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Kris Bubic or Justin Verlander

Who Should I Start? - Week 19 • Start New
Kris Bubic

Kris Bubic

SP • Kansas City Royals KC
Justin Verlander

Justin Verlander

SP • Houston Astros HOU
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Kris Bubic
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.720-1001361.902
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.480-1001971.553
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Justin Verlander
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.150-0001121.152
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.841-0001630.953
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kris Bubic
OWN
19%
+1.39 compared to last week
START
13%
-3.67 compared to last week
OWN/START Justin Verlander
OWN
98%
-0.76 compared to last week
START
80%
-17.57 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kris Bubic
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Justin Verlander
3rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kris Bubic

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 154th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Garcia

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 153rd in WHIP with 1.44
  • Currently ranked 120th in ERA with 4.50
  • Top 10 in walks and is currently ranked 7th with 76
  • Currently ranked 154th in wins with 6
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.9 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -4, L: EVEN, WHIP: +0.142, ERA: +0.262, K's: -31, Walks: -13
Breakdown Justin Verlander

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 3rd among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 2nd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Garcia
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • WHIP is among the best in the league currently ranked 3rd with 0.88
  • ERA is among the best in the league currently ranked 3rd with 2.04
  • Top 100 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 89th with 130
  • Top 25 in wins and is currently ranked 25th with 14
  • Top 100 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 98th with 137.1
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +14, L: +3, WHIP: +0.88, ERA: +2.04, K's: +130, Walks: +25
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Kris Bubic

No Injury Reported

Injury Justin Verlander

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kris Bubic
DateOpponentResult
Aug 15@MINRyan 9-5L 4-2
Aug 16@MINGray 7-3L 9-0
Aug 17@MINMahle
Aug 18@TBMcClanahan
Aug 19@TBRasmussen
Aug 20@TB
Aug 21@TBSprings
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.831-1001161.422
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Justin Verlander
DateOpponentResult
Aug 15@CHWCueto 5-5L 4-2
Aug 16@CHWLambert 1-2L 4-3
Aug 17@CHWKopech
Aug 18@CHWGiolito
Aug 19@ATL
Aug 20@ATLStrider
Aug 21@ATLMorton
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.210-100711.492
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Kris Bubic
2.66
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Justin Verlander
24.32
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Kris Bubic
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2020 KC 10 50.0 932 49 22 0 1-6 4.32 1.48 8.8 80
2021 KC 28 126.0 2107 110 58 0 6-7 4.43 1.37 7.9 233
2022 KC 19 91.1 1530 79 45 0 2-7 4.73 1.52 7.8 131
ON PACE 26 126 2100 108 61 0 2-9 4.73 1.52 7.8 179
3-YEAR AVG 19 87 1520 80 40 0 4-7 4.4 1.41 8.2 156
Career 57 265.0 4569 238 125 0 0-0 4.55 1.46 8.1
Career Justin Verlander
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2010 DET 30 205.2 3406 201 63 0 18-9 3.37 1.15 8.8 602
2011 DET 33 243.0 3816 249 59 0 25-5 2.44 0.94 9.2 809
2012 DET 33 238.1 3768 239 60 0 17-8 2.68 1.06 9 714
2013 DET 34 218.1 3692 217 75 0 13-12 3.63 1.31 9 552
2014 DET 30 190.1 3196 148 62 0 14-11 4.63 1.41 7 405
2015 DET 20 131.0 2150 113 32 0 5-8 3.44 1.11 7.8 324
2016 DET 34 225.1 3668 254 57 0 16-9 3.08 1.01 10.1 668
2017 DET 33 206.0 3530 219 72 0 15-8 3.36 1.17 9.6 562
2018 HOU 34 211.2 3427 290 37 0 16-9 2.55 0.91 12.3 708
2019 HOU 40 258.1 4046 338 56 0 22-10 2.86 0.87 11.8 816
2020 HOU 1 6.0 73 7 1 0 1-0 3 0.67 10.5 22
2022 HOU 21 137.1 2011 130 25 0 14-3 2.03 0.87 8.5 419
ON PACE 28 189 2760 178 34 0 19-4 2.03 0.87 8.5 575
3-YEAR AVG 21 131 2060 173 29 0 12-5 2.86 0.87 11.8 419
Career 343 2259.2 36783 2405 599 0 0-0 3.1 1.08 9.6
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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 @SF 9:45 PM EST Davies
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ATL vs NYM 7:20 PM EST Odorizzi
Scherzer
BAL @TOR 3:07 PM EST Voth
Stripling
BOS @PIT 7:05 PM EST Hill
Contreras
CHC @WAS 1:05 PM EST Smyly
Abbott
CHW vs HOU 8:10 PM EST Kopech
Valdez
CIN vs PHI 12:35 PM EST Lodolo
Suarez
CLE vs DET 7:10 PM EST Quantrill
Norris
COL @STL 7:45 PM EST Marquez
Montgomery
KC @MIN 1:10 PM EST Lynch
Mahle
LAA vs SEA 4:07 PM EST Toussaint
Kirby
LAD @MIL 8:10 PM EST Gonsolin
Lauer
MIA vs SD 4:10 PM EST Lopez
Clevinger
NYY vs TB 7:05 PM EST German
Kluber
OAK @TEX 8:05 PM EST Oller
Ragans
Matchup Time
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