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Shane Baz or Gerrit Cole

Who Should I Start? - Week 18 • Start New
Shane Baz

Shane Baz

SP • Tampa Bay Rays TB
Gerrit Cole

Gerrit Cole

SP • New York Yankees NYY
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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 Gerrit Cole
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
9.000-100811.331
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
8.250-1001711.252
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Shane Baz
OWN
50%
-5.12 compared to last week
START
 
10%
-3.47 compared to last week
OWN/START Gerrit Cole
OWN
99%
-0.57 compared to last week
START
65%
-15.72 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Shane Baz
100th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Gerrit Cole
1st
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 365th.
  • 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 72nd with 1.22
  • Currently ranked 114th 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 Gerrit Cole

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 2nd among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 9th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Garcia
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 44th with 1.14
  • Top 100 in ERA and is currently ranked 78th
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 36th with 56
  • He strikes out a lot of batters and is currently ranked 4th with 277
  • He is among the best in wins and is currently ranked 9th with 17
  • Top 25 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 24th with 207.0
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -7, L: -5, WHIP: -0.04, ERA: +0.301, K's: -86, Walks: -13
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Shane Baz

ELBOW - Mid-September?

Elbow
Injury Gerrit Cole

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Shane Baz
DateOpponentResult
Aug 09@MILPeralta
Aug 10@MILWoodruff
Aug 12VS BALWatkins
Aug 13VS BALLyles
Aug 14VS BALBradish
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.690-0001320.532
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Gerrit Cole
DateOpponentResult
Aug 08@SEAGilbert
Aug 09@SEACastillo
Aug 10@SEARay
Aug 12@BOSEovaldi
Aug 13@BOSCrawford
Aug 14@BOSHill
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.262-1003051.094
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Shane Baz
3.25
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Gerrit Cole
18.33
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 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 4 . . . 0
Career 10 . . .
Career Gerrit Cole
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2013 PIT 19 117.1 1727 100 28 0 10-7 3.22 1.17 7.7 324
2014 PIT 22 138.0 2197 138 40 0 11-5 3.65 1.21 9 366
2015 PIT 32 205.2 3234 202 44 0 19-8 2.67 1.11 8.8 594
2016 PIT 21 113.2 1938 98 36 0 7-10 3.88 1.47 7.8 263
2017 PIT 33 203.0 3298 196 55 0 12-12 4.26 1.25 8.7 487
2018 HOU 32 198.0 3257 276 64 0 15-5 2.91 1.05 12.6 634
2019 HOU 38 249.0 3913 373 59 0 24-6 2.39 0.89 13.5 874
2020 NYY 15 91.1 1499 124 21 0 9-3 2.86 0.95 12.2 291
2021 NYY 31 184.0 3019 246 43 0 16-9 3.33 1.08 12 540
2022 NYY 21 126.0 2035 160 30 0 9-4 3.64 1.04 11.4 358
ON PACE 31 189 3052 240 45 0 13-6 3.64 1.04 11.4 537
3-YEAR AVG 28 174 2810 248 41 0 16-6 2.78 0.97 12.8 568
Career 264 1616.2 26117 1913 420 0 0-0 3.24 1.11 10.7
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