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Michael Wacha or Jesus Luzardo

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Michael Wacha

Michael Wacha

SPKansas City Royals KC
Jesus Luzardo

Jesus Luzardo

SPMiami Marlins MIA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Wacha over Luzardo

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Luzardo over Wacha

 
 
 
 
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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
Performance Jesus Luzardo
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.000-000631.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.730-0001041.272
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Michael Wacha
OWN
49%
-11.11 compared to last week
START
34%
-11.75 compared to last week
OWN/START Jesus Luzardo
OWN
90%
-3.24 compared to last week
START
62%
-4.98 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Michael Wacha
83rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jesus Luzardo
22nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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 96th
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 73rd with 3.89
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 74th with 27
  • Top 50 in wins and is currently ranked 44th 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
Breakdown Jesus Luzardo

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 22nd among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 145th.
  • 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

  • Currently ranked 125th in WHIP with 1.39
  • Currently ranked 131st in ERA with 4.87
  • Top 15 in walks and is currently ranked 14th with 44
  • Top 75 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 53rd with 128
  • Currently ranked 132nd in wins with 4
  • Top 100 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 83rd with 109.1
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 2.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -10, L: -8, WHIP: +0.15, ERA: +2.652, K's: -186, Walks: -42
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Michael Wacha

No Injury Reported

Injury Jesus Luzardo

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
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
Matchups Jesus Luzardo
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@ATLBryce ElderL 3-0
Apr 23@ATLMax FriedL 5-0
Apr 24@ATLReynaldo Lopez
Apr 26VS WASTrevor Williams
Apr 27VS WASMitchell Parker
Apr 28VS WASPatrick Corbin
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
9.000-000411.601
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Michael Wacha
12.45
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jesus Luzardo
15.76
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 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
Career Jesus Luzardo
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 OAK 7 15.0 217 20 5 2 0-0 1.2 0.73 12 57
2020 OAK 14 64.1 1072 66 19 0 3-3 4.48 1.35 9.2 139
2021 OAK 25 96.1 1727 98 48 0 6-9 6.54 1.6 9.2 133
2022 MIA 18 101.0 1644 120 35 0 4-7 3.3 1.02 10.7 250
2023 MIA 33 180.1 3078 213 55 0 10-10 3.89 1.26 10.6 438
2024 MIA 5 26.0 470 27 13 0 0-2 6.58 1.42 9.4 35
ON PACE 32 169 3045 174 84 0 0-12 6.58 1.42 9.4 223
3-YEAR AVG 25 125 2150 144 46 0 7-9 4.41 1.27 10.2 274
Career 102 478.1 8208 544 175 0 0-0 4.48 1.29 10.2
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