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Zach Plesac or Michael Lorenzen

Who Should I Start? - Week 18 • Start New
Zach Plesac

Zach Plesac

SP • Cleveland Indians CLE
Michael Lorenzen

Michael Lorenzen

RP • Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Zach Plesac
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
7.200-100452.401
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
7.200-30015101.803
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Michael Lorenzen
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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
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Zach Plesac
OWN
42%
-5.16 compared to last week
START
20%
-9.27 compared to last week
OWN/START Michael Lorenzen
OWN
12%
-0.44 compared to last week
START
 
3%
-0.2 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Zach Plesac
97th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Michael Lorenzen
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Zach Plesac

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 97th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 120th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Garcia
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 119th in WHIP with 1.33
  • Currently ranked 123rd in ERA with 4.59
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 49th with 52
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 91st
  • Top 100 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 93rd with 177.2
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -7, L: +5, WHIP: +0.141, ERA: -0.02, K's: -10, Walks: -2
Breakdown Michael Lorenzen

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 210th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Luis Garcia

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 20 in walks and is currently ranked 16th with 40
  • Not too impressive with strikeouts and is currently ranked 202nd with 68
  • Currently ranked 151st in wins with 6
  • Not too impressive in saves and is currently ranked 102nd with 3
  • Top 100 in holds and is currently ranked 87th with 11
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +4, L: +6, WHIP: +0.092, ERA: +0.176, K's: +28, Walks: +12
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Zach Plesac

No Injury Reported

Injury Michael Lorenzen

SHOULDER - Mid August?

Shoulder
Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Zach Plesac
DateOpponentResult
Aug 09@DETAlexander
Aug 10@DETHutchison
Aug 11@DET
Aug 12@TORWhite
Aug 13@TORGausman
Aug 14@TORKikuchi
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.240-100621.262
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Michael Lorenzen
DateOpponentResult
Aug 08@OAKIrvin
Aug 09@OAKKaprielian
Aug 10@OAKBlackburn
Aug 12VS MINMahle
Aug 13VS MINBundy
Aug 14VS MINArcher
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.291-000310.861
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Zach Plesac
3.99
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Michael Lorenzen
3.41
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Zach Plesac
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 CLE 21 . . . 0
2020 CLE 8 . . . 0
2021 CLE 23 . . . 0
2022 CLE 19 . . . 0
ON PACE 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 17 . . . 0
Career 71 . . .
Career Michael Lorenzen
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2015 CIN 26 105.1 1899 79 53 0 4-9 5.72 1.69 6.8 175
2016 CIN 35 50.0 755 48 13 0 2-1 2.88 1.08 8.6 113
2017 CIN 70 78.1 1366 80 34 2 8-4 4.71 1.43 9.2 195
2018 CIN 45 76.1 1292 54 34 1 4-2 3.3 1.47 6.4 155
2019 CIN 73 71.2 1335 85 28 7 1-4 3.64 1.35 10.7 215
2020 CIN 20 34.0 645 41 17 0 3-1 4.24 1.44 10.9 82
2021 CIN 25 27.1 444 20 14 3 1-0 5.27 1.32 6.6 60
2022 LAA 11 59.0 997 48 26 0 5-6 5.49 1.42 7.3 97
ON PACE 16 88 1481 71 38 0 7-8 5.49 1.42 7.3 143
3-YEAR AVG 39 44 808 49 20 3 2-2 4 1.36 9.8 119
Career 305 495.0 8733 455 219 0 0-0 4.53 1.46 8.3
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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 vs PIT 9:40 PM EST Gallen
Beede
BAL vs TOR 7:05 PM EST Lyles
Kikuchi
CHC vs WAS 8:05 PM EST Thompson
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CIN @NYM 7:10 PM EST Dunn
Bassitt
LAA @OAK 9:40 PM EST Suarez
Irvin
NYY @SEA 10:10 PM EST Taillon
Gilbert
SD vs SF 9:40 PM EST Snell
Wood
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