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Tanner Houck or Paul Blackburn

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Tanner Houck

Tanner Houck

SPBoston Red Sox BOS
Paul Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

SPOakland Athletics OAK
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Houck over Blackburn

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Tanner Houck
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Blackburn over Houck

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Paul Blackburn
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Performance Tanner Houck
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.000-100431.331
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.671-2001531.143
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Tanner Houck
OWN
93%
+1.5 compared to last week
START
69%
+8.66 compared to last week
OWN/START Paul Blackburn
OWN
64%
-0.83 compared to last week
START
45%
+7.7 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Tanner Houck
50th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
107th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Tanner Houck

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 50th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 9th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • You have to be impressed by how much better he is performing. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 97th
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 53rd with 3.46
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 79th
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -3, L: -8, WHIP: -0.387, ERA: -3.363, K's: -67, Walks: -36
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
Next Up Health Check
Injury Tanner Houck

No Injury Reported

Injury Paul Blackburn

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Tanner Houck
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@CLEScott BarlowL 4-1
Apr 24@CLECooper CriswellW 0-8
Apr 25@CLETriston McKenzie
Apr 26VS CHCShota Imanaga
Apr 27VS CHC
Apr 28VS CHCJordan Wicks
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.201-1001330.732
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
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
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Tanner Houck
15.19
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Paul Blackburn
12.88
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Tanner Houck
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 BOS 3 . . . 0
2021 BOS 23 . . . 0
2022 BOS 32 . . . 0
2023 BOS 21 . . . 0
2024 BOS 5 . . . 0
ON PACE 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 25 . . . 0
Career 84 . . .
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
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