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Drew Smyly or Nestor Cortes

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Drew Smyly

Drew Smyly

RPChicago Cubs CHC
Nestor Cortes

Nestor Cortes

SPNew York Yankees NYY
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smyly over Cortes

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cortes over Smyly

 
 
 
 
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Performance Drew Smyly
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
8.570-000101.901
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.000-100421.674
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 Drew Smyly
OWN
 
1%
-0.67 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-1.29 compared to last week
OWN/START Nestor Cortes
OWN
83%
+11.14 compared to last week
START
70%
+34.53 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Drew Smyly
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nestor Cortes
59th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Drew Smyly

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 271st.
  • The current leader among RP's is Logan Allen
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • He walks a lot of batters and is currently ranked 5th with 34
  • Not too impressive with strikeouts and is currently ranked 107th with 81
  • Top 75 in wins and is currently ranked 69th with 6
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -9, L: -9, WHIP: -0.105, ERA: -0.341, K's: -130, Walks: -51
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 16th with 1.00
  • Top 50 in ERA and is currently ranked 43rd 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 Drew Smyly

HIP - Since Apr 23, 2024

Smyly is dealing with a hip impingement and has been placed on the 15-day injured list..
Injury Nestor Cortes

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Drew Smyly
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
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
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 Drew Smyly
9.89
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nestor Cortes
14.02
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Drew Smyly
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2012 DET 23 97.0 1745 94 33 0 4-3 4.08 1.3 8.7 226
2013 DET 63 64.1 1283 81 17 2 6-0 2.8 1.23 11.3 253
2014 DET 26 142.0 2393 116 39 0 9-8 3.17 1.15 7.4 354
2015 TB 12 66.2 1136 77 20 0 5-2 3.11 1.19 10.4 186
2016 TB 30 173.0 2893 167 49 0 7-12 4.94 1.29 8.7 378
2019 TEX 25 111.2 2130 120 55 1 4-7 6.37 1.61 9.7 200
2020 SF 7 26.1 482 42 9 0 0-1 3.42 1.1 14.4 67
2021 ATL 32 134.0 2266 125 43 0 12-4 4.57 1.38 8.4 291
2022 CHC 20 101.0 1688 86 23 0 7-7 2.94 1.14 7.7 213
2023 CHC 41 137.2 2401 141 56 0 11-11 5.43 1.47 9.2 256
2024 CHC 9 12.2 209 11 5 0 2-2 4.97 1.34 7.8 21
ON PACE 60 83 1410 74 33 0 13-13 4.97 1.34 7.8 140
3-YEAR AVG 31 124 2118 117 41 0 10-7 4.39 1.34 8.4 253
Career 288 1057.0 18626 1060 349 0 0-0 4.36 1.32 9
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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