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Justin Verlander or Hayden Birdsong

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Justin Verlander

Justin Verlander

SPSan Francisco Giants SF
Hayden Birdsong

Hayden Birdsong

SPSan Francisco Giants SF
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Verlander over Birdsong

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Justin Verlander
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Birdsong over Verlander

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Hayden Birdsong
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Performance Justin Verlander
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.000-100511.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.660-2001261.223
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Hayden Birdsong
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000501.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.571-000931.293
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Justin Verlander
OWN
38%
+4.94 compared to last week
START
17%
-2.94 compared to last week
OWN/START Hayden Birdsong
OWN
18%
+3.86 compared to last week
START
14%
+2.26 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Justin Verlander
85th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Hayden Birdsong
117th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Justin Verlander

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 85th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 93rd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Hunter Brown
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 102nd in WHIP with 1.46
  • Currently ranked 110th in ERA with 5.19
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 48th with 12
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -1, L: +2, WHIP: +0.331, ERA: +3.288, K's: +17, Walks: +8
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Hayden Birdsong

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 118th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 99th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Hunter Brown
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 75 in holds and is currently ranked 62nd with 3
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +1, L: EVEN, WHIP: +1.06, ERA: +1.13, K's: +18, Walks: +6
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Justin Verlander

No Injury Reported

Injury Hayden Birdsong

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Justin Verlander
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29@SDNick Pivetta
Apr 30@SDMichael King
May 01VS COLKyle Freeland
May 02VS COLAntonio Senzatela
May 03VS COLRyan Feltner
May 04VS COLGerman Marquez
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Hayden Birdsong
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29@SDNick Pivetta
Apr 30@SDMichael King
May 01VS COLKyle Freeland
May 02VS COLAntonio Senzatela
May 03VS COLRyan Feltner
May 04VS COLGerman Marquez
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Justin Verlander
12.39
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Hayden Birdsong
10.89
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 6 30.2 529 28 12 0 0-2 4.99 1.4 8.2 47
ON PACE 33 169 2955 156 67 0 0-11 4.99 1.4 8.2 261
3-YEAR AVG 26 152 2432 142 38 0 13-6 3.22 1.09 8.3 385
Career 405 2609.0 42597 2729 699 0 0-0 3.21 1.09 9.4
Career Hayden Birdsong
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2024 SF 16 69.2 1388 88 43 0 5-6 4.91 1.44 11.4 142
2025 SF 7 16.0 235 18 6 0 1-0 1.13 1.06 10.1 45
ON PACE 39 90 1312 100 33 0 5-0 1.13 1.06 10.1 248
3-YEAR AVG 16 69 1388 88 43 0 5-6 4.91 1.44 11.4 142
Career 23 85.2 1623 106 49 0 0-0 4.2 1.37 11.1
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