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Wil Smith or Louie Varland

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Wil Smith

Wil Smith

RPKansas City Royals KC
Louie Varland

Louie Varland

SPMinnesota Twins MIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Varland

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Wil Smith
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Varland over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Louie Varland
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Performance Wil Smith
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.500-000202.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.900-020412.264
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Louie Varland
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
7.200-100602.201
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
9.000-2001232.102
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Wil Smith
OWN
23%
-6.59 compared to last week
START
19%
-8.4 compared to last week
OWN/START Louie Varland
OWN
22%
-14.83 compared to last week
START
14%
-14.03 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Wil Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Louie Varland
114th
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 447th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Mason Miller
  • 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 32
  • Top 35 in saves and is currently ranked 26th with 9
  • Top 100 in holds and is currently ranked 90th 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: +1.25, ERA: +5.336, K's: -50, Walks: -12
Breakdown Louie Varland

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 114th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 425th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • 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

  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -4, L: EVEN, WHIP: +0.784, ERA: +3.594, K's: -56, Walks: -12
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Wil Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury Louie Varland

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Wil Smith
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@CHWSeth LugoW 0-2
Apr 16@CHW
Apr 17@CHWErick FeddeL 2-1
Apr 17@CHWNick AndersonW 2-4
Apr 19VS BALDean Kremer
Apr 20VS BALCorbin Burnes
Apr 21VS BALCole Irvin
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.500-121531.755
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Louie Varland
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@BALDillon TateL 7-4
Apr 16@BALGrayson RodriguezL 11-3
Apr 17@BALCraig KimbrelL 4-2
Apr 19VS DETJack Flaherty
Apr 20VS DETReese Olson
Apr 21VS DETCasey Mize
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
7.200-100602.201
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Wil Smith
10.94
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Louie Varland
9.14
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 7 6.0 107 6 5 1 0-2 10.5 2.5 9 -2
ON PACE 59 52 912 51 42 8 0-17 10.5 2.5 9 -13
3-YEAR AVG 65 50 927 59 20 22 2-6 5.61 1.31 10.3 205
Career 72 57.1 1034 65 25 0 0-0 6.12 1.43 10.2
Career Louie Varland
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 MIN 1 . . . 0
2023 MIN 19 . . . 0
2024 MIN 3 . . . 0
ON PACE 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 10 . . . 0
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