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Clarke Schmidt or Merrill Kelly

Who Should I Start? - Week 26 • Start New
Clarke Schmidt

Clarke Schmidt

RPNew York Yankees NYY
Merrill Kelly

Merrill Kelly

SPArizona Diamondbacks ARI
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Schmidt over Kelly

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

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Latest News Clarke Schmidt
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kelly over Schmidt

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Merrill Kelly
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Performance Clarke Schmidt
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.500-000331.501
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.740-100781.563
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Merrill Kelly
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.411-0001051.072
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.561-1001791.363
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Clarke Schmidt
OWN
33%
-8.92 compared to last week
START
26%
-4.8 compared to last week
OWN/START Merrill Kelly
OWN
91%
-9.09 compared to last week
START
64%
-16.36 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Clarke Schmidt
94th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Merrill Kelly
27th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Clarke Schmidt

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: P RP . However, he plays P most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 95th among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 94th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Blake Snell
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 95th
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +4, L: +6, WHIP: +0.225, ERA: +2.066, K's: +102, Walks: +26
Breakdown Merrill Kelly

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: P SP RP . However, he plays P most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 28th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 23rd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Blake Snell
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 86th
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 58th with 3.81
  • He walks a lot of batters and is currently ranked 6th with 28
  • Top 35 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 26th with 79
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 85th
  • Top 50 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 37th with 69.2
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -1, L: EVEN, WHIP: +0.107, ERA: +0.397, K's: +14, Walks: +10
Next Up Health Check
Injury Clarke Schmidt

No Injury Reported

Injury Merrill Kelly

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Clarke Schmidt
DateOpponentResult
Sep 25VS ARIIan HamiltonW 6-4
Sep 26@TORJhony BritoW 0-2
Sep 27@TORJose Berrios
Sep 28@TORChris Bassitt
Sep 29@KC
Sep 30@KCJordan Lyles
Oct 01@KCZack Greinke
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.031-2001471.094
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Merrill Kelly
DateOpponentResult
Sep 25@NYYIan HamiltonL 6-4
Sep 26@CHWRyne NelsonW 4-15
Sep 27@CHWLuis Patino
Sep 28@CHWTouki Toussaint
Sep 29VS HOUJ.P. France
Sep 30VS HOUHunter Brown
Oct 01VS HOUJustin Verlander
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.600-000521.201
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Clarke Schmidt
5.29
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Merrill Kelly
13.25
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Clarke Schmidt
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 NYY 3 . . . 0
2021 NYY 2 . . . 0
2022 NYY 29 . . . 0
2023 NYY 32 . . . 0
ON PACE 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 11 . . . 0
Career 66 . . .
Career Merrill Kelly
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 ARI 32 181.0 2962 158 57 0 13-14 4.48 1.33 7.9 377
2020 ARI 5 31.1 473 29 5 0 3-2 2.59 0.99 8.3 85
2021 ARI 27 158.0 2425 130 41 0 7-11 4.44 1.29 7.4 276
2022 ARI 32 195.0 2988 170 59 0 13-8 3.42 1.14 7.9 450
2023 ARI 29 168.1 2711 182 67 0 12-7 3.53 1.22 9.7 431
ON PACE 29 174 2797 187 69 0 12-7 3.53 1.22 9.7 444
3-YEAR AVG 21 128 1962 110 35 0 8-7 3.77 1.18 7.7 270
Career 125 731.1 11559 669 229 0 0-0 3.9 1.23 8.2
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NO vs TB
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @CHW 02:10 EDT EST Brandon Pfaadt
Luis Patino
ATL vs CHC 07:20 EDT EST Darius Vines
Jameson Taillon
BAL vs WAS 06:35 EDT EST Grayson Rodriguez
Patrick Corbin
BOS vs TB 06:10 EDT EST Brayan Bello
Tyler Glasnow
CIN @CLE 06:10 EDT EST Andrew Abbott
Shane Bieber
COL vs LAD 08:40 EDT EST Noah Davis
Emmet Sheehan
DET vs KC 06:40 EDT EST Tarik Skubal
Jonathan Bowlan
HOU @SEA 09:40 EDT EST Framber Valdez
Bryce Miller
LAA vs TEX 09:38 EDT EST Griffin Canning
Dane Dunning
MIA @NYM 04:10 EDT EST Braxton Garrett
Joey Lucchesi
MIL vs STL 07:40 EDT EST Wade Miley
Zack Thompson
MIN vs OAK 07:40 EDT EST Pablo Lopez
Joey Estes
NYY @TOR 07:07 EDT EST Gerrit Cole
Jose Berrios
PHI vs PIT 06:40 EDT EST Ranger Suarez
Johan Oviedo
SD @SF 09:45 EDT EST Matt Waldron
Sean Manaea
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