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Michael King or Alexis Diaz

Who Should I Start? - Week 18 • Start New
Michael King

Michael King

RP • New York Yankees NYY
Alexis Diaz

Alexis Diaz

RP • Cincinnati Reds CIN
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Michael King
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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 Alexis Diaz
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-010101.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.501-030510.504
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Michael King
OWN
11%
-1.65 compared to last week
START
 
5%
-0.88 compared to last week
OWN/START Alexis Diaz
OWN
16%
+3.07 compared to last week
START
16%
+3.55 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Michael King
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Alexis Diaz
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Michael King

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 136th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Luis Garcia

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 75 in WHIP and is currently ranked 56th with 1.00
  • Top 50 in ERA and is currently ranked 45th with 2.17
  • Top 75 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 73rd with 80
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 82nd
  • Not too impressive in saves and is currently ranked 183rd with 1
  • Top 50 in holds and is currently ranked 46th with 15
  • 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: +4, L: -1, WHIP: -0.376, ERA: -1.732, K's: EVEN, Walks: -9
Breakdown Alexis Diaz

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 213th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Luis Garcia

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 95th
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 56th with 2.35
  • Not too impressive in saves and is currently ranked 128th with 2
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +2, L: +1, WHIP: +1.05, ERA: +2.3, K's: +39, Walks: +19
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Michael King

ELBOW - Early 2023?

Elbow
Injury Alexis Diaz

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Michael King
DateOpponentResult
Aug 08@SEAGilbert 10-5W 9-4
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
1.271-120620.564
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Alexis Diaz
DateOpponentResult
Aug 08@NYMBassitt 9-7L 5-1
Aug 09@NYMCarrasco
Aug 10@NYMWalker
Aug 11VS CHCSmyly
Aug 13VS CHCSampson
Aug 14VS CHCThompson
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-010100.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Michael King
7.82
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Alexis Diaz
2.45
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Michael King
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 NYY 1 . . . 0
2020 NYY 11 . . . 0
2021 NYY 21 . . . 0
2022 NYY 31 . . . 0
ON PACE 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 11 . . . 0
Career 64 . . .
Career Alexis Diaz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 CIN 34 . . . 0
ON PACE 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG . . . 0
Career 34 . . .
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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
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ATL @BOS 7:10 PM EST Morton
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BAL vs TOR 7:05 PM EST Bradish
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CHC vs WAS 8:05 PM EST Stroman
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CIN @NYM 7:10 PM EST Minor
Carrasco
CLE @DET 7:10 PM EST Bieber
Alexander
COL vs STL 8:40 PM EST Feltner
Mikolas
HOU vs TEX 8:10 PM EST Urquidy
Perez
LAA @OAK 9:40 PM EST Ohtani
Kaprielian
LAD vs MIN 10:10 PM EST Urias
Ryan
MIA @PHI 7:05 PM EST Garrett
Wheeler
MIL vs TB 8:10 PM EST Peralta
Yacabonis
NYY @SEA 10:10 PM EST Cole
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SD vs SF 9:40 PM EST Musgrove
Cobb
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