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Michael Kopech or Jake Diekman

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Michael Kopech

Michael Kopech

RPChicago White Sox CHW
Jake Diekman

Jake Diekman

RPNew York Mets NYM
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kopech over Diekman

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Diekman over Kopech

 
 
 
 
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Performance Michael Kopech
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
9.000-010401.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
7.200-110711.205
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jake Diekman
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000421.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000820.715
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Michael Kopech
OWN
29%
-7.07 compared to last week
START
27%
-4.61 compared to last week
OWN/START Jake Diekman
OWN
 
0%
-0.58 compared to last week
START
 
0%
+0.36 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Michael Kopech
57th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jake Diekman
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Michael Kopech

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 68th among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 176th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Logan Allen
  • 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

  • He walks a lot of batters and is currently ranked 1st with 48
  • Top 50 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 39th with 56
  • Top 100 in saves and is currently ranked 76th
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -5, L: -10, WHIP: -0.4, ERA: -1.129, K's: -115, Walks: -85
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Jake Diekman

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 214th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Logan Allen
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 131st in WHIP with 1.31
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 66th with 2.67
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 59th with 21
  • Not too impressive with strikeouts and is currently ranked 160th with 43
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +1, L: -2, WHIP: -0.698, ERA: -0.862, K's: -54, Walks: -34
Next Up Health Check
Injury Michael Kopech

No Injury Reported

Injury Jake Diekman

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Michael Kopech
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@MINChris PaddackL 7-0
Apr 23@MINJay JacksonL 6-5
Apr 24@MINJoe RyanL 6-3
Apr 25@MINSimeon Woods Richardson
Apr 26VS TBZach Eflin
Apr 27VS TBAaron Civale
Apr 28VS TBZack Littell
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
18.000-010202.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jake Diekman
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@SFKeaton WinnL 5-2
Apr 23@SFLogan WebbL 5-1
Apr 24@SFReed GarrettW 2-8
Apr 26VS STLMiles Mikolas
Apr 27VS STLSonny Gray
Apr 28VS STLLance Lynn
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000200.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Michael Kopech
12.95
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jake Diekman
11.75
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Michael Kopech
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2018 CHW 4 . . . 0
2021 CHW 45 . . . 0
2022 CHW 24 . . . 0
2023 CHW 30 . . . 0
2024 CHW 10 . . . 0
ON PACE 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 33 . . . 0
Career 113 . . .
Career Jake Diekman
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2012 1 1.0 17 2 0 0 0-0 0 2 18 3
2013 45 31.0 637 41 16 0 1-4 3.19 1.58 11.9 91
2014 PHI 71 62.1 1288 98 35 0 5-5 4.33 1.62 14.2 176
2015 PHI 67 48.2 1097 69 31 0 2-1 4.81 1.73 12.8 125
2016 TEX 66 43.2 932 59 26 4 4-2 4.12 1.42 12.2 158
2017 TEX 11 10.2 188 13 10 1 0-0 2.53 1.31 11 31
2018 TEX 71 46.1 1012 66 31 2 1-2 5.44 1.73 12.8 122
2019 KC 75 51.0 1152 81 38 0 1-6 5.47 1.67 14.3 117
2020 OAK 28 24.2 449 37 14 1 2-0 1.09 1.01 13.5 90
2021 OAK 65 59.2 1099 82 34 6 3-3 3.92 1.34 12.4 163
2022 BOS 65 53.0 1089 74 39 1 5-3 4.75 1.6 12.6 125
2023 CHW 64 50.2 1017 66 39 0 0-2 4.09 1.52 11.7 110
2024 NYM 9 8.0 129 12 5 0 1-0 3.38 0.88 13.5 27
ON PACE 60 54 870 81 33 0 6-0 3.38 0.88 13.5 178
3-YEAR AVG 65 53 1068 74 37 2 3-3 4.31 1.47 12.3 133
Career 638 479.0 10106 700 318 0 0-0 4.36 1.57 13.2
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