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Michael Wacha or Louie Varland

Who Should I Start? - Week 7 • Start New
Michael Wacha

Michael Wacha

SPKansas City Royals KC
Louie Varland

Louie Varland

SPMinnesota Twins MIN
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Wacha over Varland

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Michael Wacha
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Varland over Wacha

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Louie Varland
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Performance Michael Wacha
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
8.801-100961.962
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
7.751-2001261.793
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Louie Varland
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
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
28%
-9.53 compared to last week
START
17%
-0.19 compared to last week
OWN/START Louie Varland
OWN
 
8%
-1.7 compared to last week
START
 
4%
-1.22 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Michael Wacha
97th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Louie Varland
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Michael Wacha

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 97th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 116th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 130th in WHIP with 1.40
  • Currently ranked 113th in ERA with 4.56
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 66th with 33
  • Top 50 in wins and is currently ranked 36th with 8
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -11, L: EVEN, WHIP: +0.284, ERA: +1.955, K's: -87, Walks: -28
Breakdown Louie Varland

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 538th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -4, L: +1, WHIP: +0.934, ERA: +4.674, K's: -54, Walks: -8
Next Up Health Check
Injury Michael Wacha

No Injury Reported

Injury Louie Varland

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Michael Wacha
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS MILNick AndersonW 3-2
May 07VS MILJared KoenigL 5-6
May 08VS MILBrady SingerW 6-4
May 09@LAAMichael WachaW 4-10
May 10@LAAGriffin Canning
May 11@LAATyler Anderson
May 12@LAAPatrick Sandoval
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.001-000651.331
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Louie Varland
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS SEAGriffin JaxW 3-1
May 07VS SEARyne StanekL 6-10
May 08VS SEAChris PaddackW 6-3
May 09VS SEAPablo LopezW 11-1
May 10@TORYusei Kikuchi
May 11@TORKevin Gausman
May 12@TORAlek Manoah
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
11.38
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Louie Varland
6.68
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 8 43.2 708 37 15 0 2-4 5.15 1.44 7.6 67
ON PACE 33 180 2940 153 62 0 8-16 5.15 1.44 7.6 277
3-YEAR AVG 25 127 2035 115 35 0 9-4 3.95 1.21 8.1 287
Career 257 1309.1 21736 1183 427 0 0-0 4.12 1.32 8.1
Career Louie Varland
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 MIN 1 . . . 0
2023 MIN 19 . . . 0
2024 MIN 4 . . . 0
ON PACE 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 10 . . . 0
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