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Zach Thompson or Michael Lorenzen

Who Should I Start? - Week 18 • Start New
Zach Thompson

Zach Thompson

RP • Pittsburgh Pirates PIT
Michael Lorenzen

Michael Lorenzen

RP • Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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Performance Zach Thompson
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.400-000511.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
9.000-100911.602
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Michael Lorenzen
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Zach Thompson
OWN
 
5%
+3.78 compared to last week
START
 
3%
+2.43 compared to last week
OWN/START Michael Lorenzen
OWN
14%
+0.49 compared to last week
START
 
4%
-0.29 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Zach Thompson
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Michael Lorenzen
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Zach Thompson

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 183rd.
  • The current leader among RP's is Luis Garcia

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 10 in walks and is currently ranked 7th with 52
  • Not too impressive with strikeouts and is currently ranked 127th with 97
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: EVEN, L: -1, WHIP: +0.135, ERA: +1.539, K's: -8, Walks: +2
Breakdown Michael Lorenzen

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 212th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Luis Garcia

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 20 in walks and is currently ranked 18th with 40
  • Not too impressive with strikeouts and is currently ranked 204th with 68
  • Currently ranked 155th in wins with 6
  • Not too impressive in saves and is currently ranked 104th with 3
  • Top 100 in holds and is currently ranked 87th with 11
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +4, L: +6, WHIP: +0.092, ERA: +0.176, K's: +28, Walks: +12
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Zach Thompson

No Injury Reported

Injury Michael Lorenzen

SHOULDER - Mid August?

Shoulder
Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Zach Thompson
DateOpponentResult
Aug 08@ARIGallen 7-2L 3-0
Aug 09@ARIHenry 1-1L 6-4
Aug 10@ARIBumgarner
Aug 11@ARIKelly
Aug 12@SFRodon
Aug 13@SFWebb
Aug 14@SFWood
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.801-100671.502
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Michael Lorenzen
DateOpponentResult
Aug 08@OAKIrvin 6-9W 1-0
Aug 09@OAKKaprielian 3-6W 5-1
Aug 10@OAKBlackburn
Aug 12VS MINMahle
Aug 13VS MINBundy
Aug 14VS MINArcher
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.291-000310.861
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Zach Thompson
2.41
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Michael Lorenzen
3.16
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Zach Thompson
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 MIA 25 . . . 0
2022 PIT 17 . . . 0
ON PACE 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 25 . . . 0
Career 42 . . .
Career Michael Lorenzen
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2015 CIN 26 105.1 1899 79 53 0 4-9 5.72 1.69 6.8 175
2016 CIN 35 50.0 755 48 13 0 2-1 2.88 1.08 8.6 113
2017 CIN 70 78.1 1366 80 34 2 8-4 4.71 1.43 9.2 195
2018 CIN 45 76.1 1292 54 34 1 4-2 3.3 1.47 6.4 155
2019 CIN 73 71.2 1335 85 28 7 1-4 3.64 1.35 10.7 215
2020 CIN 20 34.0 645 41 17 0 3-1 4.24 1.44 10.9 82
2021 CIN 25 27.1 444 20 14 3 1-0 5.27 1.32 6.6 60
2022 LAA 11 59.0 997 48 26 0 5-6 5.49 1.42 7.3 97
ON PACE 16 87 1455 70 37 0 7-8 5.49 1.42 7.3 141
3-YEAR AVG 39 44 808 49 20 3 2-2 4 1.36 9.8 119
Career 305 495.0 8733 455 219 0 0-0 4.53 1.46 8.3
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