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Nestor Cortes or Michael Pineda

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Nestor Cortes

Nestor Cortes

SP • New York Yankees NYY
Michael Pineda

Michael Pineda

SP •
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Owners starting Cortes over Pineda

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Pineda over Cortes

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
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
Performance Michael Pineda
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nestor Cortes
OWN
93%
+19.44 compared to last week
START
54%
+15.12 compared to last week
OWN/START Michael Pineda
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nestor Cortes
63rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Michael Pineda
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nestor Cortes

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 65th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 43rd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Castillo
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 20 in WHIP and is currently ranked 18th 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
Breakdown Michael Pineda

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Nestor Cortes

No Injury Reported

Injury Michael Pineda

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nestor Cortes
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS OAKLucas ErcegL 0-2
Apr 23VS OAKMarcus StromanW 4-3
Apr 24VS OAKJoe Boyle
Apr 25VS OAKAlex Wood
Apr 26@MILColin Rea
Apr 27@MILJoe Ross
Apr 28@MIL
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Michael Pineda
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
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Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Nestor Cortes
14.11
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Michael Pineda
5.17
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
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 33 196 3118 189 33 0 6-6 3.41 1.07 8.7 442
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
Career Michael Pineda
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2011 SEA 28 171.0 2684 173 55 0 9-10 3.74 1.1 9.1 440
2014 SEA 13 76.1 1140 59 7 0 5-5 1.89 0.83 7 208
2015 NYY 27 156.0 2548 156 21 0 12-10 4.5 1.26 9 385
2016 NYY 31 167.2 2922 199 53 0 6-12 5.1 1.38 10.7 385
2017 NYY 17 94.0 1553 92 21 0 8-4 4.5 1.32 8.8 235
2019 MIN 26 146.0 2278 140 28 0 11-5 4.01 1.16 8.6 359
2020 MIN 5 26.2 455 25 7 0 2-0 3.38 1.2 8.4 66
2021 MIN 20 102.0 1574 83 18 0 7-8 3.79 1.25 7.3 191
2022 DET 10 44.0 651 23 6 0 2-6 5.11 1.32 4.7 37
ON PACE 67 297 4394 155 40 0 13-40 5.11 1.32 4.7 252
3-YEAR AVG 15 72 1113 53 12 0 5-7 4.19 1.27 6.5 114
Career 177 976.2 15805 950 216 0 0-0 4.15 1.22 8.8
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Tyler Anderson
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Joe Ryan
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COL vs SD 08:40 EDT EST
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DET @TB 06:50 EDT EST Jack Flaherty
Shawn Armstrong
KC vs TOR 07:40 EDT EST Alec Marsh
Yariel Rodriguez
LAD @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Landon Knack
Jake Irvin
MIL @PIT 06:40 EDT EST Bryse Wilson
Josh Fleming
NYM @SF 03:45 EDT EST Sean Manaea
Blake Snell
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Joe Boyle
SEA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Bryce Miller
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Matchup Time
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