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Michael Wacha or Mark Melancon

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

Michael Wacha

SPKansas City Royals KC
Mark Melancon

Mark Melancon

RP
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Wacha over Melancon

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melancon 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 Mark Melancon
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Michael Wacha
OWN
47%
-12.51 compared to last week
START
30%
-15.19 compared to last week
OWN/START Mark Melancon
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Michael Wacha
86th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Mark Melancon
Not Ranked
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 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 98th
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 74th with 3.89
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 76th 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
Breakdown Mark Melancon

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Michael Wacha

No Injury Reported

Injury Mark Melancon

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 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
Matchups Mark Melancon
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Michael Wacha
12.37
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Mark Melancon
5.42
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 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
Career Mark Melancon
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2010 NYY 22 19.0 349 22 8 0 2-0 4.74 1.42 10.4 61
2011 HOU 69 68.1 1092 63 26 19 8-4 3.03 1.33 8.3 410
2012 BOS 38 36.0 683 37 11 1 0-2 7.75 1.56 9.3 69
2013 PIT 72 71.0 989 70 8 16 3-2 1.39 0.96 8.9 357
2014 PIT 67 65.1 892 65 10 31 2-4 1.93 0.87 9 378
2015 PIT 78 74.1 1088 62 14 51 3-2 2.3 0.96 7.5 530
2016 PIT 75 69.0 1022 65 12 47 2-2 1.7 0.93 8.5 500
2017 SF 32 30.0 502 29 6 11 1-2 4.5 1.43 8.7 133
2018 SF 41 36.2 654 31 14 3 1-4 3.44 1.69 7.6 89
2019 SF 69 68.0 1135 72 20 14 5-3 4.1 1.46 9.5 241
2020 ATL 30 29.0 396 19 7 13 2-1 1.86 1.07 5.9 151
2021 SD 62 64.1 1016 57 23 38 3-3 2.24 1.18 8 318
2022 ARI 58 52.0 832 34 20 18 3-10 5.02 1.58 5.9 123
ON PACE 361 324 5184 211 124 112 18-62 5.02 1.58 5.9 766
3-YEAR AVG 40 38 616 30 14 19 2-4 3.49 1.34 7 147
Career 713 671.1 10650 626 179 0 0-0 3.11 1.23 8.4
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