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Bruce Zimmermann or Paul Blackburn

Who Should I Start? - Week 12 • Start New
Bruce Zimmermann

Bruce Zimmermann

SP • Baltimore Orioles BAL
Paul Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

SP • Oakland Athletics OAK
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Bruce Zimmermann
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
8.850-000201.801
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Paul Blackburn
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
15.750-100423.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
7.201-100842.202
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Bruce Zimmermann
OWN
 
2%
-0.74 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-0.77 compared to last week
OWN/START Paul Blackburn
OWN
75%
-7.72 compared to last week
START
37%
+0.49 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Bruce Zimmermann
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
91st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Bruce Zimmermann

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 142nd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Garcia

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 157th in WHIP with 1.47
  • Currently ranked 164th in ERA with 5.67
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: EVEN, WHIP: -0.094, ERA: +0.397, K's: -10, Walks: -11
Breakdown Paul Blackburn

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 91st among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 50th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Garcia
  • 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

  • Currently ranked 109th in WHIP with 1.31
  • Top 100 in ERA and is currently ranked 87th
  • Top 75 in wins and is currently ranked 73rd with 7
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +5, L: -1, WHIP: -0.475, ERA: -2.939, K's: +24, Walks: +7
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Bruce Zimmermann

No Injury Reported

Injury Paul Blackburn

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Bruce Zimmermann
DateOpponentResult
Jun 21VS WASFedde 5-5L 3-0
Jun 22VS WASCorbin 3-10W 7-0
Jun 23@CHWCueto 1-4W 4-0
Jun 24@CHWKopech 2-4W 4-1
Jun 25@CHWLynn 1-1W 6-2
Jun 26@CHWCease
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Paul Blackburn
DateOpponentResult
Jun 21VS SEAGonzales 4-7L 8-2
Jun 22VS SEAKirby 2-2L 9-0
Jun 23VS SEACastillo 4-1L 2-1
Jun 24@KCGreinke 1-4L 3-1
Jun 25@KCKeller 2-9W 9-7
Jun 26@KCSinger
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.301-100671.802
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Bruce Zimmermann
3.63
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Paul Blackburn
10.41
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Bruce Zimmermann
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 BAL 1 . . . 0
2021 BAL 14 . . . 0
2022 BAL 13 . . . 0
ON PACE 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 8 . . . 0
Career 28 . . .
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 13 71.0 1064 50 17 0 6-3 2.92 1.14 6.3 153
ON PACE 28 158 2361 110 37 0 13-6 2.92 1.14 6.3 338
3-YEAR AVG 7 25 453 17 7 0 1-3 6.49 1.63 5.8 16
Career 42 205.1 3348 125 53 0 0-0 4.56 1.36 5.5
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI vs DET 4:10 PM EST Keuchel
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ATL vs LAD 7:00 PM EST Strider
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COL @MIN 2:10 PM EST Feltner
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HOU @NYY 1:35 PM EST Urquidy
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KC vs OAK 2:10 PM EST Singer
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LAA vs SEA 4:07 PM EST
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PHI @SD 4:10 PM EST Gibson
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PIT @TB 1:40 PM EST Contreras
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TEX vs WAS 2:35 PM EST Otto
Tetreault
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