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Clay Holmes or Justin Verlander

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Clay Holmes

Clay Holmes

SPNew York Mets NYM
Justin Verlander

Justin Verlander

SPSan Francisco Giants SF
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Holmes over Verlander

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Verlander over Holmes

 
 
 
 
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Performance Clay Holmes
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
9.000-000511.601
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.240-000651.492
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Justin Verlander
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
8.000-2001211.672
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.400-2001531.473
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Clay Holmes
OWN
87%
-3.92 compared to last week
START
63%
-6.5 compared to last week
OWN/START Justin Verlander
OWN
25%
-14.4 compared to last week
START
14%
-16.85 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Clay Holmes
30th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Justin Verlander
104th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Clay Holmes

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 30th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 97th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Tarik Skubal
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 85th
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 74th with 3.80
  • Top 15 in walks and is currently ranked 14th with 24
  • Top 75 in wins and is currently ranked 72nd with 3
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +7, L: +1, WHIP: -0.109, ERA: +0.166, K's: +42, Walks: +32
Breakdown Justin Verlander

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 104th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 284th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Tarik Skubal
  • 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

  • Currently ranked 156th in WHIP with 1.58
  • Currently ranked 122nd in ERA with 5.00
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -3, L: +5, WHIP: +0.214, ERA: +0.844, K's: +16, Walks: +9
Next Up Health Check
Injury Clay Holmes

No Injury Reported

Injury Justin Verlander

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Clay Holmes
DateOpponentResult
Jul 08@BALEdwin DiazW 6-7
Jul 09@BAL
Jul 10@BALGrant WolframL 3-1
Jul 10@BALTomoyuki SuganoL 7-3
Jul 11@KCMichael Wacha
Jul 12@KCMichael Lorenzen
Jul 13@KCNoah Cameron
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
9.000-000511.601
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Justin Verlander
DateOpponentResult
Jul 07VS PHITyler RogersW 3-1
Jul 08VS PHIRyan WalkerW 4-3
Jul 09VS PHIJesus LuzardoL 0-13
Jul 11VS LADDustin May
Jul 12VS LADShohei Ohtani
Jul 13VS LADYoshinobu Yamamoto
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.820-200831.612
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Clay Holmes
10.56
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Justin Verlander
7.30
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Clay Holmes
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2018 PIT 11 26.1 499 21 23 0 1-3 6.84 2.01 7.2 34
2019 PIT 35 47.2 915 56 36 0 1-2 5.85 1.7 10.6 82
2020 PIT 1 1.1 22 1 0 0 0-0 0 1.5 6.8 3
2021 PIT 70 72.0 1140 79 29 0 8-4 3.75 1.15 9.9 172
2022 NYY 64 66.2 1017 69 22 20 7-4 2.43 1.01 9.3 264
2023 NYY 66 60.2 1024 71 23 24 4-4 2.67 1.2 10.5 262
2024 NYY 80 63.1 1258 80 27 30 6-6 3.55 1.48 11.4 308
2025 NYM 18 96.0 1615 81 40 0 8-4 3.38 1.29 7.6 218
ON PACE 31 166 2783 139 68 0 13-6 3.38 1.29 7.6 375
3-YEAR AVG 70 63 1100 73 24 25 6-5 2.8 1.21 10.2 278
Career 345 429.1 7490 458 200 0 0-0 3.73 1.34 9.6
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 15 76.2 1272 67 26 0 0-7 4.81 1.43 7.9 107
ON PACE 25 132 2192 115 44 0 0-12 4.81 1.43 7.9 184
3-YEAR AVG 26 152 2432 142 38 0 13-6 3.22 1.09 8.3 385
Career 414 2652.2 43340 2768 713 0 0-0 3.24 1.1 9.4
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