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Kenta Maeda or Michael Wacha

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Kenta Maeda

Kenta Maeda

SPDetroit Tigers DET
Michael Wacha

Michael Wacha

SPKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Maeda over Wacha

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Kenta Maeda
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Wacha over Maeda

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Michael Wacha
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Performance Kenta Maeda
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
20.450-000224.091
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.590-000721.712
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Michael Wacha
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.000-100421.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.250-200841.502
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kenta Maeda
OWN
27%
-7.04 compared to last week
START
22%
+2.46 compared to last week
OWN/START Michael Wacha
OWN
52%
-4.79 compared to last week
START
45%
-8.67 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kenta Maeda
88th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Michael Wacha
83rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kenta Maeda

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 89th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 299th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • 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

  • Top 75 in WHIP and is currently ranked 75th with 1.24
  • Currently ranked 110th in ERA with 4.50
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 58th with 31
  • Currently ranked 111th in wins with 5
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -6, L: -7, WHIP: +0.41, ERA: +3.492, K's: -109, Walks: -24
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Michael Wacha

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 83rd among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 95th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He should be doing a bit better than this. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 75 in WHIP and is currently ranked 64th with 1.23
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 69th with 3.86
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 90th with 24
  • Top 50 in wins and is currently ranked 43rd with 7
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -12, L: -2, WHIP: -0.136, ERA: +0.495, K's: -103, Walks: -37
Next Up Health Check
Injury Kenta Maeda

No Injury Reported

Injury Michael Wacha

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kenta Maeda
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@TBTarik SkubalW 1-7
Apr 23@TBRyan Pepiot
Apr 24@TBTyler Alexander
Apr 26VS KCSeth Lugo
Apr 27VS KCBrady Singer
Apr 28VS KCMichael Wacha
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Michael Wacha
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS TORYusei KikuchiL 3-5
Apr 23VS TORKevin Gausman
Apr 24VS TORYariel Rodriguez
Apr 25VS TORJose Berrios
Apr 26@DETReese Olson
Apr 27@DETCasey Mize
Apr 28@DETTarik Skubal
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Kenta Maeda
12.57
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Michael Wacha
12.50
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Kenta Maeda
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2016 LAD 32 173.1 2930 179 50 0 16-11 3.53 1.15 9.3 468
2017 LAD 29 134.1 2181 140 34 1 13-6 4.22 1.15 9.4 342
2018 LAD 39 118.1 2051 153 43 2 8-10 4.03 1.34 11.6 332
2019 LAD 41 153.2 2491 176 51 3 10-8 4.04 1.08 10.3 410
2020 MIN 12 71.2 1077 85 13 0 6-1 2.51 0.77 10.7 226
2021 MIN 21 106.2 1775 113 32 0 6-5 4.73 1.3 9.5 220
2023 MIN 23 108.1 1769 121 31 0 6-8 4.32 1.21 10.1 228
2024 DET 4 17.2 308 12 7 0 0-1 7.64 1.58 6.1 16
ON PACE 28 122 2169 84 49 0 0-7 7.64 1.58 6.1 115
3-YEAR AVG 22 107 1772 117 32 0 6-7 4.47 1.25 9.7 224
Career 201 877.0 14582 979 261 0 0-0 4.06 1.18 10.1
Career Michael Wacha
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2013 STL 15 64.2 1034 65 19 0 4-1 2.78 1.1 9.1 179
2014 STL 18 104.0 1644 91 32 0 5-6 3.2 1.19 7.9 253
2015 STL 30 179.0 2936 153 58 0 17-7 3.42 1.23 7.7 463
2016 STL 27 138.0 2324 114 45 0 7-7 5.09 1.48 7.4 277
2017 STL 30 165.2 2690 158 55 0 12-9 4.13 1.36 8.6 399
2018 STL 15 82.0 1419 71 36 0 8-2 3.29 1.27 7.8 211
2019 STL 29 122.0 2199 104 55 0 6-7 4.94 1.62 7.7 212
2020 NYM 9 37.0 676 44 8 0 1-4 7.05 1.62 10.7 51
2021 TB 30 128.2 2033 125 31 0 3-5 5.32 1.33 8.7 217
2022 BOS 22 122.0 1851 97 30 0 10-2 3.32 1.12 7.2 295
2023 SD 24 134.1 2222 124 43 0 13-4 3.22 1.16 8.3 348
2024 KC 4 24.0 341 21 6 0 1-2 3.75 1.04 7.9 48
ON PACE 28 170 2401 147 42 0 7-14 3.75 1.04 7.9 334
3-YEAR AVG 25 127 2035 115 35 0 9-4 3.95 1.21 8.1 287
Career 253 1292.0 21369 1167 418 0 0-0 4.07 1.31 8.1
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