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Nick Castellanos or Framber Valdez

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Nick Castellanos

Nick Castellanos

RFPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
Framber Valdez

Framber Valdez

SPHouston Astros HOU
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Castellanos over Valdez

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Valdez over Castellanos

 
 
 
 
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Performance Nick Castellanos
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.240143.2400.36016
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.244395.2920.467112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Framber Valdez
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.001-000721.501
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.002-0001341.332
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nick Castellanos
OWN
88%
-0.19 compared to last week
START
57%
-4.66 compared to last week
OWN/START Framber Valdez
OWN
100%
-0.31 compared to last week
START
62%
-5.91 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nick Castellanos
57th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Framber Valdez
10th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nick Castellanos

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 58th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 30th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Aaron Judge
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 150th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.314
  • Ranked 122nd in batting average with 0.271
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 236th with 0.306
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 147th with 0.440
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 166th with 0.746
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 284th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 110th in RBI with 29
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 186th in runs scored with 25
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.042, OBP: +0.026, HRs: -1, RBI: +7, Runs: -1, Wlks: -6, Stls: EVEN,
Breakdown Framber Valdez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 10th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 4th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Tarik Skubal
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 49th with 1.12
  • Top 20 in ERA and is currently ranked 17th with 2.15
  • Top 15 in walks and is currently ranked 15th with 24
  • Top 35 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 29th with 71
  • He wins a lot of games and is currently ranked 1st with 8
  • Top 15 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 15th with 67.0
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +2, L: -1, WHIP: -0.174, ERA: -1.182, K's: +33, Walks: +9
Next Up Health Check
Injury Nick Castellanos

No Injury Reported

Injury Framber Valdez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nick Castellanos
DateOpponentResult
Jul 07@SFTyler RogersL 3-1
Jul 08@SFRyan WalkerL 4-3
Jul 09@SFJesus LuzardoW 0-13
Jul 11@SDRyan Bergert
Jul 12@SDYu Darvish
Jul 13@SDNick Pivetta
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.306266.3750.472110
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Framber Valdez
DateOpponentResult
Jul 07VS CLEMatt FestaL 5-7
Jul 08VS CLEJakob JunisL 6-10
Jul 09VS CLESlade CecconiL 2-4
Jul 11VS TEXJack Leiter
Jul 12VS TEXJacob deGrom
Jul 13VS TEXNathan Eovaldi
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.861-000811.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nick Castellanos
11.13
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Framber Valdez
18.77
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Nick Castellanos
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2013 DET 11 5 0 1 0 0 0 .278 .278 .278 6
2014 DET 140 128 10 47 62 2 34 .255 .303 .388 277
2015 DET 154 140 15 42 73 0 39 .255 .303 .419 308
2016 DET 109 117 18 54 58 1 28 .287 .334 .501 293
2017 DET 157 167 26 73 101 4 41 .272 .320 .490 453
2018 DET 157 185 23 88 89 2 49 .298 .354 .500 465
2019 DET 150 177 26 98 72 2 40 .289 .336 .520 462
2020 CIN 62 54 15 39 35 0 19 .236 .304 .502 173
2021 CIN 138 160 34 92 100 3 41 .308 .363 .578 557
2022 PHI 153 149 13 63 68 7 32 .260 .302 .382 406
2023 PHI 171 180 34 86 113 12 40 .267 .308 .483 560
2024 PHI 166 161 24 82 89 6 41 .258 .314 .437 520
2025 PHI 92 97 11 41 50 3 20 .276 .317 .439 286
ON PACE 160 168 19 71 87 5 34 .276 .317 .439 498
3-YEAR AVG 163 163 24 77 90 8 38 .262 .308 .436 495
Career 1660 1720 249 806 910 42 424 .273 .322 .469
Career Framber Valdez
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2018 HOU 8 37.0 633 34 24 0 4-1 2.19 1.24 8.3 95
2019 HOU 26 68.1 1175 68 44 0 4-7 6.06 1.73 9 111
2020 HOU 15 94.2 1414 102 26 0 8-4 3.04 1.09 9.7 258
2021 HOU 27 155.1 2415 141 66 0 12-7 3.71 1.31 8.2 351
2022 HOU 33 216.0 3227 208 72 0 18-6 2.71 1.14 8.7 610
2023 HOU 34 210.0 3190 217 63 0 12-14 3.81 1.18 9.3 488
2024 HOU 29 176.0 2676 172 57 0 15-8 3.22 1.17 8.8 458
2025 HOU 18 115.0 1680 115 41 0 10-4 2.82 1.15 9 322
ON PACE 31 201 2926 200 71 0 17-6 2.82 1.15 9 560
3-YEAR AVG 32 200 3031 199 64 0 15-9 3.22 1.16 8.9 518
Career 190 1067.2 16410 1057 393 0 0-0 3.41 1.22 8.9
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