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Paul Blackburn or Michael Wacha

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Paul Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

SPOakland Athletics OAK
Michael Wacha

Michael Wacha

SPKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Blackburn over Wacha

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Paul Blackburn
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Wacha over Blackburn

 
 
 
 
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Performance Paul Blackburn
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.000-100500.831
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.501-1001671.283
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 Paul Blackburn
OWN
64%
-0.83 compared to last week
START
45%
+7.7 compared to last week
OWN/START Michael Wacha
OWN
48%
-4.24 compared to last week
START
32%
-1.81 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
107th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Michael Wacha
86th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Paul Blackburn

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 107th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 27th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • Super human effort in the past 30 days. If he can keep it up, then keep him. . otherwise think trade.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 141st in WHIP with 1.43
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 75th with 3.90
  • Top 25 in walks and is currently ranked 24th with 39
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 87th
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 69th with 98.2
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: -6, WHIP: -0.612, ERA: -2.656, K's: -81, Walks: -35
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 87th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • Wow, would you look at that. The experts got it right on the money.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 97th
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 74th with 3.89
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 75th with 27
  • Top 50 in wins and is currently ranked 38th 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 Paul Blackburn

No Injury Reported

Injury Michael Wacha

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Paul Blackburn
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@NYYLucas ErcegW 0-2
Apr 23@NYYMarcus StromanL 4-3
Apr 24@NYYClarke SchmidtL 7-3
Apr 25@NYYNestor Cortes
Apr 26@BALCorbin Burnes
Apr 27@BALCole Irvin
Apr 28@BALAlbert Suarez
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.000-100500.831
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 TORJohn SchreiberW 3-2
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 Paul Blackburn
12.88
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Michael Wacha
12.37
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Paul Blackburn
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2017 OAK 10 58.2 937 22 16 0 3-1 3.22 1.26 3.4 108
2018 OAK 6 27.2 442 19 6 0 2-3 7.16 1.41 6.2 47
2019 OAK 4 11.0 224 8 4 0 0-2 10.64 2.09 6.6 -1
2021 OAK 9 39.1 681 26 10 0 1-4 5.72 1.58 6 32
2022 OAK 21 112.0 1762 89 30 0 7-6 4.26 1.25 7.2 206
2023 OAK 21 103.2 1875 104 43 0 4-7 4.6 1.55 9 178
2024 OAK 5 31.0 459 23 8 0 2-1 2.03 0.97 6.7 77
ON PACE 32 201 2974 149 51 0 12-6 2.03 0.97 6.7 498
3-YEAR AVG 17 84 1439 73 28 0 4-6 4.62 1.41 7.7 138
Career 76 378.2 6380 291 117 0 0-0 4.61 1.4 6.9
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 32 183 2831 162 58 0 6-12 3.81 1.27 7.9 341
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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