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Michael Wacha or Jake Cronenworth

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Michael Wacha

Michael Wacha

SPKansas City Royals KC
Jake Cronenworth

Jake Cronenworth

1BSan Diego Padres SD
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Wacha over Cronenworth

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Cronenworth over Wacha

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jake Cronenworth
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Performance Michael Wacha
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.400-100732.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.500-2001151.633
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jake Cronenworth
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.348153.3850.60906
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.282154.3560.436010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Michael Wacha
OWN
40%
-28.49 compared to last week
START
26%
-37.15 compared to last week
OWN/START Jake Cronenworth
OWN
82%
+5.18 compared to last week
START
67%
+1.96 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Michael Wacha
86th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jake Cronenworth
24th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Michael Wacha

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 87th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 108th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 111th in WHIP with 1.34
  • Top 100 in ERA and is currently ranked 87th
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 81st with 27
  • Top 50 in wins and is currently ranked 44th with 7
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -12, L: -1, WHIP: +0.144, ERA: +0.985, K's: -96, Walks: -34
Breakdown Jake Cronenworth

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 25th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 5th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 271st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.288
  • Ranked 148th in batting average with 0.263
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 201st with 0.322
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 148th with 0.442
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 157th with 0.764
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 378th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 152nd in RBI with 40
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 246th in runs scored with 34
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.036, OBP: +0.031, HRs: -6, RBI: -29, Runs: -39, Wlks: -34, Stls: -6,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Michael Wacha

No Injury Reported

Injury Jake Cronenworth

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Michael Wacha
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29@TORGenesis CabreraL 6-5
Apr 30@TORJose Berrios
May 01@TORChris Bassitt
May 03VS TEXMichael Lorenzen
May 04VS TEXDane Dunning
May 05VS TEXJon Gray
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.390-000432.681
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jake Cronenworth
DateOpponentResult
Apr 29VS CINNick LodoloL 2-5
Apr 30VS CINNick Martinez
May 01VS CINGraham Ashcraft
May 03@ARIZac Gallen
May 04@ARIBrandon Pfaadt
May 05@ARITommy Henry
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250001.2500.50001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Michael Wacha
11.90
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jake Cronenworth
14.68
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 6 34.0 528 28 9 0 1-3 4.24 1.32 7.4 54
ON PACE 32 184 2851 151 48 0 5-16 4.24 1.32 7.4 288
3-YEAR AVG 25 127 2035 115 35 0 9-4 3.95 1.21 8.1 287
Career 255 1299.2 21556 1174 421 0 0-0 4.09 1.32 8.1
Career Jake Cronenworth
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 SD 60 56 5 31 23 3 22 .290 .370 .487 158
2021 SD 150 149 21 93 70 4 55 .268 .341 .466 548
2022 SD 161 143 16 91 87 3 66 .238 .329 .380 497
2023 SD 133 104 10 54 48 6 46 .228 .310 .376 368
2024 SD 29 29 4 15 19 0 12 .264 .341 .455 105
ON PACE 146 146 20 75 96 0 60 .264 .341 .455 531
3-YEAR AVG 148 132 16 79 68 4 56 .246 .327 .409 471
Career 533 481 56 284 247 16 201 .251 .332 .419
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