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Wil Smith or Michael Lorenzen

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Wil Smith

Wil Smith

RPKansas City Royals KC
Michael Lorenzen

Michael Lorenzen

SPTexas Rangers TEX
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Lorenzen

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Wil Smith
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Owners starting Lorenzen over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Michael Lorenzen
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Performance Wil Smith
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
18.000-000102.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
11.250-000302.004
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Michael Lorenzen
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.501-000731.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.452-0001181.272
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Wil Smith
OWN
19%
-3.67 compared to last week
START
17%
-2.25 compared to last week
OWN/START Michael Lorenzen
OWN
26%
+9.61 compared to last week
START
11%
+3.19 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Wil Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Michael Lorenzen
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Wil Smith

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 478th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Logan Allen
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 96th with 17
  • Not too impressive with strikeouts and is currently ranked 274th with 33
  • Top 35 in saves and is currently ranked 27th with 9
  • Top 100 in holds and is currently ranked 93rd with 7
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: -4, WHIP: +1.13, ERA: +7.216, K's: -49, Walks: -12
Breakdown Michael Lorenzen

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 145th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 89th
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 66th with 3.80
  • Top 35 in walks and is currently ranked 34th with 37
  • Top 15 in wins and is currently ranked 14th with 9
  • Top 100 in saves and is currently ranked 99th
  • His average points in the past two weeks have dipped quite a bit at 5.6.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -7, L: -9, WHIP: +0.032, ERA: -1.804, K's: -100, Walks: -39
Next Up Health Check
Injury Wil Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Michael Lorenzen

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Wil Smith
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS TORYusei KikuchiL 3-5
Apr 23VS TORChris StrattonW 3-2
Apr 24VS TORJohn SchreiberW 3-2
Apr 25VS TORJose Berrios
Apr 26@DETReese Olson
Apr 27@DETCasey Mize
Apr 28@DETTarik Skubal
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Michael Lorenzen
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS SEALogan GilbertL 0-4
Apr 24VS SEAJonathan HernandezW 5-1
Apr 25VS SEALuis Castillo
Apr 26VS CINGraham Ashcraft
Apr 27VS CINHunter Greene
Apr 28VS CINAndrew Abbott
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Wil Smith
10.50
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Michael Lorenzen
11.99
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Wil Smith
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2023 TEX 65 51.1 927 59 20 22 2-6 5.61 1.31 10.3 205
2024 KC 9 8.0 146 7 5 1 0-2 12.38 2.38 7.9 -3
ON PACE 58 52 946 45 32 6 0-12 12.38 2.38 7.9 -17
3-YEAR AVG 65 50 927 59 20 22 2-6 5.61 1.31 10.3 205
Career 74 59.1 1073 66 25 0 0-0 6.52 1.45 10
Career Michael Lorenzen
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2015 CIN 26 105.1 1899 79 53 0 4-9 5.72 1.69 6.8 175
2016 CIN 35 50.0 755 48 13 0 2-1 2.88 1.08 8.6 113
2017 CIN 70 78.1 1366 80 34 2 8-4 4.71 1.43 9.2 195
2018 CIN 45 76.1 1292 54 34 1 4-2 3.3 1.47 6.4 155
2019 CIN 73 71.2 1335 85 28 7 1-4 3.64 1.35 10.7 215
2020 CIN 20 34.0 645 41 17 0 3-1 4.24 1.44 10.9 82
2021 CIN 25 27.1 444 20 14 3 1-0 5.27 1.32 6.6 60
2022 LAA 17 93.1 1559 78 41 0 8-6 4.44 1.28 7.5 187
2023 DET 31 153.1 2404 112 49 1 9-9 4.17 1.24 6.6 300
2024 TEX 2 11.0 173 11 8 0 2-0 2.45 1.27 9 36
ON PACE 12 72 1121 71 51 0 12-0 2.45 1.27 9 233
3-YEAR AVG 24 90 1469 70 35 1 6-5 4.34 1.26 6.9 182
Career 344 693.2 11872 608 291 0 0-0 4.32 1.39 7.9
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