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Blake Taylor or Michael Wacha

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Blake Taylor

Blake Taylor

RPTexas Rangers TEX
Michael Wacha

Michael Wacha

SPKansas City Royals KC
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Taylor over Wacha

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Blake Taylor
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Wacha over Taylor

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Michael Wacha
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Performance Blake Taylor
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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
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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 Blake Taylor
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Michael Wacha
OWN
49%
-11.11 compared to last week
START
33%
-12.4 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Blake Taylor
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Michael Wacha
83rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Blake Taylor

    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.
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
Next Up Health Check
Injury Blake Taylor

No Injury Reported

Injury Michael Wacha

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Blake Taylor
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS SEALogan GilbertL 0-4
Apr 24VS SEAJonathan HernandezW 5-1
Apr 25VS SEALuis Castillo
Apr 26VS CINGraham Ashcraft
Apr 27VS CINHunter Greene
Apr 28VS CINAndrew Abbott
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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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 Blake Taylor
4.55
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Michael Wacha
12.45
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Blake Taylor
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2020 HOU 30 21.1 426 20 15 1 3-1 3.38 1.45 8.4 64
2021 HOU 54 45.2 785 44 24 0 4-4 3.15 1.42 8.7 85
2022 HOU 19 16.0 305 9 10 0 1-1 3.94 1.56 5.1 22
ON PACE 123 104 1976 58 64 0 6-6 3.94 1.56 5.1 139
3-YEAR AVG 24 20 363 18 11 0 2-2 3.48 1.45 7.8 35
Career 103 83.0 1516 73 49 0 0-0 3.36 1.46 7.9
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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