 37 89 112 0 73 .307 .415 .616 581
2024 HOU 20 22 5 14 13 0 10 .289 .386 .526 87
ON PACE 162 178 40 113 105 0 81 .289 .386 .526 704
3-YEAR AVG 145 149 37 97 110 1 72 .293 .388 .578 591
Career 562 582 144 371 427 2 285 .294 .390 .582
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