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Ben Lively or Louie Varland

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Ben Lively

Ben Lively

SP • Cleveland Guardians CLE
Louie Varland

Louie Varland

SP • Minnesota Twins MIN
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Owners starting Lively over Varland

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Varland over Lively

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Ben Lively
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.600-100710.801
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.600-100710.801
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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
10.000-200842.502
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ben Lively
OWN
 
7%
+6.25 compared to last week
START
 
6%
+6.28 compared to last week
OWN/START Louie Varland
OWN
17%
-7.54 compared to last week
START
11%
-6.07 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ben Lively
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Louie Varland
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Ben Lively

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 383rd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 153rd in WHIP with 1.49
  • Currently ranked 174th in ERA with 6.78
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -4, L: -6, WHIP: -0.64, ERA: -2.079, K's: -72, Walks: -24
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
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Ben Lively

No Injury Reported

Injury Louie Varland

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ben Lively
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS BOSTanner Houck
Apr 24VS BOS
Apr 25VS BOSBrayan Bello
Apr 26@ATLChris Sale
Apr 27@ATLCharlie Morton
Apr 28@ATLBryce Elder
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.600-100710.801
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
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
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Ben Lively
2.67
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Louie Varland
7.51
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Ben Lively
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2017 PHI 15 88.2 1411 52 24 0 4-7 4.26 1.27 5.3 177
2018 PHI 10 30.1 541 27 15 0 0-3 5.64 1.85 8 44
2019 PHI 1 1.0 27 1 0 0 0-0 27 3 9 -2
2023 CIN 19 84.0 1383 79 25 0 4-7 5.68 1.44 8.5 134
2024 CLE 1 5.0 79 7 1 0 0-1 3.6 0.8 12.6 8
ON PACE 7 37 581 51 7 0 0-7 3.6 0.8 12.6 58
3-YEAR AVG 19 84 1383 79 25 0 4-7 5.68 1.44 8.5 134
Career 46 209.0 3441 166 65 0 0-0 5.12 1.42 7.2
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
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Tyler Anderson
BOS @CLE 06:10 EDT EST
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
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DET @TB 06:50 EDT EST Jack Flaherty
Tyler Alexander
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 Freddy Peralta
Quinn Priester
NYM @SF 03:45 EDT EST Sean Manaea
Blake Snell
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
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SEA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Bryce Miller
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Matchup Time
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NO @OKC 9:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
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DAL vs VGK 9:30 PM EST
EDM vs LA 10:00 PM EST