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Eric Lauer or Nestor Cortes

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Eric Lauer

Eric Lauer

SPPittsburgh Pirates PIT
Nestor Cortes

Nestor Cortes

SPNew York Yankees NYY
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Lauer over Cortes

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Eric Lauer
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cortes over Lauer

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nestor Cortes
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Performance Eric Lauer
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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
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nestor Cortes
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000900.861
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.270-0001511.092
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Eric Lauer
OWN
 
1%
-0.09 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START Nestor Cortes
OWN
85%
+14.59 compared to last week
START
71%
+36.48 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Eric Lauer
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nestor Cortes
59th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Eric Lauer

    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 Nestor Cortes

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 59th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 48th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 20 in WHIP and is currently ranked 17th with 1.00
  • Top 50 in ERA and is currently ranked 44th with 3.27
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -4, L: -1, WHIP: -0.196, ERA: -1.638, K's: -39, Walks: -15
Next Up Health Check
Injury Eric Lauer

No Injury Reported

Injury Nestor Cortes

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Eric Lauer
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS MILJared JonesW 4-2
Apr 23VS MILBailey FalterW 2-1
Apr 24VS MILBryan HudsonL 2-3
Apr 25VS MILFreddy Peralta
Apr 26@SFKyle Harrison
Apr 27@SFJordan Hicks
Apr 28@SFKeaton Winn
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nestor Cortes
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS OAKLucas ErcegL 0-2
Apr 23VS OAKMarcus StromanW 4-3
Apr 24VS OAKClarke SchmidtW 7-3
Apr 25VS OAKAlex Wood
Apr 26@MILColin Rea
Apr 27@MILJoe Ross
Apr 28@MIL
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Eric Lauer
6.57
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nestor Cortes
14.02
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Eric Lauer
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2018 SD 23 112.0 2026 100 46 0 6-7 4.34 1.54 8 225
2019 SD 30 147.1 2510 138 51 0 8-10 4.52 1.42 8.4 303
2020 SD 3 9.1 199 10 6 0 0-2 12.54 2.25 9.6 -1
2021 MIL 25 123.0 2030 119 43 0 7-5 3.07 1.13 8.7 286
2022 MIL 25 142.2 2352 139 47 0 9-6 3.28 1.16 8.8 340
2023 MIL 10 46.2 845 43 24 0 4-6 6.56 1.67 8.3 59
ON PACE 70 326 5951 302 169 0 28-42 6.56 1.67 8.3 417
3-YEAR AVG 20 103 1742 100 38 0 7-6 3.75 1.23 8.7 229
Career 116 574.0 9962 549 217 0 0-0 4.22 1.37 8.6
Career Nestor Cortes
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2018 BAL 4 4.2 108 3 4 0 0-0 7.72 3 5.8 1
2019 NYY 33 62.0 1301 69 28 0 5-1 6.1 1.66 10 126
2020 SEA 5 7.2 165 8 6 0 0-1 15.26 2.35 9.4 -2
2021 NYY 19 75.1 1239 80 21 0 2-3 3.11 1.1 9.6 163
2022 NYY 29 159.2 2493 154 41 0 12-4 2.71 0.96 8.7 427
2023 NYY 12 63.1 1068 67 20 0 5-2 4.97 1.25 9.5 146
2024 NYY 5 29.0 462 28 5 0 1-1 3.41 1.07 8.7 66
ON PACE 32 188 2993 181 32 0 6-6 3.41 1.07 8.7 424
3-YEAR AVG 20 98 1600 100 27 0 6-3 3.26 1.06 9.1 245
Career 107 397.0 6836 409 125 0 0-0 4.06 1.21 9.3
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