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Ryan Thompson or Sam Howard

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Ryan Thompson

Ryan Thompson

RP • Arizona Diamondbacks ARI
Sam Howard

Sam Howard

RP •
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Ryan Thompson
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
7.500-010203.332
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.200-030301.464
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Sam Howard
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
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
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ryan Thompson
OWN
 
0%
+0.41 compared to last week
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0%
+0.21 compared to last week
OWN/START Sam Howard
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
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0%
No change since last week.
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ryan Thompson
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Sam Howard
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Ryan Thompson

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 263rd.
  • The current leader among RP's is Mason Miller

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 41st with 1.05
  • Top 35 in ERA and is currently ranked 30th with 1.82
  • Not too impressive in saves and is currently ranked 144th with 1
  • Top 35 in holds and is currently ranked 34th with 12
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -1, L: -2, WHIP: -0.007, ERA: -2.561, K's: -19, Walks: -9
Breakdown Sam Howard

    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.
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Ryan Thompson

No Injury Reported

Injury Sam Howard

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ryan Thompson
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS CHCKeegan ThompsonL 2-3
Apr 16VS CHCKevin GinkelW 12-11
Apr 17VS CHCHayden WesneskiL 3-5
Apr 18@SFLogan Webb
Apr 19@SFBlake Snell
Apr 20@SFKyle Harrison
Apr 21@SFJordan Hicks
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000101.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Sam Howard
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Ryan Thompson
7.08
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Sam Howard
0.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Ryan Thompson
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2020 TB 33 30.1 540 31 12 1 1-3 3.86 1.48 9.2 67
2021 TB 35 35.0 474 37 9 0 3-2 2.06 0.94 9.5 85
2022 TB 47 44.0 679 39 11 3 4-3 3.68 1.14 8 101
2023 TB 40 40.0 589 29 12 1 2-2 3.6 1.08 6.5 81
2024 ARI 8 7.2 96 5 0 0 0-0 1.17 0.91 5.9 16
ON PACE 68 62 818 42 0 0 0-0 1.17 0.91 5.9 135
3-YEAR AVG 41 38 581 35 11 1 3-2 3.32 1.11 8.3 89
Career 163 150.0 2378 141 44 0 0-0 3.36 1.19 8.5
Career Sam Howard
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2018 COL 4 4.0 86 1 3 0 0-0 2.25 2 2.3 4
2019 COL 20 16.2 383 23 10 0 2-0 7.56 1.86 12.4 39
2020 COL 22 18.2 354 29 9 0 1-3 4.34 1.39 14 44
2021 PIT 54 45.0 846 60 32 0 3-3 5.6 1.44 12 90
2022 PIT 3 2.0 58 1 4 0 0-0 9 3 4.5 0
ON PACE 25 18 494 8 34 0 0-0 9 3 4.5 0
3-YEAR AVG 29 24 452 31 18 0 2-2 5.47 1.46 11.3 45
Career 103 84.0 1727 114 58 0 0-0 5.79 1.62 12.2
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