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Paul Blackburn or Tarik Skubal

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

Paul Blackburn

SPOakland Athletics OAK
Tarik Skubal

Tarik Skubal

SPDetroit Tigers DET
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Blackburn over Skubal

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Paul Blackburn
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Skubal over Blackburn

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Tarik Skubal
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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 Tarik Skubal
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-000900.501
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.052-0002030.763
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Paul Blackburn
OWN
63%
-1.68 compared to last week
START
42%
+4.93 compared to last week
OWN/START Tarik Skubal
OWN
99%
+0.62 compared to last week
START
68%
-16.02 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
107th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Tarik Skubal
5th
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 27th.
  • 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 141st 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 87th
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 69th 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 Tarik Skubal

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 6th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 7th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 15 in WHIP and is currently ranked 11th with 0.87
  • Top 15 in ERA and is currently ranked 13th with 2.57
  • Top 20 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 20th with 137
  • He is among the best in wins and is currently ranked 10th with 10
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 52nd with 110.0
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -4, L: -3, WHIP: -0.157, ERA: -0.984, K's: -67, Walks: -9
Next Up Health Check
Injury Paul Blackburn

No Injury Reported

Injury Tarik Skubal

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 Tarik Skubal
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@TBTarik SkubalW 1-7
Apr 23@TBAlex FaedoW 2-4
Apr 24@TBChris DevenskiL 7-5
Apr 26VS KCSeth Lugo
Apr 27VS KCBrady Singer
Apr 28VS KCMichael Wacha
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-000900.501
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Paul Blackburn
12.88
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Tarik Skubal
19.39
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 Tarik Skubal
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 DET 8 . . . 0
2021 DET 29 . . . 0
2022 DET 21 . . . 0
2023 DET 15 . . . 0
2024 DET 5 . . . 0
ON PACE 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 22 . . . 0
Career 78 . . .
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