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Drew Smyly or Louie Varland

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Drew Smyly

Drew Smyly

RPChicago Cubs CHC
Louie Varland

Louie Varland

SPMinnesota Twins MIN
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smyly over Varland

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

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Latest News Drew Smyly
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Varland over Smyly

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Louie Varland
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Performance Drew Smyly
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.391-000521.463
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.142-0001031.144
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Louie Varland
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
9.000-2001232.102
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
8.360-3001652.073
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Drew Smyly
OWN
 
2%
-0.97 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-0.06 compared to last week
OWN/START Louie Varland
OWN
28%
-8.22 compared to last week
START
20%
-8.43 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Drew Smyly
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Louie Varland
112th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Drew Smyly

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 152nd.
  • The current leader among RP's is Logan Allen
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • He walks a lot of batters and is currently ranked 3rd with 34
  • Top 50 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 46th with 80
  • Top 50 in wins and is currently ranked 47th with 6
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -9, L: -10, WHIP: -0.295, ERA: -1.591, K's: -131, Walks: -51
Breakdown Louie Varland

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 113th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 410th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • 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 Drew Smyly

No Injury Reported

Injury Louie Varland

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Drew Smyly
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@ARIKeegan ThompsonW 2-3
Apr 16@ARITommy Henry
Apr 17@ARIBrandon Pfaadt
Apr 18VS MIATrevor Rogers
Apr 19VS MIAJesus Luzardo
Apr 20VS MIA
Apr 21VS MIARyan Weathers
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
9.000-000113.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Louie Varland
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@BALDillon TateL 7-4
Apr 16@BALGrayson Rodriguez
Apr 17@BALTyler Wells
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 Drew Smyly
12.11
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Louie Varland
9.27
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Drew Smyly
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2012 DET 23 97.0 1745 94 33 0 4-3 4.08 1.3 8.7 226
2013 DET 63 64.1 1283 81 17 2 6-0 2.8 1.23 11.3 253
2014 DET 26 142.0 2393 116 39 0 9-8 3.17 1.15 7.4 354
2015 TB 12 66.2 1136 77 20 0 5-2 3.11 1.19 10.4 186
2016 TB 30 173.0 2893 167 49 0 7-12 4.94 1.29 8.7 378
2019 TEX 25 111.2 2130 120 55 1 4-7 6.37 1.61 9.7 200
2020 SF 7 26.1 482 42 9 0 0-1 3.42 1.1 14.4 67
2021 ATL 32 134.0 2266 125 43 0 12-4 4.57 1.38 8.4 291
2022 CHC 20 101.0 1688 86 23 0 7-7 2.94 1.14 7.7 213
2023 CHC 41 137.2 2401 141 56 0 11-11 5.43 1.47 9.2 256
2024 CHC 6 9.2 167 10 5 0 2-1 3.72 1.14 9.3 25
ON PACE 60 94 1690 101 50 0 20-10 3.72 1.14 9.3 251
3-YEAR AVG 31 124 2118 117 41 0 10-7 4.39 1.34 8.4 253
Career 285 1054.0 18584 1059 349 0 0-0 4.35 1.32 9
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 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 10 . . . 0
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