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Matt Barnes or Jameson Taillon

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Matt Barnes

Matt Barnes

RP • Washington Nationals WAS
Jameson Taillon

Jameson Taillon

SP • Chicago Cubs CHC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Barnes over Taillon

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Taillon over Barnes

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Matt Barnes
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
11.250-000202.004
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
8.650-000301.736
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jameson Taillon
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.762-000821.182
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.762-000821.182
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Matt Barnes
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Jameson Taillon
OWN
23%
+3.02 compared to last week
START
18%
-0.2 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Matt Barnes
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jameson Taillon
118th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Matt Barnes

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 350th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Logan Allen

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -1, L: EVEN, WHIP: -0.333, ERA: -0.153, K's: -13, Walks: -7
Breakdown Jameson Taillon

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 118th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 182nd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 37th with 1.13
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 59th with 3.55
  • Top 35 in wins and is currently ranked 33rd with 8
  • Not too impressive in saves and is currently ranked 115th with 1
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -6, L: -10, WHIP: -0.141, ERA: -3.463, K's: -132, Walks: -39
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Matt Barnes

No Injury Reported

Injury Jameson Taillon

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Matt Barnes
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS LADAlex VesiaL 1-4
Apr 24VS LADLandon KnackL 2-11
Apr 25VS LADYoshinobu Yamamoto
Apr 26@MIAJesus Luzardo
Apr 27@MIAEdward Cabrera
Apr 28@MIARyan Weathers
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
16.360-000202.733
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jameson Taillon
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS HOUJordan WicksW 7-2
Apr 24VS HOUJameson TaillonW 4-3
Apr 25VS HOUJustin Verlander
Apr 26@BOSKutter Crawford
Apr 27@BOSJosh Winckowski
Apr 28@BOSTanner Houck
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.731-000421.731
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Matt Barnes
10.04
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jameson Taillon
12.23
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Matt Barnes
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2014 BOS 3 5.0 99 5 2 0 0-0 5.4 1.8 9 8
2015 BOS 32 40.2 790 39 15 0 3-4 5.75 1.75 8.6 75
2016 BOS 62 55.0 1195 71 31 1 4-3 4.91 1.69 11.6 151
2017 BOS 70 62.2 1204 83 28 1 7-3 4.31 1.36 11.9 185
2018 BOS 62 59.1 1109 96 31 0 6-4 3.79 1.31 14.6 179
2019 BOS 70 57.1 1310 110 38 4 5-4 4.24 1.55 17.3 203
2020 BOS 23 22.0 443 30 14 8 1-3 4.5 1.41 12.3 98
2021 BOS 60 56.0 924 83 21 24 6-5 3.7 1.11 13.3 263
2022 BOS 40 37.1 637 33 20 6 0-4 4.58 1.39 8 71
2023 MIA 24 19.0 400 20 10 0 1-0 6.16 1.84 9.5 37
2024 WAS 11 10.1 184 7 3 0 0-0 6.1 1.55 6.1 13
ON PACE 77 72 1296 49 21 0 0-0 6.1 1.55 6.1 89
3-YEAR AVG 41 36 654 45 17 10 2-3 4.34 1.34 10.9 124
Career 457 415.1 8295 577 213 0 0-0 4.64 1.5 12.5
Career Jameson Taillon
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2016 PIT 18 104.0 1550 85 17 0 5-4 3.46 1.13 7.4 248
2017 PIT 25 133.2 2322 125 46 0 8-7 4.44 1.48 8.4 286
2018 PIT 32 188.2 2959 179 46 0 14-10 3.24 1.19 8.5 506
2019 PIT 7 37.1 555 30 8 0 2-3 4.1 1.15 7.2 83
2021 NYY 28 137.2 2278 135 42 0 8-5 4.31 1.22 8.8 296
2022 NYY 32 172.1 2699 142 31 0 13-5 3.76 1.13 7.4 390
2023 CHC 30 152.0 2533 140 41 1 8-10 5.15 1.3 8.3 282
2024 CHC 2 10.2 162 8 2 0 2-0 1.69 1.13 6.8 31
ON PACE 13 69 1093 54 13 0 13-0 1.69 1.13 6.8 211
3-YEAR AVG 30 153 2503 139 38 0 10-7 4.38 1.21 8.1 323
Career 174 929.1 15058 844 233 0 0-0 4.05 1.24 8.2
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KC vs SF
SF vs KC
Matchup Time Pitchers
BOS @CLE 01:10 EDT EST Chase Anderson
Triston McKenzie
CHC vs HOU 02:20 EDT EST Javier Assad
Justin Verlander
CHW @MIN 01:10 EDT EST Michael Soroka
Simeon Woods Richardson
CIN vs PHI 01:10 EDT EST Nick Martinez
Zack Wheeler
COL vs SD 03:10 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
Randy Vasquez
KC vs TOR 02:10 EDT EST Cole Ragans
Jose Berrios
LAD @WAS 04:05 EDT EST Yoshinobu Yamamoto
MacKenzie Gore
MIL @PIT 12:35 EDT EST Freddy Peralta
Mitch Keller
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Nestor Cortes
Alex Wood
SEA @TEX 02:35 EDT EST Luis Castillo
Andrew Heaney
Matchup Time
CLE @ORL 7:00 PM EST
DEN @LAL 10:00 PM EST
NY @PHI 7:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
CAR @NYI 7:30 PM EST
FLA @TB 7:00 PM EST