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Lance McCullers Jr. or James Karinchak

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Lance McCullers Jr.

Lance McCullers Jr.

SP • Houston Astros HOU
James Karinchak

James Karinchak

RP • Cleveland Guardians CLE
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting McCullers Jr. over Karinchak

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Karinchak over McCullers Jr.

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Lance McCullers Jr.
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Performance James Karinchak
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Lance McCullers Jr.
OWN
 
4%
-0.78 compared to last week
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0%
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OWN/START James Karinchak
OWN
 
1%
+0.19 compared to last week
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0%
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Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Lance McCullers Jr.
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus James Karinchak
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Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Lance McCullers Jr.

    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.
Breakdown James Karinchak

    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 Lance McCullers Jr.

ARM - Since Feb 22, 2023

McCullers Jr. is recovering from flexor tendon surgery and has been placed on the 60-day injured list.
Injury James Karinchak

SHOULDER - Since Mar 25, 2024

Karinchak is battling right shoulder inflammation and has been placed on the 60-day injured list.
Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Lance McCullers Jr.
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@CHCJordan WicksL 7-2
Apr 24@CHCJameson Taillon
Apr 25@CHCJavier Assad
Apr 27@COLCal Quantrill
Apr 28@COLAustin Gomber
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Matchups James Karinchak
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS BOSScott BarlowW 4-1
Apr 24VS BOSCooper Criswell
Apr 25VS BOSBrayan Bello
Apr 26@ATLChris Sale
Apr 27@ATLCharlie Morton
Apr 28@ATLBryce Elder
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Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Lance McCullers Jr.
7.86
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating James Karinchak
9.59
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Lance McCullers Jr.
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2015 HOU 22 125.2 2109 129 43 0 6-7 3.22 1.19 9.2 326
2016 HOU 14 81.0 1341 106 45 0 6-5 3.22 1.54 11.8 218
2017 HOU 22 116.1 2014 132 40 0 7-4 4.33 1.32 10.2 291
2018 HOU 25 126.0 2108 142 50 0 10-6 3.93 1.19 10.1 348
2020 HOU 14 69.2 1134 79 22 0 3-5 4.13 1.18 10.2 160
2021 HOU 28 160.1 2765 179 73 0 13-4 3.03 1.2 10.1 435
2022 HOU 10 57.0 926 57 22 0 4-3 3.16 1.28 9 135
ON PACE 67 385 6250 384 148 0 27-20 3.16 1.28 9 907
3-YEAR AVG 13 72 1230 79 32 0 6-2 3.07 1.21 9.7 190
Career 135 731.1 12397 824 295 0 0-0 3.58 1.27 10.1
Career James Karinchak
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 CLE 5 5.1 94 8 1 0 0-0 1.69 0.75 13.5 16
2020 CLE 28 27.0 483 53 18 1 1-2 3 1.22 17.7 86
2021 CLE 59 54.0 1004 76 32 11 6-4 4 1.2 12.7 193
2022 CLE 36 40.2 688 61 21 3 2-0 1.55 1.03 13.5 135
2023 CLE 43 35.2 711 50 28 0 2-5 4.54 1.43 12.6 68
ON PACE 302 248 5007 352 197 0 14-35 4.54 1.43 12.6 475
3-YEAR AVG 46 42 801 62 27 5 3-3 3.38 1.24 13.1 132
Career 171 158.0 2980 248 100 0 0-0 3.36 1.23 14.1
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ARI @STL 01:15 EDT EST Jordan Montgomery
Kyle Gibson
ATL vs MIA 07:20 EDT EST Reynaldo Lopez
Sixto Sanchez
BAL @LAA 04:07 EDT EST Dean Kremer
Tyler Anderson
BOS @CLE 06:10 EDT EST Cooper Criswell
Carlos Carrasco
CHC vs HOU 07:40 EDT EST Jameson Taillon
Spencer Arrighetti
CHW @MIN 07:40 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Joe Ryan
CIN vs PHI 06:40 EDT EST Nick Lodolo
Spencer Turnbull
COL vs SD 08:40 EDT EST
Matt Waldron
DET @TB 06:50 EDT EST Jack Flaherty
Shawn Armstrong
KC vs TOR 07:40 EDT EST Alec Marsh
Yariel Rodriguez
LAD @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Landon Knack
Jake Irvin
MIL @PIT 06:40 EDT EST Bryse Wilson
Josh Fleming
NYM @SF 03:45 EDT EST Sean Manaea
Blake Snell
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Joe Boyle
SEA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Bryce Miller
Jon Gray
Matchup Time
BOS vs MIA 7:00 PM EST
NO @OKC 9:30 PM EST
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BOS @TOR 7:00 PM EST
DAL vs VGK 9:30 PM EST
EDM vs LA 10:00 PM EST