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Chris Ellis or Paul Blackburn

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Chris Ellis

Chris Ellis

SP
Paul Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

SPOakland Athletics OAK
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ellis over Blackburn

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Chris Ellis
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Blackburn over Ellis

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Paul Blackburn
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Performance Chris Ellis
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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 Paul Blackburn
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.000-100500.831
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.501-1001671.283
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Chris Ellis
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Paul Blackburn
OWN
66%
-3.05 compared to last week
START
45%
-8.57 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Chris Ellis
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
107th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Chris Ellis

    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 Paul Blackburn

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 108th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 27th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • Phenominal stats in the past 30 days. If he can keep it up, then keep him. . otherwise think trade.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 137th in WHIP with 1.43
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 75th with 3.90
  • Top 25 in walks and is currently ranked 24th with 39
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 86th
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 67th with 98.2
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: -6, WHIP: -0.612, ERA: -2.656, K's: -81, Walks: -35
Next Up Health Check
Injury Chris Ellis

No Injury Reported

Injury Paul Blackburn

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Chris Ellis
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Paul Blackburn
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@NYYLucas ErcegW 0-2
Apr 23@NYYMarcus StromanL 4-3
Apr 24@NYYClarke SchmidtL 7-3
Apr 25@NYYNestor Cortes
Apr 26@BALCorbin Burnes
Apr 27@BALCole Irvin
Apr 28@BALAlbert Suarez
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.000-100500.831
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Chris Ellis
0.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Paul Blackburn
12.85
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Chris Ellis
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 KC 1 1.0 17 0 1 0 0-0 0 2 0 1
2021 TB 7 30.1 482 23 14 0 1-0 2.08 1.12 6.8 63
2022 BAL 2 5.0 83 2 6 0 0-0 9 2.2 3.6 0
ON PACE 13 34 560 13 40 0 0-0 9 2.2 3.6 1
3-YEAR AVG 5 17 283 13 10 0 1-0 2.84 1.21 6.2 31
Career 10 36.1 582 25 21 0 0-0 2.97 1.29 6.2
Career Paul Blackburn
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2017 OAK 10 58.2 937 22 16 0 3-1 3.22 1.26 3.4 108
2018 OAK 6 27.2 442 19 6 0 2-3 7.16 1.41 6.2 47
2019 OAK 4 11.0 224 8 4 0 0-2 10.64 2.09 6.6 -1
2021 OAK 9 39.1 681 26 10 0 1-4 5.72 1.58 6 32
2022 OAK 21 112.0 1762 89 30 0 7-6 4.26 1.25 7.2 206
2023 OAK 21 103.2 1875 104 43 0 4-7 4.6 1.55 9 178
2024 OAK 5 31.0 459 23 8 0 2-1 2.03 0.97 6.7 77
ON PACE 32 201 2974 149 51 0 12-6 2.03 0.97 6.7 498
3-YEAR AVG 17 84 1439 73 28 0 4-6 4.62 1.41 7.7 138
Career 76 378.2 6380 291 117 0 0-0 4.61 1.4 6.9
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