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Chris Flexen or Paul Blackburn

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

Chris Flexen

SPChicago White Sox CHW
Paul Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

SPOakland Athletics OAK
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Flexen over Blackburn

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Chris Flexen
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Blackburn over Flexen

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Paul Blackburn
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Performance Chris Flexen
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.480-000410.492
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
7.000-100621.223
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 Flexen
OWN
 
0%
-0.93 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-0.69 compared to last week
OWN/START Paul Blackburn
OWN
63%
-5.57 compared to last week
START
47%
-6.73 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Chris Flexen
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
108th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Chris Flexen

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 368th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 168th in WHIP with 1.57
  • Currently ranked 174th in ERA with 6.53
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 81st with 26
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: -5, WHIP: -0.25, ERA: -0.46, K's: -63, Walks: -31
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 22nd.
  • 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 136th in WHIP with 1.43
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 74th with 3.90
  • Top 25 in walks and is currently ranked 23rd with 39
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 96th
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 64th 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 Flexen

No Injury Reported

Injury Paul Blackburn

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Chris Flexen
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@MINChris PaddackL 7-0
Apr 23@MINJay JacksonL 6-5
Apr 24@MINJoe RyanL 6-3
Apr 25@MINSimeon Woods Richardson
Apr 26VS TBZach Eflin
Apr 27VS TBAaron Civale
Apr 28VS TBZack Littell
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.290-000010.951
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 Flexen
7.69
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Paul Blackburn
12.88
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Chris Flexen
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2017 NYM 14 48.0 911 36 35 0 3-6 7.88 2.02 6.8 56
2018 NYM 4 6.1 151 3 6 0 0-2 12.79 3.16 4.3 -3
2019 NYM 9 13.2 274 10 13 0 0-3 6.59 2.05 6.6 10
2021 SEA 30 174.1 2721 122 38 0 13-6 3.67 1.24 6.3 370
2022 SEA 29 131.1 2065 91 48 2 8-9 3.7 1.31 6.2 242
2023 SEA 29 100.0 1755 74 38 0 2-8 7.02 1.71 6.7 91
2024 CHW 5 19.2 315 11 7 0 0-3 6.41 1.42 5 10
ON PACE 33 130 2126 74 47 0 0-20 6.41 1.42 5 69
3-YEAR AVG 29 135 2180 96 41 1 8-8 4.5 1.37 6.4 235
Career 120 488.2 8192 347 185 0 0-0 5.12 1.5 6.4
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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