| Gerrit Cole's Fantasy Scouting Report |
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SHORT TERM FANTASY OUTLOOK AND WEEKLY RANKINGSGerrit Cole is projected for 4.31 fantasy points in one game which is good enough to be the #23 ranked starting pitcher and a must start for most owners. This is projected to be a below average game with fewer fantasy points than he is projected to average per game the rest of the season. He is ranked above Kyle Hendricks but behind David Price. Week 4 will be better based on projected rank (#12). He is projected for 5.94 fantasy points. These projections power SportsLine's Computer Picks and Fantasy Data. But for contest winning DFS optimal lineups by top experts like Mike McClure visit SportsLine's new Daily Fantasy Hub. REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANKBased on our latest projection, you can expect Gerrit Cole to be an elite fantasy starter the rest of the season. His 155.34 projected fantasy points puts him at #3 behind Zack Greinke and ahead of Walker Buehler. He has averaged 9.59 fantasy points in his past 33 games, which is more than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 5.18 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#8) is worse than his rank based on total fantasy points. He is slightly overrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 98%, he is the #1 most highly owned starting pitcher. Gerrit Cole is expected to come up slightly short of last season's #2 fantasy position rank. FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATSThe tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and upcoming weeks. Below the projection are actual stats from last season. |
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| Career Stats |
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| YEAR | TEAM | APP | GS | INN | W | L | S | K | BBI | HA | ERA | WHIP | CG | SO |
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| 2020 | NYY | 4 | 4 | 22.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 16 | 3.22 | 0.94 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | HOU | 33 | 33 | 212.3 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 326 | 48 | 142 | 2.50 | 0.89 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | HOU | 32 | 32 | 200.3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 276 | 64 | 143 | 2.87 | 1.03 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | PIT | 33 | 33 | 203.0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 196 | 55 | 199 | 4.25 | 1.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | PIT | 21 | 21 | 116.0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 98 | 36 | 131 | 3.87 | 1.43 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | PIT | 32 | 32 | 208.0 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 202 | 44 | 183 | 2.59 | 1.09 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | PIT | 22 | 22 | 138.0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 138 | 40 | 127 | 3.65 | 1.21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | PIT | 19 | 19 | 117.3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 100 | 28 | 109 | 3.22 | 1.16 | 0 | 0 |
| Career (8 Seasons) | 196 | 196 | 1217.0 | 97 | 52 | 0 | 1362 | 320 | 1050 | 3.21 | 1.12 | 3 | 1 |
| YEAR | TEAM | RA | ER | HRA | HB | IBBI | GO | AO | GDAO | PKO | B | WP | RD9 | BS |
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| 2020 | NYY | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.87 | 0 |
| 2019 | HOU | 66 | 59 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 134 | 164 | 0.8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8.18 | 0 |
| 2018 | HOU | 68 | 64 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 125 | 184 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9.61 | 0 |
| 2017 | PIT | 98 | 96 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 217 | 178 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11.44 | 0 |
| 2016 | PIT | 57 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 130 | 105 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13.42 | 0 |
| 2015 | PIT | 71 | 60 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 226 | 167 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10.25 | 0 |
| 2014 | PIT | 58 | 56 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 151 | 106 | 1.4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11.48 | 0 |
| 2013 | PIT | 43 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 137 | 92 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10.76 | 0 |
| Career (8 Seasons) | 469 | 435 | 119 | 43 | 6 | 1133 | 1023 | 1.1 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 10.45 | 0 |
| 2020 Game Log |
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| DATE | TEAM | OPPONENT | RESULT | RECORD | SV | ERA | GS | CG | SHO | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HB | WP | BK | PC |
| 07/23 |  | @ | W | 1-0 | 0 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| 07/29 | | @ | W | 2-0 | 0 | 3.27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
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| DATE | TEAM | OPPONENT | RESULT | RECORD | SV | ERA | GS | CG | SHO | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HB | WP | BK | PC |
| 08/03 | | vs | W | 3-0 | 0 | 2.65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
| 08/08 | | @ | L | 3-0 | 0 | 3.43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
| Past Projections |
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