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Bryce Elder or Justin Verlander

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Bryce Elder

Bryce Elder

SPAtlanta Braves ATL
Justin Verlander

Justin Verlander

SPHouston Astros HOU
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Elder over Verlander

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Bryce Elder
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Verlander over Elder

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Justin Verlander
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Performance Bryce Elder
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-000401.291
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-000401.291
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Justin Verlander
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.001-000400.671
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.001-000400.671
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Bryce Elder
OWN
35%
+24 compared to last week
START
17%
+14.79 compared to last week
OWN/START Justin Verlander
OWN
96%
+0.94 compared to last week
START
63%
+44.96 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Bryce Elder
117th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Justin Verlander
33rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Bryce Elder

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 116th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 267th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • 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

  • Currently ranked 162nd in WHIP with 1.53
  • Currently ranked 163rd in ERA with 5.75
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 39th with 36
  • Top 50 in wins and is currently ranked 39th with 7
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -11, L: -4, WHIP: -0.016, ERA: -3.902, K's: -123, Walks: -63
Breakdown Justin Verlander

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 34th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 280th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • 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 35 in WHIP and is currently ranked 30th with 1.10
  • Top 35 in ERA and is currently ranked 27th with 2.96
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 45th with 35
  • He wins a lot of games and is currently ranked 2nd with 12
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -13, L: -8, WHIP: -0.466, ERA: -0.105, K's: -146, Walks: -48
Next Up Health Check
Injury Bryce Elder

No Injury Reported

Injury Justin Verlander

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Bryce Elder
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS MIABryce ElderW 3-0
Apr 23VS MIAMax FriedW 5-0
Apr 24VS MIAA.J. MinterW 4-3
Apr 26VS CLELogan Allen
Apr 27VS CLETanner Bibee
Apr 28VS CLEBen Lively
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-000401.291
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Justin Verlander
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@CHCJordan WicksL 7-2
Apr 24@CHCJameson TaillonL 4-3
Apr 25@CHCJavier Assad
Apr 27@COLCal Quantrill
Apr 28@COLAustin Gomber
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Bryce Elder
8.75
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Justin Verlander
12.51
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Bryce Elder
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2022 ATL 9 48.0 790 41 21 0 2-4 3.56 1.31 7.7 88
2023 ATL 32 175.0 2905 131 64 0 12-5 4.11 1.31 6.7 374
2024 ATL 1 6.2 87 4 0 0 1-0 0 1.2 5.4 21
ON PACE 7 44 612 28 0 0 7-0 0 1.2 5.4 150
3-YEAR AVG 21 111 1848 86 43 0 7-5 4.03 1.32 6.9 231
Career 42 227.1 3782 176 85 0 0-0 3.92 1.32 7
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 30 187.1 2838 194 35 0 19-4 2.26 0.91 9.3 576
2023 NYM 30 180.2 2878 158 51 0 14-9 3.19 1.14 7.9 428
2024 HOU 1 6.0 78 4 0 0 1-0 3 0.67 6 20
ON PACE 6 39 505 25 0 0 6-0 3 0.67 6 129
3-YEAR AVG 30 183 2858 176 43 0 17-7 2.74 1.03 8.6 502
Career 383 2496.1 40566 2631 660 0 0-0 3.1 1.08 9.5
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