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Aaron Civale or Paul Blackburn

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Aaron Civale

Aaron Civale

SPTampa Bay Rays TB
Paul Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

SPOakland Athletics OAK
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Civale over Blackburn

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Aaron Civale
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Blackburn over Civale

 
 
 
 
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Performance Aaron Civale
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
7.060-1001351.762
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.921-1001761.513
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Paul Blackburn
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.191-000752.121
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.251-0001171.502
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Aaron Civale
OWN
82%
-11.15 compared to last week
START
60%
-29.04 compared to last week
OWN/START Paul Blackburn
OWN
54%
-9.27 compared to last week
START
45%
+11.75 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Aaron Civale
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
114th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Aaron Civale

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 52nd among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 37th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is doing better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 75 in WHIP and is currently ranked 56th with 1.19
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 70th with 3.86
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 77th with 26
  • Top 50 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 46th with 112
  • Top 50 in wins and is currently ranked 38th with 7
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 66th with 104.1
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -4, L: -3, WHIP: +0.06, ERA: +0.424, K's: -85, Walks: -24
Breakdown Paul Blackburn

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 115th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 30th.
  • 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 146th in WHIP with 1.46
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 64th with 3.77
  • Top 25 in walks and is currently ranked 21st with 39
  • Currently ranked 102nd in wins with 5
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: -7, WHIP: -0.582, ERA: -3.606, K's: -86, Walks: -35
Next Up Health Check
Injury Aaron Civale

No Injury Reported

Injury Paul Blackburn

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Aaron Civale
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS DETTarik SkubalL 1-7
Apr 23VS DETKenta Maeda
Apr 24VS DETJack Flaherty
Apr 26@CHW
Apr 27@CHWJonathan Cannon
Apr 28@CHWErick Fedde
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Paul Blackburn
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@NYYLucas ErcegW 0-2
Apr 23@NYYMarcus Stroman
Apr 24@NYYClarke Schmidt
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
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Aaron Civale
14.63
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Paul Blackburn
12.88
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Aaron Civale
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 CLE 10 . . . 0
2020 CLE 12 . . . 0
2021 CLE 21 . . . 0
2022 CLE 18 . . . 0
2023 CLE 23 . . . 0
2024 TB 5 . . . 0
ON PACE 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 21 . . . 0
Career 89 . . .
Career Paul Blackburn
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 OAK 10 . . . 0
2018 OAK 6 . . . 0
2019 OAK 4 . . . 0
2021 OAK 9 . . . 0
2022 OAK 21 . . . 0
2023 OAK 21 . . . 0
2024 OAK 4 . . . 0
ON PACE 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 17 . . . 0
Career 75 . . .
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