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Lance McCullers Jr. for James Paxton (2024)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| James Paxton SP - LAD  | Lance McCullers Jr. SP - HOU  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 119 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 355 | # 377 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 107 | 54 |
| Wins | 8 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 4.34 | 3.88 |
| WHIP | 1.35 | 1.38 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | IL60 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Andy Behrens Yahoo! Sports | # 93 | ‐ |
| Christopher Welsh FantasyPros | # 132 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 103 | # 294 |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 135 | ‐ |
| James Paxton SP - LAD | Lance McCullers Jr. SP - HOU | |
| 2024 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 3 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 3 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 16.0 | ‐ |
| Wins | 2 | ‐ |
| Losses | 0 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 0 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 10 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 5 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 10 | ‐ |
| Walks | 14 | ‐ |
| ERA | 2.81 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.50 | ‐ |
| James Paxton SP - LAD | Lance McCullers Jr. SP - HOU | |
| 2024 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 26 | 24 |
| Games Started | 20 | 8 |
| Innings Pitched | 106.4 | 54.3 |
| Wins | 8 | 3 |
| Losses | 6 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 1 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 100 | 49 |
| Earned Runs | 51 | 23 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 18 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 107 | 54 |
| Walks | 41 | 23 |
| ERA | 4.34 | 3.88 |
| WHIP | 1.35 | 1.38 |
| James Paxton SP - LAD | Lance McCullers Jr. SP - HOU | |
| News | ||
| James Paxton allowed three runs on three hits over five innings with eight walks. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 15th | Lance McCullers Jr. played catch on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 15th | |
| James Paxton delivered a solid performance for the Los Angeles Dodgers in their 4-2 win against the Minnesota Twins on Monday, navigating through six innings while allowing just three hits and two earned runs. Matthew Adam Tue, Apr 9th | Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers (forearm) is on track to return in the season's second half in 2024. Brenton Kemp Tue, Feb 13th | |
| James Paxton allowed four hits and five walks in five innings pitched Monday. He struck out five Giants’ hitters and earned his first win of the season. Jesse Garcia Tue, Apr 2nd | Lance McCullers Jr. told reporters that he is targeting a return to the Astros starting rotation in July. Ari Koslow Sat, Jan 20th | |
| James Paxton is making his first Cactus League start on Thursday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 29th | ||
| James Paxton said he “has no doubt” he’ll be ready to go come Opening Day. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 12th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| James Paxton SP - LAD | Lance McCullers Jr. SP - HOU | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 28th | vs STL | Miles Mikolas (1-2) | #91 | vs NYY | Nestor Cortes Jr. (1-1) | #41 |
| Fri, Mar 29th | vs STL | Zack Thompson (0-2) | #194 | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-1) | #23 |
| Sat, Mar 30th | vs STL | Lance Lynn (1-0) | #67 | vs NYY | Marcus Stroman (1-1) | #48 |
| Sun, Mar 31st | vs STL | Steven Matz (1-1) | #72 | vs NYY | Clarke Schmidt (1-0) | #74 |
| Mon, Apr 1st | vs SF | Keaton Winn (1-3) | #148 | vs TOR | Bowden Francis | |
| Tue, Apr 2nd | vs SF | Logan Webb (1-1) | #9 | vs TOR | Jose Berrios (3-0) | #35 |
| Wed, Apr 3rd | vs SF | Kyle Harrison (2-1) | #96 | vs TOR | Chris Bassitt (2-2) | #28 |
| Fri, Apr 5th | @ CHC | Kyle Hendricks (0-2) | #163 | @ TEX | Cody Bradford (3-0) | #144 |
| Sat, Apr 6th | @ CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-2) | #117 | @ TEX | Jon Gray (0-1) | #78 |
| Sun, Apr 7th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (2-0) | #26 | @ TEX | Dane Dunning (2-1) | #133 |
| Mon, Apr 8th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (0-1) | #36 | @ TEX | Andrew Heaney (0-2) | #139 |
| Tue, Apr 9th | @ MIN | Louie Varland (0-3) | #70 | @ KC | Cole Ragans (0-1) | #30 |
| Wed, Apr 10th | @ MIN | Chris Paddack (0-1) | #85 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (3-0) | #118 |
| Thu, Apr 11th | @ KC | Brady Singer (2-0) | #101 | |||
| Fri, Apr 12th | vs SD | Michael King (2-1) | #40 | vs TEX | Dane Dunning (2-1) | #133 |
| Sat, Apr 13th | vs SD | Matt Waldron (0-1) | #172 | vs TEX | Andrew Heaney (0-2) | #139 |
