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Michael Wacha or Heston Kjerstad

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Michael Wacha

Michael Wacha

SPKansas City Royals KC
Heston Kjerstad

Heston Kjerstad

RFBaltimore Orioles BAL
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Wacha over Kjerstad

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Michael Wacha
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kjerstad over Wacha

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Heston Kjerstad
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Performance Michael Wacha
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.501-000720.831
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.252-0001371.082
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Heston Kjerstad
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0000.00003
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Michael Wacha
OWN
22%
-2.7 compared to last week
START
 
9%
+0.18 compared to last week
OWN/START Heston Kjerstad
OWN
 
10%
-4.95 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-2.22 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Michael Wacha
100th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Heston Kjerstad
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Michael Wacha

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 101st among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 91st.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 131st in WHIP with 1.37
  • Currently ranked 111th in ERA with 4.37
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 68th with 35
  • Top 35 in wins and is currently ranked 32nd with 9
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -10, L: EVEN, WHIP: +0.204, ERA: +1.505, K's: -80, Walks: -26
Breakdown Heston Kjerstad

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 191st.
  • The current leader among RF's is Kyle Tucker
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 385th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.269
  • Ranked 461st in batting average with 0.205
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 384th with 0.286
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 329th with 0.364
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 362nd with 0.649
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 617th in RBI with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 663rd in runs scored with 3
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.09, OBP: +0.013, HRs: -2, RBI: -4, Runs: -3, Wlks: EVEN, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Michael Wacha

No Injury Reported

Injury Heston Kjerstad

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Michael Wacha
DateOpponentResult
May 13@SEAGeorge KirbyL 6-2
May 14@SEAMichael WachaW 2-4
May 15@SEABryan WooL 4-2
May 17VS OAKCole RagansW 6-2
May 18VS OAKSeth LugoW 5-3
May 19VS OAKJP Sears
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.501-000720.831
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Heston Kjerstad
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS TORJordan RomanoL 2-3
May 14VS TOR
May 15VS TORDanny CoulombeW 3-2
May 17VS SEAJohn MeansW 9-2
May 18VS SEARyne StanekL 3-4
May 19VS SEAGeorge Kirby
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Michael Wacha
11.84
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Heston Kjerstad
5.21
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 9 49.2 802 44 17 0 3-4 4.71 1.37 8 90
ON PACE 31 170 2764 151 58 0 10-13 4.71 1.37 8 311
3-YEAR AVG 25 127 2035 115 35 0 9-4 3.95 1.21 8.1 287
Career 258 1315.1 21830 1190 429 0 0-0 4.11 1.32 8.1
Career Heston Kjerstad
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 BAL 15 7 2 3 4 0 2 .233 .281 .467 28
2024 BAL 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .294 .143 6
ON PACE 30 7 0 0 0 0 7 .143 .294 .143 22
3-YEAR AVG 15 7 2 3 4 0 2 .233 .281 .467 28
Career 23 9 2 3 4 0 4 .205 .286 .364
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI vs DET 04:10 EDT EST Jordan Montgomery
Matt Manning
ATL vs SD 07:10 EDT EST Bryce Elder
Yu Darvish
BAL vs SEA 01:35 EDT EST Corbin Burnes
George Kirby
BOS @STL 01:05 EDT EST Nick Pivetta
Matthew Liberatore
CHC vs PIT 02:20 EDT EST Jameson Taillon
Mitch Keller
CHW @NYY 01:35 EDT EST Chris Flexen
Carlos Rodon
CIN @LAD 04:10 EDT EST Hunter Greene
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
CLE vs MIN 01:40 EDT EST Tanner Bibee
Chris Paddack
COL @SF 04:05 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
Jordan Hicks
HOU vs MIL 02:10 EDT EST Spencer Arrighetti
Colin Rea
KC vs OAK 02:10 EDT EST Brady Singer
JP Sears
LAA @TEX 02:35 EDT EST Jose Soriano
Michael Lorenzen
MIA vs NYM 01:40 EDT EST Sixto Sanchez
Sean Manaea
PHI vs WAS 01:35 EDT EST Aaron Nola
Trevor Williams
TB @TOR 01:37 EDT EST Aaron Civale
Alek Manoah
Matchup Time
DEN vs MIN 8:00 PM EST
IND @NY 3:30 PM EST
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