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Michael Wacha or Mason Black

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

Michael Wacha

SPKansas City Royals KC
Mason Black

Mason Black

SPSan Francisco Giants SF
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Wacha over Black

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Michael Wacha
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Black over Wacha

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Mason Black
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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 Mason Black
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
12.000-000202.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
8.040-100852.053
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Michael Wacha
OWN
25%
+0.55 compared to last week
START
11%
+2.16 compared to last week
OWN/START Mason Black
OWN
 
2%
-3.68 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-1.47 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Michael Wacha
100th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Mason Black
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 95th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Castillo
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 133rd in WHIP with 1.37
  • Currently ranked 111th in ERA with 4.37
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 69th with 35
  • Top 35 in wins and is currently ranked 35th 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 Mason Black

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 496th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Castillo
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: EVEN, L: +1, WHIP: +2.05, ERA: +8.04, K's: +8, Walks: +5
Next Up Health Check
Injury Michael Wacha

No Injury Reported

Injury Mason Black

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Michael Wacha
DateOpponentResult
May 20VS DETReese Olson
May 21VS DETCasey Mize
May 22VS DETTarik Skubal
May 24@TBZach Eflin
May 25@TBAaron Civale
May 26@TBTaj Bradley
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.920-100301.731
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Mason Black
DateOpponentResult
May 21@PITMartin Perez
May 22@PITJared Jones
May 23@PITPaul Skenes
May 24@NYMChristian Scott
May 25@NYMLuis Severino
May 26@NYMSean Manaea
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
11.68
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Mason Black
0.68
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 9 49.2 802 44 17 0 3-4 4.71 1.37 8 90
ON PACE 30 167 2706 148 57 0 10-13 4.71 1.37 8 304
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 Mason Black
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2024 SF 3 11.2 212 8 5 0 0-1 7.71 1.97 6.2 5
ON PACE 10 38 715 27 16 0 0-3 7.71 1.97 6.2 16
3-YEAR AVG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 NAN NAN NAN 0
Career 3 11.2 212 8 5 0 0-0 7.71 1.97 6.2
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SF vs KC
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @LAD 10:10 EDT EST Joe Mantiply
Landon Knack
ATL vs SD 12:20 EDT EST Reynaldo Lopez
Dylan Cease
BAL @STL 07:45 EDT EST Dean Kremer
Sonny Gray
BOS @TB 06:50 EDT EST Tanner Houck
Taj Bradley
CHW @TOR 03:07 EDT EST Erick Fedde
Jose Berrios
CLE vs NYM 06:10 EDT EST Ben Lively
Tylor Megill
DET @KC 07:40 EDT EST Reese Olson
Michael Wacha
HOU vs LAA 08:10 EDT EST Framber Valdez
Reid Detmers
MIA vs MIL 06:40 EDT EST Ryan Weathers
Joe Ross
MIN @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Pablo Lopez
Mitchell Parker
NYY vs SEA 07:05 EDT EST Marcus Stroman
Logan Gilbert
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Matchup Time
EDM @VAN 9:00 PM EST