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Paul Blackburn or Frankie Montas

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

Paul Blackburn

SPOakland Athletics OAK
Frankie Montas

Frankie Montas

SPCincinnati Reds CIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Blackburn over Montas

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Paul Blackburn
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Montas over Blackburn

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Frankie Montas
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Performance Paul Blackburn
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.191-000752.121
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.251-0001171.502
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Frankie Montas
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000015.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
10.000-200572.223
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Paul Blackburn
OWN
54%
-9.27 compared to last week
START
45%
+11.75 compared to last week
OWN/START Frankie Montas
OWN
34%
-27.52 compared to last week
START
12%
-36.7 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
114th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Frankie Montas
36th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Paul Blackburn

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 115th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 30th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • Phenominal stats in the past 30 days. If he can keep it up, then keep him. . otherwise think trade.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 146th in WHIP with 1.46
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 64th with 3.77
  • Top 25 in walks and is currently ranked 21st with 39
  • Currently ranked 102nd in wins with 5
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: -7, WHIP: -0.582, ERA: -3.606, K's: -86, Walks: -35
Breakdown Frankie Montas

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 36th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 147th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • Can't be doing much worse than he is right now. Failing to live up to expectations is one thing, but playing this bad is another.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 200th in wins with 3
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +1, L: +2, WHIP: -1.257, ERA: +4.24, K's: +13, Walks: +9
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Paul Blackburn

No Injury Reported

Injury Frankie Montas

FOREARM - Since Apr 21, 2024

Montas is dealing with a forearm injury and has been placed on the 15-day injured list.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Paul Blackburn
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@NYYLucas ErcegW 0-2
Apr 23@NYYMarcus Stroman
Apr 24@NYYClarke Schmidt
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
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Frankie Montas
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS PHIRanger SuarezL 0-7
Apr 23VS PHICristopher Sanchez
Apr 24VS PHISpencer Turnbull
Apr 25VS PHIZack Wheeler
Apr 26@TEXNathan Eovaldi
Apr 27@TEXMichael Lorenzen
Apr 28@TEXDane Dunning
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.731-000531.541
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Paul Blackburn
12.88
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Frankie Montas
10.66
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Paul Blackburn
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 OAK 10 . . . 0
2018 OAK 6 . . . 0
2019 OAK 4 . . . 0
2021 OAK 9 . . . 0
2022 OAK 21 . . . 0
2023 OAK 21 . . . 0
2024 OAK 4 . . . 0
ON PACE 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 17 . . . 0
Career 75 . . .
Career Frankie Montas
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2015 CHW 7 15.0 286 20 9 0 0-2 4.8 1.53 12 31
2017 OAK 23 27.0 620 36 20 0 1-1 8.33 2.19 12 49
2018 LAD 13 65.0 995 43 21 0 5-4 3.88 1.46 6 132
2019 OAK 16 96.0 1485 103 23 0 9-2 2.63 1.11 9.7 285
2020 OAK 14 63.2 1098 69 25 0 5-6 5.8 1.52 9.8 118
2021 OAK 30 175.1 2832 186 53 0 12-8 3.34 1.17 9.6 444
2022 OAK 28 146.0 2339 143 43 0 5-12 4.01 1.22 8.8 275
2023 NYY 1 1.1 26 1 1 0 1-0 0 2.25 6.8 7
2024 CIN 5 19.1 359 14 10 0 2-2 4.19 1.45 6.5 33
ON PACE 36 141 2643 103 73 0 14-14 4.19 1.45 6.5 240
3-YEAR AVG 20 107 1732 110 32 0 6-7 3.55 1.17 9.1 242
Career 137 601.2 10040 615 205 0 0-0 4.02 1.32 9.2
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