| Sun, Apr 14th | vs SD | Yu Darvish (0-1) | #33 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (1-1) | #39 |
| Mon, Apr 15th | vs WSH | Mitchell Parker (1-0) | #353 | vs ATL | Darius Vines (0-0) | #189 |
| Tue, Apr 16th | vs WSH | Patrick Corbin (0-3) | #409 | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-0) | #66 |
| Wed, Apr 17th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (1-1) | #256 | vs ATL | Max Fried (1-0) | #11 |
| Fri, Apr 19th | vs NYM | Sean Manaea (1-1) | #64 | @ WSH | MacKenzie Gore (2-0) | #51 |
| Sat, Apr 20th | vs NYM | Jose Butto (0-0) | #223 | @ WSH | Trevor Williams (2-0) | #381 |
| Sun, Apr 21st | vs NYM | Adrian Houser (0-1) | #191 | @ WSH | Mitchell Parker (1-0) | #353 |
| Tue, Apr 23rd | @ WSH | Patrick Corbin (0-3) | #409 | @ CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-2) | #117 |
| Wed, Apr 24th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (1-1) | #256 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon | #111 |
| Thu, Apr 25th | @ WSH | MacKenzie Gore (2-0) | #51 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (2-0) | #26 |
| Sat, Apr 27th | @ TOR | Yusei Kikuchi (1-1) | #50 | @ COL | Cal Quantrill (0-2) | #416 |
| Sun, Apr 28th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (0-2) | #6 | @ COL | Austin Gomber (0-1) | #413 |
| Tue, Apr 30th | @ ARI | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, May 1st | @ ARI | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, May 2nd | vs CLE | |||||
| Fri, May 3rd | vs ATL | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, May 4th | vs ATL | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, May 5th | vs ATL | vs SEA | ||||
| Tue, May 7th | vs MIA | @ NYY | ||||
| Wed, May 8th | vs MIA | @ NYY | ||||
| Thu, May 9th | @ NYY | |||||
| Fri, May 10th | @ SD | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, May 11th | @ SD | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, May 12th | @ SD | @ DET | ||||
| Mon, May 13th | @ SF | vs OAK | ||||
| Tue, May 14th | @ SF | vs OAK | ||||
| Wed, May 15th | @ SF | vs OAK | ||||
| Thu, May 16th | vs CIN | vs OAK | ||||
| Fri, May 17th | vs CIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, May 18th | vs CIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, May 19th | vs CIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Mon, May 20th | vs ARI | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, May 21st | vs ARI | vs LAA | ||||
| Wed, May 22nd | vs ARI | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, May 24th | @ CIN | @ OAK | ||||
| Sat, May 25th | @ CIN | @ OAK | ||||
| Sun, May 26th | @ CIN | @ OAK | ||||
| Mon, May 27th | @ NYM | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, May 28th | @ NYM | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, May 29th | @ NYM | @ SEA | ||||
| Thu, May 30th | @ SEA | |||||
| Fri, May 31st | vs COL | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jun 1st | vs COL | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jun 2nd | vs COL | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jun 3rd | vs STL | |||||
| Tue, Jun 4th | @ PIT | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 5th | @ PIT | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 7th | @ NYY | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 8th | @ NYY | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 9th | @ NYY | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 10th | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Jun 11th | vs TEX | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Jun 12th | vs TEX | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Jun 14th | vs KC | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Jun 15th | vs KC | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Jun 16th | vs KC | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jun 18th | @ COL | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jun 19th | @ COL | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Jun 20th | @ COL | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jun 21st | vs LAA | vs BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 22nd | vs LAA | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 23rd | vs BAL | |||||
| Tue, Jun 25th | @ CWS | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 26th | @ CWS | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 28th | @ SF | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jun 29th | @ SF | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jun 30th | @ SF | @ NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jul 1st | @ TOR | |||||
| Tue, Jul 2nd | vs ARI | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jul 3rd | vs ARI | @ TOR | ||||
| Thu, Jul 4th | vs ARI | @ TOR | ||||
