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Paul Blackburn or Marco Gonzales

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

Paul Blackburn

SPOakland Athletics OAK
Marco Gonzales

Marco Gonzales

SPPittsburgh Pirates PIT
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Blackburn over Gonzales

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Paul Blackburn
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Gonzales over Blackburn

 
 
 
 
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Performance Paul Blackburn
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.000-100500.831
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.501-1001671.283
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Marco Gonzales
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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
3.000-000531.501
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Paul Blackburn
OWN
66%
-3.05 compared to last week
START
45%
-8.57 compared to last week
OWN/START Marco Gonzales
OWN
 
4%
-1.17 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
107th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Marco Gonzales
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Paul Blackburn

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 108th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 27th.
  • 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 137th in WHIP with 1.43
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 75th with 3.90
  • Top 25 in walks and is currently ranked 24th with 39
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 86th
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 67th with 98.2
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: -6, WHIP: -0.612, ERA: -2.656, K's: -81, Walks: -35
Breakdown Marco Gonzales

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 144th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He's not on the D.L., but may have some nagging injuries with his Forearm (Since Apr 14, 2024). Check out his player news.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 75 in WHIP and is currently ranked 51st with 1.18
  • Top 20 in ERA and is currently ranked 16th with 2.65
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -4, L: -1, WHIP: -0.322, ERA: -2.535, K's: -23, Walks: -13
Next Up Health Check
Injury Paul Blackburn

No Injury Reported

Injury Marco Gonzales

FOREARM - Since Apr 14, 2024

Gonzales is dealing with a left forearm strain and has been placed on the 15-day injured list by the Pirates.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Paul Blackburn
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@NYYLucas ErcegW 0-2
Apr 23@NYYMarcus StromanL 4-3
Apr 24@NYYClarke SchmidtL 7-3
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
6.000-100500.831
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Marco Gonzales
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS MILJared JonesW 4-2
Apr 23VS MILBailey FalterW 2-1
Apr 24VS MILBryan HudsonL 2-3
Apr 25VS MILFreddy Peralta
Apr 26@SFKyle Harrison
Apr 27@SFJordan Hicks
Apr 28@SFKeaton Winn
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Paul Blackburn
12.85
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Marco Gonzales
9.60
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Paul Blackburn
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2017 OAK 10 58.2 937 22 16 0 3-1 3.22 1.26 3.4 108
2018 OAK 6 27.2 442 19 6 0 2-3 7.16 1.41 6.2 47
2019 OAK 4 11.0 224 8 4 0 0-2 10.64 2.09 6.6 -1
2021 OAK 9 39.1 681 26 10 0 1-4 5.72 1.58 6 32
2022 OAK 21 112.0 1762 89 30 0 7-6 4.26 1.25 7.2 206
2023 OAK 21 103.2 1875 104 43 0 4-7 4.6 1.55 9 178
2024 OAK 5 31.0 459 23 8 0 2-1 2.03 0.97 6.7 77
ON PACE 32 201 2974 149 51 0 12-6 2.03 0.97 6.7 498
3-YEAR AVG 17 84 1439 73 28 0 4-6 4.62 1.41 7.7 138
Career 76 378.2 6380 291 117 0 0-0 4.61 1.4 6.9
Career Marco Gonzales
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2014 STL 7 23.1 393 22 12 0 3-0 3.47 1.2 8.5 61
2015 STL 1 2.2 66 1 1 0 0-0 13.5 3 3.4 -2
2017 STL 11 40.0 701 32 11 0 1-1 6.08 1.75 7.2 54
2018 SEA 29 164.1 2564 145 32 0 13-9 3.89 1.24 7.9 402
2019 SEA 34 200.2 3232 147 56 0 16-13 4.04 1.33 6.6 415
2020 SEA 11 69.2 1057 64 7 0 7-2 3.1 0.95 8.3 191
2021 SEA 25 144.0 2324 108 42 0 10-6 3.75 1.15 6.8 316
2022 SEA 29 167.0 2567 95 47 0 9-14 4.04 1.31 5.1 264
2023 SEA 10 50.0 809 34 18 0 4-1 5.04 1.46 6.1 96
2024 PIT 3 17.0 244 11 5 0 0-0 2.65 1.18 5.8 36
ON PACE 19 111 1581 71 32 0 0-0 2.65 1.18 5.8 233
3-YEAR AVG 21 119 1900 79 36 0 8-7 4.02 1.26 5.9 226
Career 160 869.1 13957 659 231 0 0-0 4.07 1.28 6.8
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