Paul Blackburn
30-Year-Old
2024 Stats
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0-0
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.00
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0
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0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Fingernail and blister issues delayed Blackburn's debut until May 29, but he still ended up passing the century mark in innings for the second straight season. Oakland's lone representative in the 2022 All-Star Game, Blackburn failed to replicate those results in 2023. His WHIP shot up from 1.26 to 1.54 as opponents hit 25 points higher against the right-hander. Blackburn lifted his strikeout rate over 20 percent for the first time in his career, but the jump in strikeouts came with a jump in walks, making it a wash. He's going to be pitching again for one of the worst teams in baseball, and the skills haven't been good enough to compensate throughout most of his career. Now entering his age-30 season, Blackburn could potentially benefit from some tweaks to his pitch mix, though that's merely theoretical. He has to be considered a health and performance risk on draft day. Read Past Outlooks
Elite in final Cactus League start
Blackburn fired six no-hit innings against the Cubs in a Cactus League win Wednesday, allowing one walk and recording three strikeouts.
ANALYSIS
The right-hander was in prime form, with Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reporting Blackburn needed only 63 pitches to get through his six frames while facing the minimum number of hitters. Additionally, 15 of Blackburn's outs were recorded on four pitches or less, and he lowered his spring ERA to 2.84 with the nearly pristine outing.
The right-hander was in prime form, with Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reporting Blackburn needed only 63 pitches to get through his six frames while facing the minimum number of hitters. Additionally, 15 of Blackburn's outs were recorded on four pitches or less, and he lowered his spring ERA to 2.84 with the nearly pristine outing.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-3%
BAA vs RHP
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BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .274 | 99 | 37 | 113 | 11 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .267 | 94 | 36 | 114 | 15 | |||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .289 | 50 | 21 | 55 | 4 | |||
2023vs Right | .283 | 54 | 22 | 62 | 7 | |||
2022vs Left | .260 | 49 | 16 | 58 | 7 | |||
2022vs Right | .250 | 40 | 14 | 52 | 8 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-38%
ERA on Road
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ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 5.58 | 1.45 | 92.0 | 8.7 | 3.0 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 3.44 | 1.36 | 123.0 | 7.6 | 3.1 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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2023Home | 3.57 | 1.32 | 53.0 | 9.2 | 3.6 | ||||
2023Away | 5.33 | 1.78 | 50.2 | 8.9 | 3.9 | ||||
2022Home | 8.31 | 1.62 | 39.0 | 8.1 | 2.3 | ||||
2022Away | 2.12 | 1.06 | 72.1 | 6.7 | 2.5 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Paul Blackburn compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.42K/9
9.0BB/9
3.7HR/9
1.0Fastball
91.9 mphERA
4.43WHIP
1.54BABIP
.360GB/FB
1.45Left On Base
73.3%Exit Velocity
80.8 mphBarrels/BBE
4.1%Spin Rate
2269 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
21.1%Swinging Strike
10.4%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Won't be traded
Athletics general manager David Forst said Monday that the team will not trade Blackburn this offseason, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
ANALYSIS
Blackburn is one of the few A's players who could have a little bit of trade value, but evidently the club plans to hang on to its likely Opening Day starter. The 30-year-old posted a 4.43 ERA and 104:43 K:BB over 103.2 innings in 2023 and is under team control through 2025.
Blackburn is one of the few A's players who could have a little bit of trade value, but evidently the club plans to hang on to its likely Opening Day starter. The 30-year-old posted a 4.43 ERA and 104:43 K:BB over 103.2 innings in 2023 and is under team control through 2025.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Blackburn appeared to be finally turning a corner in his career until fate literally gave him a middle finger. Blackburn was 6-2 with a 2.26 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP through his first 13 starts of 2022 until he began experiencing some middle finger discomfort. He attempted to pitch through it making 8 more starts, but went 1-4 with a 7.94 ERA and a 1.59 WHIP in those final outings before shutting it down for the season and requiring surgery to repair the tear of his flexor tendon sheath in his right middle finger. Blackburn isn't blessed with much velocity or spin, but throws six different pitch types to keep hitters off balance and guessing which of the sextet is coming next. Oakland will give him all the volume he can handle as he is in the first season of arbitration and turns 30 during the season. The volume is what could get him to double-digit wins as the run support is unlikely to do so. He is worthy of a late round selection to see if the repertoire adjustments he made in 2022 can stick and help him pick up where he left off in mid-June.
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Impressive in spring debut
Blackburn (1-0) was credited with the victory in the Athletics' Cactus League win over the Giants on Wednesday, allowing an earned run on a solo home run and recording three strikeouts over two innings.
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Avoids arbitration
Blackburn agreed to a one-year, $3.45 million contract with Oakland on Thursday, avoiding arbitration.
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Brief outing against Twins
Blackburn (4-7) took the loss Tuesday, allowing five runs on four hits and four walks over three innings against Minnesota. He struck out three.
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Decent in loss
Blackburn (4-6) took the loss Tuesday versus the Mariners, allowing two runs on four hits and a walk while striking out four over five innings.
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Posts another short outing
Blackburn (4-5) took the loss against Houston on Wednesday, allowing four runs on four hits and three walks while striking out two batters over three innings.
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