| Fri, Jul 5th | vs MIL | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 6th | vs MIL | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 7th | vs MIL | @ MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jul 9th | @ PHI | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 10th | @ PHI | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 11th | @ PHI | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 12th | @ DET | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Jul 13th | @ DET | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Jul 14th | @ DET | vs TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jul 19th | vs BOS | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 20th | vs BOS | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 21st | vs BOS | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jul 22nd | vs SF | @ OAK | ||||
| Tue, Jul 23rd | vs SF | @ OAK | ||||
| Wed, Jul 24th | vs SF | @ OAK | ||||
| Fri, Jul 26th | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 27th | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 28th | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 29th | vs PIT | |||||
| Tue, Jul 30th | @ SD | vs PIT | ||||
| Wed, Jul 31st | @ SD | vs PIT | ||||
| Fri, Aug 2nd | @ OAK | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Aug 3rd | @ OAK | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Aug 4th | @ OAK | vs TB | ||||
| Mon, Aug 5th | vs PHI | @ TEX | ||||
| Tue, Aug 6th | vs PHI | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Aug 7th | vs PHI | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Aug 9th | vs PIT | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 10th | vs PIT | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 11th | vs PIT | @ BOS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 12th | @ MIL | @ TB | ||||
| Tue, Aug 13th | @ MIL | @ TB | ||||
| Wed, Aug 14th | @ MIL | @ TB | ||||
| Fri, Aug 16th | @ STL | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 17th | @ STL | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 18th | @ STL | vs CWS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 19th | vs SEA | vs BOS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 20th | vs SEA | vs BOS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 21st | vs SEA | vs BOS | ||||
| Thu, Aug 22nd | @ BAL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 23rd | vs TB | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 24th | vs TB | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 25th | vs TB | @ BAL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 26th | @ PHI | |||||
| Tue, Aug 27th | vs BAL | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 28th | vs BAL | @ PHI | ||||
| Thu, Aug 29th | vs BAL | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Aug 30th | @ ARI | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 31st | @ ARI | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 1st | @ ARI | vs KC | ||||
| Mon, Sep 2nd | @ ARI | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 4th | @ LAA | @ CIN | ||||
| Thu, Sep 5th | @ CIN | |||||
| Fri, Sep 6th | vs CLE | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 7th | vs CLE | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 8th | vs CLE | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 10th | vs CHC | vs OAK | ||||
| Wed, Sep 11th | vs CHC | vs OAK | ||||
| Thu, Sep 12th | vs OAK | |||||
| Fri, Sep 13th | @ ATL | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 14th | @ ATL | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 15th | @ ATL | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 16th | @ ATL | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Sep 17th | @ MIA | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 18th | @ MIA | @ SD | ||||
| Thu, Sep 19th | @ MIA | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 20th | vs COL | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 21st | vs COL | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 22nd | vs COL | vs LAA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 23rd | vs SEA | |||||
| Tue, Sep 24th | vs SD | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 25th | vs SD | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 27th | @ COL | @ CLE | ||||
| Sat, Sep 28th | @ COL | @ CLE | ||||
| Sun, Sep 29th | @ COL | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Mar 20th | @ SD | Yu Darvish (0-1) | #33 | |||
| Thu, Mar 21st | vs SD | Joe Musgrove (2-2) | #27 | |||
| Fri, Apr 26th | @ TOR | Chris Bassitt (2-2) | #28 | |||
| Mon, Apr 29th | @ ARI | |||||
| Mon, May 6th | vs MIA | |||||
| Thu, Jun 6th | @ PIT | |||||
| Thu, Jun 13th | vs TEX | |||||
| Mon, Jun 17th | @ COL | |||||
| Mon, Jun 24th | @ CWS | |||||
| Thu, Jul 25th | vs SF | |||||
| Thu, Aug 15th | @ MIL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 3rd | @ LAA | |||||
| Mon, Sep 9th | vs CHC | |||||
| Thu, Sep 26th | vs SD | |||||
