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Justin Verlander or Nestor Cortes

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Justin Verlander

Justin Verlander

SPHouston Astros HOU
Nestor Cortes

Nestor Cortes

SPNew York Yankees NYY
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Verlander over Cortes

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

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Latest News Justin Verlander
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cortes over Verlander

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nestor Cortes
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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
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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Justin Verlander
OWN
96%
-1.92 compared to last week
START
45%
+35.51 compared to last week
OWN/START Nestor Cortes
OWN
93%
+19.44 compared to last week
START
54%
+15.12 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Justin Verlander
34th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nestor Cortes
63rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Justin Verlander

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 36th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 276th.
  • 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 29th with 1.10
  • Top 35 in ERA and is currently ranked 27th with 2.96
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 41st with 35
  • He wins a lot of games and is currently ranked 3rd 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
Breakdown Nestor Cortes

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 65th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 43rd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Castillo
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 20 in WHIP and is currently ranked 18th 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
Next Up Health Check
Injury Justin Verlander

No Injury Reported

Injury Nestor Cortes

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Justin Verlander
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@CHCJordan WicksL 7-2
Apr 24@CHCJameson Taillon
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
Matchups Nestor Cortes
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS OAKLucas ErcegL 0-2
Apr 23VS OAKMarcus StromanW 4-3
Apr 24VS OAKJoe Boyle
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
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Justin Verlander
12.57
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nestor Cortes
14.11
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 41 526 27 0 0 6-0 3 0.67 6 135
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
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 33 196 3118 189 33 0 6-6 3.41 1.07 8.7 442
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
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @STL 01:15 EDT EST Jordan Montgomery
Kyle Gibson
ATL vs MIA 07:20 EDT EST Reynaldo Lopez
Sixto Sanchez
BAL @LAA 04:07 EDT EST Dean Kremer
Tyler Anderson
BOS @CLE 06:10 EDT EST Cooper Criswell
Carlos Carrasco
CHC vs HOU 07:40 EDT EST Jameson Taillon
Spencer Arrighetti
CHW @MIN 07:40 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Joe Ryan
CIN vs PHI 06:40 EDT EST Nick Lodolo
Spencer Turnbull
COL vs SD 08:40 EDT EST
Matt Waldron
DET @TB 06:50 EDT EST Jack Flaherty
Shawn Armstrong
KC vs TOR 07:40 EDT EST Alec Marsh
Yariel Rodriguez
LAD @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Landon Knack
Jake Irvin
MIL @PIT 06:40 EDT EST Bryse Wilson
Josh Fleming
NYM @SF 03:45 EDT EST Sean Manaea
Blake Snell
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Joe Boyle
SEA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Bryce Miller
Jon Gray
Matchup Time
BOS vs MIA 7:00 PM EST
NO @OKC 9:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS @TOR 7:00 PM EST
DAL vs VGK 9:30 PM EST
EDM vs LA 10:00 PM EST