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Louie Varland or Nick Martinez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Louie Varland

Louie Varland

SP • Minnesota Twins MIN
Nick Martinez

Nick Martinez

SP • Cincinnati Reds CIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Varland over Martinez

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Louie Varland
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
16.360-100243.181
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
10.330-3001472.303
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nick Martinez
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-010200.671
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.290-010500.712
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Louie Varland
OWN
30%
+5 compared to last week
START
30%
+10.26 compared to last week
OWN/START Nick Martinez
OWN
 
0%
-7.08 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-5.31 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Louie Varland
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nick Martinez
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Louie Varland

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 479th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -4, L: +1, WHIP: +0.934, ERA: +4.674, K's: -54, Walks: -8
Breakdown Nick Martinez

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 184th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 194th in wins with 3
  • Top 100 in holds and is currently ranked 89th with 7
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -6, L: -4, WHIP: -0.064, ERA: +1.214, K's: -92, Walks: -38
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Louie Varland

No Injury Reported

Injury Nick Martinez

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Louie Varland
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS CHWChris PaddackW 7-0
Apr 23VS CHWErick Fedde
Apr 24VS CHWGarrett Crochet
Apr 25VS CHWMichael Soroka
Apr 26@LAAPatrick Sandoval
Apr 27@LAAJose Soriano
Apr 28@LAAReid Detmers
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nick Martinez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS PHIRanger SuarezL 0-7
Apr 23VS PHICristopher Sanchez
Apr 24VS PHISpencer Turnbull
Apr 25VS PHIZack Wheeler
Apr 26@TEXNathan Eovaldi
Apr 27@TEXMichael Lorenzen
Apr 28@TEXDane Dunning
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Louie Varland
7.51
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nick Martinez
8.92
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Louie Varland
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2022 MIN 1 5.0 74 3 2 0 0-0 3.6 1 5.4 9
2023 MIN 19 66.1 1110 72 17 0 4-3 4.75 1.28 9.8 152
2024 MIN 4 16.2 354 18 9 0 0-4 9.18 2.16 9.7 -4
ON PACE 30 125 2730 138 69 0 0-30 9.18 2.16 9.7 -29
3-YEAR AVG 10 36 592 38 10 0 2-2 4.62 1.24 9.2 80
Career 24 88.0 1538 93 28 0 0-0 5.52 1.43 9.5
Career Nick Martinez
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2014 TEX 27 130.2 2239 77 46 0 5-10 4.27 1.41 5.3 230
2015 TEX 24 122.2 2119 77 46 0 7-7 4.04 1.48 5.7 248
2016 TEX 12 38.2 649 16 19 0 2-3 5.59 1.66 3.7 45
2017 TEX 23 109.0 1815 67 28 0 3-8 5.78 1.39 5.5 177
2022 SD 48 112.2 1794 99 42 8 4-5 3.28 1.22 7.9 252
2023 SD 63 108.0 1752 106 40 0 6-4 3.5 1.29 8.8 231
2024 CIN 4 17.0 280 14 2 0 0-0 4.76 1.24 7.4 29
ON PACE 29 126 2061 103 14 0 0-0 4.76 1.24 7.4 209
3-YEAR AVG 56 109 1773 103 41 4 5-5 3.43 1.25 8.4 242
Career 201 631.2 10648 456 223 0 0-0 4.32 1.39 6.5
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MIL @PIT 06:40 EDT EST
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SEA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Logan Gilbert
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