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Michael Wacha or Ryne Nelson

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Michael Wacha

Michael Wacha

SPKansas City Royals KC
Ryne Nelson

Ryne Nelson

SPArizona Diamondbacks ARI
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Wacha over Nelson

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Michael Wacha
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Nelson over Wacha

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Ryne Nelson
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Performance Michael Wacha
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.250-200841.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.321-2001651.113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Ryne Nelson
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.501-000411.331
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.271-1001111.182
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Michael Wacha
OWN
56%
-4.43 compared to last week
START
46%
+11.26 compared to last week
OWN/START Ryne Nelson
OWN
15%
+7.99 compared to last week
START
13%
+9.88 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Michael Wacha
83rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Ryne Nelson
109th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Michael Wacha

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 83rd among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 61st.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 75 in WHIP and is currently ranked 68th with 1.23
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 66th with 3.86
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 83rd with 24
  • Top 50 in wins and is currently ranked 36th with 7
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -12, L: -2, WHIP: -0.136, ERA: +0.495, K's: -103, Walks: -37
Breakdown Ryne Nelson

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 109th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 227th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • 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 145th in wins with 4
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -7, L: -6, WHIP: +0.183, ERA: -0.018, K's: -84, Walks: -41
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Michael Wacha

No Injury Reported

Injury Ryne Nelson

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Michael Wacha
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@CHWSeth LugoW 0-2
Apr 16@CHW
Apr 17@CHWErick FeddeL 2-1
Apr 17@CHWNick AndersonW 2-4
Apr 19VS BALDean Kremer
Apr 20VS BALCorbin Burnes
Apr 21VS BALCole Irvin
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.501-1001740.723
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Ryne Nelson
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS CHCKeegan ThompsonL 2-3
Apr 16VS CHCKevin GinkelW 12-11
Apr 17VS CHCHayden WesneskiL 3-5
Apr 18@SFLogan Webb
Apr 19@SFBlake Snell
Apr 20@SFKyle Harrison
Apr 21@SFJordan Hicks
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
12.93
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Ryne Nelson
9.99
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 4 24.0 341 21 6 0 1-2 3.75 1.04 7.9 48
ON PACE 34 205 2907 179 51 0 8-17 3.75 1.04 7.9 405
3-YEAR AVG 25 127 2035 115 35 0 9-4 3.95 1.21 8.1 287
Career 253 1292.0 21369 1167 418 0 0-0 4.07 1.31 8.1
Career Ryne Nelson
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2022 ARI 3 19.0 253 16 6 0 1-1 1.42 0.79 7.6 48
2023 ARI 32 145.2 2468 103 47 0 8-8 5.5 1.48 6.4 228
2024 ARI 3 13.2 255 13 5 0 1-2 5.27 1.61 8.6 19
ON PACE 25 113 2174 110 42 0 8-17 5.27 1.61 8.6 164
3-YEAR AVG 18 82 1361 60 27 0 5-5 4.95 1.39 6.5 138
Career 38 178.1 2976 132 58 0 0-0 5.05 1.42 6.7
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KC vs SF
SF vs KC
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @SF 09:45 EDT EST Ryne Nelson
Logan Webb
BOS vs CLE 01:35 EDT EST Brennan Bernardino
Carlos Carrasco
CHC vs MIA 07:40 EDT EST Jameson Taillon
A.J. Puk
DET vs TEX 01:10 EDT EST Kenta Maeda
Jack Leiter
LAA @TB 01:10 EDT EST Griffin Canning
Ryan Pepiot
Matchup Time
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Matchup Time
ANA @VGK 10:00 PM EST
CGY vs SJ 9:00 PM EST
CHI @LA 10:30 PM EST
COL vs EDM 9:30 PM EST
MIN vs SEA 7:00 PM EST
VAN @WPG 8:00 PM EST