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Paul Blackburn or Cole Irvin

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

Paul Blackburn

SPOakland Athletics OAK
Cole Irvin

Cole Irvin

SPBaltimore Orioles BAL
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Blackburn over Irvin

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Paul Blackburn
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Irvin over Blackburn

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Cole Irvin
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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 Cole Irvin
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-000220.971
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.621-000621.082
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Paul Blackburn
OWN
69%
+4.36 compared to last week
START
36%
-1.89 compared to last week
OWN/START Cole Irvin
OWN
 
5%
+3.47 compared to last week
START
 
3%
+2.55 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
107th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Cole Irvin
111th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Paul Blackburn

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 107th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 29th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • Super human effort in the past 30 days. If he can keep it up, then keep him. . otherwise think trade.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 138th in WHIP with 1.43
  • Top 100 in ERA and is currently ranked 77th
  • Top 35 in walks and is currently ranked 27th with 39
  • Currently ranked 110th in wins with 5
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 73rd 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 Cole Irvin

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 111th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 175th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: EVEN, L: -3, WHIP: +0.15, ERA: +0.37, K's: -55, Walks: -14
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Paul Blackburn

No Injury Reported

Injury Cole Irvin

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@NYYAlex WoodW 1-3
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 Cole Irvin
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@LAAAlbert SuarezW 2-4
Apr 23@LAAGriffin CanningL 7-4
Apr 24@LAADean KremerW 5-6
Apr 26VS OAKRoss Stripling
Apr 27VS OAKJP Sears
Apr 28VS OAKPaul Blackburn
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
12.87
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Cole Irvin
10.96
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 31 194 2859 143 49 0 12-6 2.03 0.97 6.7 479
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 Cole Irvin
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 PHI 16 . . . 0
2020 PHI 3 . . . 0
2021 OAK 31 . . . 0
2022 OAK 27 . . . 0
2023 BAL 24 . . . 0
2024 BAL 4 . . . 0
ON PACE 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 27 . . . 0
Career 105 . . .
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ARI @SEA 09:40 EDT EST Zac Gallen
Emerson Hancock
ATL vs CLE 07:20 EDT EST Chris Sale
Logan Allen
BAL vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Corbin Burnes
Ross Stripling
BOS vs CHC 07:10 EDT EST Kutter Crawford
Shota Imanaga
CHW vs TB 07:40 EDT EST Chris Flexen
Zach Eflin
CIN @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Graham Ashcraft
Nathan Eovaldi
DET vs KC 01:10 EDT EST Reese Olson
Seth Lugo
LAA vs MIN 09:38 EDT EST Patrick Sandoval
Bailey Ober
LAD @TOR 07:07 EDT EST Gavin Stone
Chris Bassitt
MIA vs WAS 07:10 EDT EST Jesus Luzardo
Trevor Williams
MIL vs NYY 08:10 EDT EST Colin Rea
Luis Gil
NYM vs STL 07:10 EDT EST Jose Butto
Miles Mikolas
PHI @SD 09:40 EDT EST Aaron Nola
Joe Musgrove
PIT @SF 10:15 EDT EST Quinn Priester
Kyle Harrison
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DAL vs LAC 8:00 PM EST
IND vs MIL 5:30 PM EST
MIN @PHO 10:30 PM EST
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EDM @LA 10:30 PM EST
NSH vs VAN 7:30 PM EST
NYR @WAS 7:00 PM EST