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Paul Blackburn or Michael Lorenzen

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Paul Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

SPOakland Athletics OAK
Michael Lorenzen

Michael Lorenzen

SPTexas Rangers TEX
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Blackburn over Lorenzen

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Lorenzen over Blackburn

 
 
 
 
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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
Performance Michael Lorenzen
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.501-000731.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.452-0001181.272
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Paul Blackburn
OWN
63%
-5.57 compared to last week
START
47%
-6.73 compared to last week
OWN/START Michael Lorenzen
OWN
24%
+7.89 compared to last week
START
11%
+3.41 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
107th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Michael Lorenzen
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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
Breakdown Michael Lorenzen

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 135th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 90th
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 65th with 3.80
  • Top 35 in walks and is currently ranked 34th with 37
  • Top 15 in wins and is currently ranked 15th with 9
  • Not too impressive in saves and is currently ranked 138th with 1
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.6.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -7, L: -9, WHIP: +0.032, ERA: -1.804, K's: -100, Walks: -39
Next Up Health Check
Injury Paul Blackburn

No Injury Reported

Injury Michael Lorenzen

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
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
Matchups Michael Lorenzen
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS SEALogan GilbertL 0-4
Apr 24VS SEAJonathan HernandezW 5-1
Apr 25VS SEALuis Castillo
Apr 26VS CINGraham Ashcraft
Apr 27VS CINHunter Greene
Apr 28VS CINAndrew Abbott
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Paul Blackburn
12.85
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Michael Lorenzen
12.08
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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
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 17 93.1 1559 78 41 0 8-6 4.44 1.28 7.5 187
2023 DET 31 153.1 2404 112 49 1 9-9 4.17 1.24 6.6 300
2024 TEX 2 11.0 173 11 8 0 2-0 2.45 1.27 9 36
ON PACE 12 72 1121 71 51 0 12-0 2.45 1.27 9 233
3-YEAR AVG 24 90 1469 70 35 1 6-5 4.34 1.26 6.9 182
Career 344 693.2 11872 608 291 0 0-0 4.32 1.39 7.9
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