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Nestor Cortes or Taijuan Walker

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Nestor Cortes

Nestor Cortes

SPNew York Yankees NYY
Taijuan Walker

Taijuan Walker

SPPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cortes over Walker

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Nestor Cortes
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Walker over Cortes

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Taijuan Walker
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Performance Nestor Cortes
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000900.861
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.270-0001511.092
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Taijuan Walker
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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 Nestor Cortes
OWN
88%
+17.43 compared to last week
START
84%
+49.68 compared to last week
OWN/START Taijuan Walker
OWN
13%
+2.15 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-0.2 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nestor Cortes
59th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Taijuan Walker
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nestor Cortes

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 59th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 48th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 20 in WHIP and is currently ranked 16th with 1.00
  • Top 50 in ERA and is currently ranked 43rd with 3.27
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -4, L: -1, WHIP: -0.196, ERA: -1.638, K's: -39, Walks: -15
Breakdown Taijuan Walker

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Nestor Cortes

No Injury Reported

Injury Taijuan Walker

SHOULDER - Since Mar 25, 2024

Walker is battling a right shoulder impingement and has been placed on the 15-day injured list. He is expected to return in late April.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nestor Cortes
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS OAKLucas ErcegL 0-2
Apr 23VS OAKMarcus StromanW 4-3
Apr 24VS OAKClarke SchmidtW 7-3
Apr 25VS OAKAlex Wood
Apr 26@MILColin Rea
Apr 27@MILJoe Ross
Apr 28@MIL
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Taijuan Walker
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@CINRanger SuarezW 0-7
Apr 23@CINFernando CruzL 8-1
Apr 24@CINJustin WilsonL 7-4
Apr 25@CINNick Martinez
Apr 26@SDJoe Musgrove
Apr 27@SDDylan Cease
Apr 28@SDMichael King
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nestor Cortes
14.02
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Taijuan Walker
10.39
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Nestor Cortes
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2018 BAL 4 4.2 108 3 4 0 0-0 7.72 3 5.8 1
2019 NYY 33 62.0 1301 69 28 0 5-1 6.1 1.66 10 126
2020 SEA 5 7.2 165 8 6 0 0-1 15.26 2.35 9.4 -2
2021 NYY 19 75.1 1239 80 21 0 2-3 3.11 1.1 9.6 163
2022 NYY 29 159.2 2493 154 41 0 12-4 2.71 0.96 8.7 427
2023 NYY 12 63.1 1068 67 20 0 5-2 4.97 1.25 9.5 146
2024 NYY 5 29.0 462 28 5 0 1-1 3.41 1.07 8.7 66
ON PACE 32 188 2993 181 32 0 6-6 3.41 1.07 8.7 424
3-YEAR AVG 20 98 1600 100 27 0 6-3 3.26 1.06 9.1 245
Career 107 397.0 6836 409 125 0 0-0 4.06 1.21 9.3
Career Taijuan Walker
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2013 SEA 3 15.0 233 12 4 0 1-0 3.6 1 7.2 39
2014 SEA 6 30.0 488 28 16 0 2-3 2.7 1.27 8.4 74
2015 SEA 29 167.1 2632 157 40 0 11-8 4.63 1.21 8.4 409
2016 SEA 25 132.0 2311 119 37 0 8-11 4.3 1.26 8.1 306
2017 ARI 28 155.0 2743 146 61 0 9-9 3.54 1.35 8.5 367
2018 ARI 3 13.0 224 9 5 0 0-0 3.46 1.54 6.2 23
2019 ARI 1 1.0 15 1 0 0 0-0 0 1 9 3
2020 SEA 11 53.1 884 50 19 0 4-3 2.7 1.16 8.4 132
2021 NYM 28 150.0 2359 137 55 0 7-10 4.44 1.19 8.2 288
2022 NYM 28 153.0 2419 122 45 0 12-5 3.59 1.2 7.2 349
2023 PHI 31 170.1 2839 138 71 0 15-6 4.44 1.33 7.3 367
ON PACE 200 1103 18396 894 460 0 97-38 4.44 1.33 7.3 2377
3-YEAR AVG 29 157 2539 132 57 0 11-7 4.18 1.25 7.6 335
Career 193 1033.0 17147 919 353 0 0-0 4.05 1.26 8
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