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Shane Baz or Merrill Kelly

Who Should I Start? - Week 19 • Start New
Shane Baz

Shane Baz

SP • Tampa Bay Rays TB
Merrill Kelly

Merrill Kelly

SP • Arizona Diamondbacks ARI
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Performance Shane Baz
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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
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Merrill Kelly
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.250-0001351.082
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.370-0001861.113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Shane Baz
OWN
44%
-5.91 compared to last week
START
 
7%
-4.58 compared to last week
OWN/START Merrill Kelly
OWN
92%
-2.56 compared to last week
START
73%
+23.86 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Shane Baz
100th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Merrill Kelly
56th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Shane Baz

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 101st among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 373rd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Garcia
  • 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

  • Top 75 in WHIP and is currently ranked 73rd with 1.22
  • Currently ranked 115th in ERA with 4.43
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -1, L: +2, WHIP: +0.311, ERA: +1.561, K's: +10, Walks: +5
Breakdown Merrill Kelly

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 56th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 11th.
  • 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

  • Top 35 in WHIP and is currently ranked 34th with 1.10
  • ERA is among the best in the league currently ranked 8th with 2.57
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 63rd with 49
  • Top 50 in wins and is currently ranked 40th with 12
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 61st with 188.0
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +3, L: -9, WHIP: -0.301, ERA: -2.603, K's: -24, Walks: -8
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Shane Baz

ELBOW - Late September?

Elbow
Injury Merrill Kelly

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Shane Baz
DateOpponentResult
Aug 15@NYYCole 9-5W 4-0
Aug 16@NYYCortes 9-4W 3-1
Aug 17@NYYGerman
Aug 18VS KCKeller
Aug 19VS KCSinger
Aug 20VS KCBubic
Aug 21VS KCGreinke
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.480-000620.981
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Merrill Kelly
DateOpponentResult
Aug 15@SFCobb 4-6L 6-1
Aug 16@SFBrebbia 6-1L 2-1
Aug 17@SFRodon
Aug 18@SFWebb
Aug 19VS STLMikolas
Aug 20VS STL
Aug 21VS STLQuintana
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.003-0002870.645
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Shane Baz
3.25
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Merrill Kelly
19.26
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Shane Baz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 TB 4 . . . 0
2022 TB 6 . . . 0
ON PACE 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 4 . . . 0
Career 10 . . .
Career Merrill Kelly
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 ARI 32 181.0 2962 158 57 0 13-14 4.48 1.33 7.9 377
2020 ARI 5 31.1 473 29 5 0 3-2 2.59 0.99 8.3 85
2021 ARI 27 158.0 2425 130 41 0 7-11 4.44 1.29 7.4 276
2022 ARI 20 127.0 1875 106 33 0 10-2 1.84 0.99 7.5 352
ON PACE 27 178 2618 148 46 0 13-2 1.84 0.99 7.5 491
3-YEAR AVG 21 123 1953 106 34 0 8-9 4.27 1.27 7.7 246
Career 84 495.0 7735 423 136 0 0-0 3.69 1.21 7.7
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  • Framber Valdez SP • HOU MLB

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  • Alec Pierce WR • IND

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  • Antonio Gibson RB • WAS

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    " And so Brett Baty did:

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  • Francisco Mejía 2B •

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    Recent White Sox meeting addressed 'cockiness'

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  • Aaron Boone HC • NYY

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  • Mark Mathias CF • TEX

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Matchups

Week 1
ARI vs KC
ATL vs NO
BAL @NYJ
BUF @LAR
CAR vs CLE
CHI vs SF
CIN vs PIT
DAL vs TB
DEN @SEA
DET vs PHI
GB @MIN
HOU vs IND
JAC @WAS
LAC vs LV
MIA vs NE
NYG @TEN
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @SF 3:45 PM EST Gallen
Webb
ATL vs NYM 7:20 PM EST
deGrom
BAL vs CHC 3:05 PM EST Watkins
Sampson
BOS @PIT 7:05 PM EST Eovaldi
Brubaker
CHW vs HOU 2:10 PM EST Giolito
Garcia
COL @STL 1:15 PM EST Senzatela
Wainwright
KC @TB 7:10 PM EST Keller
McClanahan
LAD @MIL 2:10 PM EST Heaney
Burnes
NYY vs TOR 7:05 PM EST Montas
Berrios
OAK @TEX 2:05 PM EST Logue
Dunning
SD vs WAS 9:40 PM EST Darvish
Sanchez
Matchup Time
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