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Michael Wacha or Elly De La Cruz

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

Michael Wacha

SPKansas City Royals KC
Elly De La Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

SSCincinnati Reds CIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Wacha over De La Cruz

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Michael Wacha
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting De La Cruz over Wacha

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Elly De La Cruz
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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 Elly De La Cruz
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.190243.3200.47616
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.29351012.3960.707512
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Michael Wacha
OWN
57%
-9.56 compared to last week
START
48%
-15.8 compared to last week
OWN/START Elly De La Cruz
OWN
100%
+1.19 compared to last week
START
94%
-2.32 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Michael Wacha
83rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Elly De La Cruz
5th
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 45th 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 Elly De La Cruz

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 5th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 6th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 130th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.324
  • Ranked 322nd in batting average with 0.230
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 318th with 0.301
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 184th with 0.426
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 228th with 0.726
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 232nd with 32
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 143rd in RBI with 43
  • Top 35 in runs scored and is currently ranked 35th with 62
  • Top 100 in HRs and is currently ranked 84th with 15
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.042, OBP: +0.058, HRs: -8, RBI: -33, Runs: -51, Wlks: -27, Stls: -27,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Michael Wacha

No Injury Reported

Injury Elly De La Cruz

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 Elly De La Cruz
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@SEAGeorge KirbyL 9-3
Apr 16@SEALogan GilbertL 3-1
Apr 17@SEABryce MillerL 5-1
Apr 19VS LAATyler Anderson
Apr 20VS LAAPatrick Sandoval
Apr 21VS LAAJose Soriano
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222111.3640.55613
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Michael Wacha
12.92
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Elly De La Cruz
21.12
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 Elly De La Cruz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 CIN 99 91 13 67 44 34 34 .235 .298 .410 327
2024 CIN 18 18 5 16 11 7 7 .277 .356 .600 80
ON PACE 162 162 45 144 99 63 63 .277 .356 .600 720
3-YEAR AVG 99 91 13 67 44 34 34 .235 .298 .410 327
Career 117 109 18 83 55 41 41 .241 .307 .437
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ARI @SF 10:15 EDT EST Jordan Montgomery
Blake Snell
ATL vs TEX 07:20 EDT EST Chris Sale
Nathan Eovaldi
BAL @KC 07:40 EDT EST Dean Kremer
Alec Marsh
BOS @PIT 06:40 EDT EST Brayan Bello
CHC vs MIA 02:20 EDT EST Shota Imanaga
Jesus Luzardo
CHW @PHI 06:40 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Spencer Turnbull
CIN vs LAA 06:40 EDT EST Nick Lodolo
Tyler Anderson
CLE vs OAK 07:10 EDT EST Triston McKenzie
Joe Boyle
COL vs SEA 08:40 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
Emerson Hancock
DET @MIN 08:10 EDT EST Jack Flaherty
Joe Ryan
HOU @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Justin Verlander
MacKenzie Gore
LAD vs NYM 10:10 EDT EST Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Sean Manaea
MIL @STL 08:15 EDT EST Freddy Peralta
Kyle Gibson
NYY vs TB 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Tyler Alexander
SD vs TOR 09:40 EDT EST Matt Waldron
Yariel Rodriguez
Matchup Time
NO vs SAC 9:30 PM EST
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