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Justin Verlander or Luke Weaver

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Justin Verlander

Justin Verlander

SP • San Francisco Giants SF
Luke Weaver

Luke Weaver

RP • New York Yankees NYY
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Verlander over Weaver

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Weaver over Verlander

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Justin Verlander
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.920-100132.121
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
7.300-1001061.712
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Luke Weaver
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-030320.943
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-040640.975
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Justin Verlander
OWN
32%
-8.86 compared to last week
START
18%
-9.04 compared to last week
OWN/START Luke Weaver
OWN
41%
+3.42 compared to last week
START
39%
+3.33 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Justin Verlander
80th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Luke Weaver
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Justin Verlander

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 81st among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 134th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Hunter Greene
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 134th in WHIP with 1.89
  • Currently ranked 137th in ERA with 7.20
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 37th with 9
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: EVEN, L: +1, WHIP: +1.81, ERA: +6.92, K's: +17, Walks: +9
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Luke Weaver

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him 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 Greene

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 43rd with 0.84
  • ERA is among the best in the league currently ranked 3rd with 0.00
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 48th with 5
  • Not too impressive with strikeouts and is currently ranked 183rd with 9
  • Top 75 in saves and is currently ranked 64th with 1
  • He is among the best in holds and is currently ranked 7th with 5
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -3, L: EVEN, WHIP: -0.483, ERA: -6.632, K's: +2, Walks: +2
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Justin Verlander

No Injury Reported

Injury Luke Weaver

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Justin Verlander
DateOpponentResult
Apr 14@PHILanden RouppW 4-10
Apr 15@PHIOrion KerkeringL 6-4
Apr 16@PHILou TrivinoW 4-11
Apr 17@PHICristopher SanchezL 6-4
Apr 18@LAATyler Anderson
Apr 19@LAAKyle Hendricks
Apr 20@LAAYusei Kikuchi
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.920-100132.121
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Luke Weaver
DateOpponentResult
Apr 14VS KCCarlos CarrascoW 4-1
Apr 15VS KCMax FriedW 4-2
Apr 16VS KCMark Leiter Jr.W 4-3
Apr 17@TBTim HillW 3-6
Apr 18@TBDrew Rasmussen
Apr 19@TBShane Baz
Apr 20@TBRyan Pepiot
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-020110.482
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Justin Verlander
12.49
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Luke Weaver
13.52
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Justin Verlander
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2010 DET 30 205.2 3406 201 63 0 18-9 3.37 1.15 8.8 602
2011 DET 33 243.0 3816 249 59 0 25-5 2.44 0.94 9.2 809
2012 DET 33 238.1 3768 239 60 0 17-8 2.68 1.06 9 714
2013 DET 34 218.1 3692 217 75 0 13-12 3.63 1.31 9 552
2014 DET 30 190.1 3196 148 62 0 14-11 4.63 1.41 7 405
2015 DET 20 131.0 2150 113 32 0 5-8 3.44 1.11 7.8 324
2016 DET 34 225.1 3668 254 57 0 16-9 3.08 1.01 10.1 668
2017 DET 33 206.0 3530 219 72 0 15-8 3.36 1.17 9.6 562
2018 HOU 34 211.2 3427 290 37 0 16-9 2.55 0.91 12.3 708
2019 HOU 40 258.1 4046 338 56 0 22-10 2.86 0.87 11.8 816
2020 HOU 1 6.0 73 7 1 0 1-0 3 0.67 10.5 22
2022 HOU 30 187.1 2838 194 35 0 19-4 2.26 0.91 9.3 576
2023 NYM 30 180.2 2878 158 51 0 14-9 3.19 1.14 7.9 428
2024 HOU 17 90.1 1580 74 27 0 5-6 5.48 1.38 7.4 150
2025 SF 4 18.2 342 17 9 0 0-1 6.75 1.77 8.2 19
ON PACE 34 156 2916 144 76 0 0-8 6.75 1.77 8.2 160
3-YEAR AVG 26 152 2432 142 38 0 13-6 3.22 1.09 8.3 385
Career 403 2597.0 42410 2718 696 0 0-0 3.22 1.1 9.4
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 7 9.0 136 9 5 1 0-0 0 0.78 9 29
ON PACE 59 77 1159 76 42 8 0-0 0 0.78 9 243
3-YEAR AVG 42 79 1499 87 27 3 4-3 5.33 1.44 9.9 177
Career 222 651.2 11876 695 220 0 0-0 4.94 1.4 9.6
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KC vs PHI
PHI vs KC
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @CHC 02:20 EDT EST Zac Gallen
Ben Brown
ATH @MIL 07:10 EDT EST Luis Severino
Chad Patrick
ATL vs MIN 07:15 EDT EST Chris Sale
Simeon Woods Richardson
BAL vs CIN 04:05 EDT EST
Hunter Greene
BOS vs CHW 04:10 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Shane Smith
CLE @PIT 04:05 EDT EST Ben Lively
Paul Skenes
COL vs WAS 03:10 EDT EST Kyle Freeland
Brad Lord
DET vs KC 01:10 EDT EST Casey Mize
Seth Lugo
HOU vs SD 07:10 EDT EST Hayden Wesneski
Michael King
LAA vs SF 09:38 EDT EST Kyle Hendricks
Landen Roupp
LAD @TEX 04:05 EDT EST Roki Sasaki
Nathan Eovaldi
MIA @PHI 01:05 EDT EST Cal Quantrill
Taijuan Walker
NYM vs STL 04:05 EDT EST Kodai Senga
Matthew Liberatore
NYY @TB 04:10 EDT EST Carlos Carrasco
Shane Baz
SEA @TOR 03:07 EDT EST Luis Castillo
Jose Berrios
Matchup Time
DEN vs LAC 3:30 PM EST
DET @NY 6:00 PM EST
IND vs MIL 1:00 PM EST
LAL vs MIN 8:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
COL @DAL 8:30 PM EST
STL @WPG 6:00 PM EST