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Dylan Cease or Michael Wacha

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Dylan Cease

Dylan Cease

SPSan Diego Padres SD
Michael Wacha

Michael Wacha

SPKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cease over Wacha

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Dylan Cease
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Wacha over Cease

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Michael Wacha
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Performance Dylan Cease
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.291-000800.141
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.382-0001550.622
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Michael Wacha
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.390-000432.681
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.030-2001271.803
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Dylan Cease
OWN
100%
+0.69 compared to last week
START
77%
-8.16 compared to last week
OWN/START Michael Wacha
OWN
49%
-8.38 compared to last week
START
34%
-19.53 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Dylan Cease
18th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Michael Wacha
83rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Dylan Cease

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 19th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 8th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 118th in WHIP with 1.37
  • Currently ranked 109th in ERA with 4.45
  • He walks a lot of batters and is currently ranked 6th with 48
  • Top 20 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 20th with 134
  • Top 50 in wins and is currently ranked 39th with 7
  • Top 50 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 50th with 107.2
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -4, L: -8, WHIP: -0.702, ERA: -2.87, K's: -179, Walks: -68
Breakdown Michael Wacha

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 84th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 82nd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 98th
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 73rd with 3.89
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 72nd with 27
  • 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 0.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -12, L: -2, WHIP: +0.104, ERA: +0.585, K's: -99, Walks: -34
Next Up Health Check
Injury Dylan Cease

No Injury Reported

Injury Michael Wacha

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Dylan Cease
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@COLDylan CeaseW 1-3
Apr 23@COLJalen BeeksL 7-4
Apr 24@COL
Apr 25@COLDakota Hudson
Apr 26VS PHIAaron Nola
Apr 27VS PHIRanger Suarez
Apr 28VS PHITaijuan Walker
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.291-000800.141
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Michael Wacha
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS TORYusei KikuchiL 3-5
Apr 23VS TORChris StrattonW 3-2
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
4.390-000432.681
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Dylan Cease
20.63
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Michael Wacha
12.45
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Dylan Cease
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 CHW 14 . . . 0
2020 CHW 13 . . . 0
2021 CHW 32 . . . 0
2022 CHW 28 . . . 0
2023 CHW 33 . . . 0
2024 SD 5 . . . 0
ON PACE 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 31 . . . 0
Career 125 . . .
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 5 28.1 437 25 9 0 1-2 3.81 1.27 7.9 53
ON PACE 33 190 2949 168 60 0 6-13 3.81 1.27 7.9 355
3-YEAR AVG 25 127 2035 115 35 0 9-4 3.95 1.21 8.1 287
Career 254 1294.0 21465 1171 421 0 0-0 4.08 1.32 8.1
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