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Ben Lively or Brandon Bielak

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Ben Lively

Ben Lively

SP • Cleveland Guardians CLE
Brandon Bielak

Brandon Bielak

SP • Houston Astros HOU
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Lively over Bielak

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Bielak 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 Brandon Bielak
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000000.832
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.590-000431.595
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ben Lively
OWN
 
1%
+0.01 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START Brandon Bielak
OWN
 
1%
+0.83 compared to last week
START
 
0%
+0.41 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ben Lively
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Brandon Bielak
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 359th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 148th in WHIP with 1.49
  • Currently ranked 171st 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 Brandon Bielak

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 329th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • 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: -5, L: -6, WHIP: +0.111, ERA: +2.24, K's: -56, Walks: -33
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Ben Lively

No Injury Reported

Injury Brandon Bielak

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ben Lively
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@BOSTim HerrinW 0-6
Apr 16@BOSEmmanuel ClaseW 7-10
Apr 17@BOSTanner HouckL 2-0
Apr 18@BOSCarlos CarrascoW 4-5
Apr 19VS OAKJoe Boyle
Apr 20VS OAKAlex Wood
Apr 21VS OAKRoss Stripling
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 Brandon Bielak
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS ATLAaron BummerL 1-6
Apr 16VS ATLReynaldo LopezL 2-6
Apr 17VS ATLA.J. MinterL 4-5
Apr 19@WASMacKenzie Gore
Apr 20@WASTrevor Williams
Apr 21@WASMitchell Parker
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000005.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Ben Lively
2.67
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Brandon Bielak
3.95
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 8 43 673 59 8 0 0-8 3.6 0.8 12.6 68
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 Brandon Bielak
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2020 HOU 12 35.0 639 31 14 0 3-2 6.43 1.63 8 56
2021 HOU 26 45.1 733 37 15 0 3-4 4.96 1.3 7.4 66
2022 HOU 5 13.0 226 12 4 0 0-0 3.46 1.15 8.3 24
2023 HOU 15 77.2 1388 62 36 0 5-6 3.94 1.55 7.2 132
2024 HOU 6 10.1 185 6 3 0 0-0 6.1 1.65 5.2 11
ON PACE 48 82 1498 48 24 0 0-0 6.1 1.65 5.2 90
3-YEAR AVG 15 44 782 37 18 0 3-3 4.17 1.41 7.4 74
Career 64 176.2 3171 148 72 0 0-0 4.89 1.52 7.5
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Week 22
KC vs SF
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @SF 10:15 EDT EST Jordan Montgomery
Blake Snell
ATL vs TEX 07:20 EDT EST Chris Sale
Andrew Heaney
BAL @KC 07:40 EDT EST Dean Kremer
Alec Marsh
BOS @PIT 06:40 EDT EST Brayan Bello
Quinn Priester
CHC vs MIA 02:20 EDT EST Jameson Taillon
A.J. Puk
CHW @PHI 06:40 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Spencer Turnbull
CIN vs LAA 06:40 EDT EST Nick Lodolo
Tyler Anderson
CLE vs OAK 07:10 EDT EST Triston McKenzie
Joe Boyle
COL vs SEA 08:40 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
Emerson Hancock
DET @MIN 08:10 EDT EST Jack Flaherty
Joe Ryan
HOU @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Justin Verlander
MacKenzie Gore
LAD vs NYM 10:10 EDT EST Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Sean Manaea
MIL @STL 08:15 EDT EST Freddy Peralta
Kyle Gibson
NYY vs TB 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Tyler Alexander
SD vs TOR 09:40 EDT EST Matt Waldron
Yariel Rodriguez
Matchup Time
CHI @MIA 7:00 PM EST
NO vs SAC 9:30 PM EST
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