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Zac Gallen or Paul Blackburn

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Zac Gallen

Zac Gallen

SPArizona Diamondbacks ARI
Paul Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

SPOakland Athletics OAK
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Gallen over Blackburn

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Zac Gallen
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Blackburn over Gallen

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Paul Blackburn
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Performance Zac Gallen
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-000721.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.451-0001721.272
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Paul Blackburn
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.251-0001171.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.502-0001571.173
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Zac Gallen
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
77%
+4.14 compared to last week
OWN/START Paul Blackburn
OWN
71%
+40.67 compared to last week
START
57%
+41.74 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Zac Gallen
7th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
114th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Zac Gallen

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 7th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 12th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 75 in WHIP and is currently ranked 59th with 1.21
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 60th with 3.71
  • Top 10 in walks and is currently ranked 10th with 45
  • Top 25 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 22nd with 150
  • He wins a lot of games and is currently ranked 1st with 12
  • Top 50 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 43rd with 154.1
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -16, L: -8, WHIP: -0.013, ERA: -1.845, K's: -201, Walks: -45
Breakdown Paul Blackburn

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 112th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 31st.
  • The current leader among SP's is Ranger Suarez
  • Phenominal stats in the past 30 days. If he can keep it up, then keep him. . otherwise think trade.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 126th in WHIP with 1.43
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 56th with 3.68
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 38th with 34
  • Currently ranked 133rd in wins with 4
  • Decline in numbers lately by 4.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -3, L: -7, WHIP: -0.852, ERA: -4.686, K's: -93, Walks: -40
Next Up Health Check
Injury Zac Gallen

No Injury Reported

Injury Paul Blackburn

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Zac Gallen
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS CHCKeegan ThompsonL 2-3
Apr 16VS CHCKevin GinkelW 12-11
Apr 17VS CHCHayden WesneskiL 3-5
Apr 18@SFLogan Webb
Apr 19@SFBlake Snell
Apr 20@SFKyle Harrison
Apr 21@SFJordan Hicks
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Paul Blackburn
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS STLSonny GrayL 1-3
Apr 16VS STLLance LynnL 2-3
Apr 17VS STLPaul BlackburnW 6-3
Apr 19@CLETriston McKenzie
Apr 20@CLELogan Allen
Apr 21@CLETanner Bibee
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.211-0001061.232
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Zac Gallen
21.15
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Paul Blackburn
13.03
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Zac Gallen
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 MIA 15 80.0 1387 96 36 0 3-6 2.81 1.23 10.8 191
2020 ARI 12 72.0 1117 82 25 0 3-2 2.75 1.11 10.3 197
2021 ARI 22 117.2 2004 133 45 0 4-10 4.21 1.27 10.2 229
2022 ARI 29 175.1 2728 182 41 0 12-2 2.46 0.88 9.3 511
2023 ARI 40 239.0 3795 243 61 0 19-11 3.65 1.17 9.2 607
2024 ARI 4 22.0 384 26 7 0 3-0 1.64 1.14 10.6 75
ON PACE 34 188 3274 221 59 0 25-0 1.64 1.14 10.6 635
3-YEAR AVG 30 176 2842 186 49 0 12-8 3.41 1.1 9.5 449
Career 122 703.2 11415 762 215 0 0-0 3.21 1.12 9.8
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 4 25.0 361 18 8 0 2-0 1.08 1 6.5 72
ON PACE 34 214 3078 153 68 0 17-0 1.08 1 6.5 609
3-YEAR AVG 17 84 1439 73 28 0 4-6 4.62 1.41 7.7 138
Career 75 372.2 6282 286 117 0 0-0 4.59 1.41 6.9
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @SF 09:45 EDT EST Ryne Nelson
Logan Webb
BOS vs CLE 01:35 EDT EST Brennan Bernardino
Carlos Carrasco
CHC vs MIA 07:40 EDT EST Jameson Taillon
A.J. Puk
DET vs TEX 01:10 EDT EST Kenta Maeda
Jack Leiter
LAA @TB 01:10 EDT EST Griffin Canning
Ryan Pepiot
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ANA @VGK 10:00 PM EST
CGY vs SJ 9:00 PM EST
CHI @LA 10:30 PM EST
COL vs EDM 9:30 PM EST
MIN vs SEA 7:00 PM EST
VAN @WPG 8:00 PM EST