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Luke Weaver or Nestor Cortes

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Luke Weaver

Luke Weaver

RPNew York Yankees NYY
Nestor Cortes

Nestor Cortes

SPMilwaukee Brewers MIL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Weaver over Cortes

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cortes over Weaver

 
 
 
 
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Performance Luke Weaver
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000000.831
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.000-101211.333
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nestor Cortes
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Luke Weaver
OWN
70%
-4.73 compared to last week
START
69%
-4.38 compared to last week
OWN/START Nestor Cortes
OWN
19%
-1.99 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-0.39 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Luke Weaver
33rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nestor Cortes
120th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Luke Weaver

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 34th among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 154th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Hunter Brown
  • 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

  • Top 15 in WHIP and is currently ranked 15th with 0.77
  • ERA is among the best in the league currently ranked 6th with 0.58
  • Not too impressive with strikeouts and is currently ranked 204th with 16
  • Top 35 in saves and is currently ranked 31st with 3
  • Top 35 in holds and is currently ranked 32nd with 6
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -3, L: +1, WHIP: +0.02, ERA: -2.186, K's: -11, Walks: +2
Breakdown Nestor Cortes

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 120th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 403rd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Hunter Brown
  • 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.
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off and he's listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Elbow (Since Apr 6, 2025). Stay clear of him if its going to stick around, otherwise now is the time to get a guy at a bargain price since he is hurt. Check out his player news.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: EVEN, L: -3, WHIP: +0.66, ERA: +4.94, K's: -43, Walks: -4
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Luke Weaver

No Injury Reported

Injury Nestor Cortes

ELBOW - Since Apr 6, 2025

Cortes is dealing with a left elbow flexor strain and has been placed on the 60-day injured list. He is expected to miss at least the first half of the 2025 season.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Luke Weaver
DateOpponentResult
May 12@SEAClarke SchmidtW 5-11
May 13@SEABryan Woo
May 14@SEALuis Castillo
May 16VS NYMTylor Megill
May 17VS NYMGriffin Canning
May 18VS NYMDavid Peterson
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nestor Cortes
DateOpponentResult
May 12@CLEJakob JunisL 5-0
May 13@CLELogan Allen
May 14@CLEGavin Williams
May 16VS MINJoe Ryan
May 17VS MINPablo Lopez
May 18VS MINSimeon Woods Richardson
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Luke Weaver
14.12
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nestor Cortes
7.24
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Luke Weaver
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2016 STL 9 36.1 682 45 12 0 1-4 5.7 1.6 11.2 79
2017 STL 13 60.1 1046 72 17 0 7-2 3.88 1.26 10.7 169
2018 STL 30 134.0 2386 121 54 0 7-11 5.17 1.53 8.1 266
2019 ARI 12 64.1 1053 69 14 0 4-3 2.94 1.07 9.7 170
2020 ARI 12 52.0 968 55 18 0 1-9 6.58 1.56 9.5 57
2021 ARI 13 67.1 1109 62 20 0 3-6 4.14 1.16 8.3 120
2022 ARI 23 33.1 650 34 12 0 1-1 6.48 1.74 9.2 46
2023 CIN 29 119.0 2258 109 40 0 3-6 6.66 1.64 8.2 165
2024 NYY 74 87.2 1588 119 28 8 8-1 3.08 0.99 12.2 319
2025 NYY 15 17.0 240 16 6 3 0-1 0.53 0.71 8.5 53
ON PACE 59 68 948 63 23 11 0-3 0.53 0.71 8.5 209
3-YEAR AVG 42 79 1499 87 27 3 4-3 5.33 1.44 9.9 177
Career 230 659.2 11980 702 221 0 0-0 4.9 1.39 9.6
Career Nestor Cortes
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2018 BAL 4 4.2 108 3 4 0 0-0 7.72 3 5.8 1
2019 NYY 33 62.0 1301 69 28 0 5-1 6.1 1.66 10 126
2020 SEA 5 7.2 165 8 6 0 0-1 15.26 2.35 9.4 -2
2021 NYY 19 75.1 1239 80 21 0 2-3 3.11 1.1 9.6 163
2022 NYY 29 159.2 2493 154 41 0 12-4 2.71 0.96 8.7 427
2023 NYY 12 63.1 1068 67 20 0 5-2 4.97 1.25 9.5 146
2024 NYY 33 174.0 2866 163 40 0 9-10 3.88 1.17 8.4 373
2025 MIL 2 8.0 150 8 7 0 1-1 9 1.75 9 12
ON PACE 7 31 578 30 27 0 3-3 9 1.75 9 46
3-YEAR AVG 25 131 2142 128 34 0 9-5 3.6 1.1 8.7 315
Career 137 550.0 9390 552 167 0 0-0 4.11 1.21 9
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