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Michael Wacha or Ben Brown

Who Should I Start? - Week 3 • Start New
Michael Wacha

Michael Wacha

SPKansas City Royals KC
Ben Brown

Ben Brown

SPChicago Cubs CHC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Wacha over Brown

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Brown over Wacha

 
 
 
 
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Performance Michael Wacha
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.920-100511.351
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.890-200751.632
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Ben Brown
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
11.250-000542.751
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
8.001-0001062.112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Michael Wacha
OWN
42%
-10.57 compared to last week
START
20%
-7 compared to last week
OWN/START Ben Brown
OWN
11%
-6.27 compared to last week
START
 
5%
-6.04 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Michael Wacha
83rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Ben Brown
105th
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 150th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Hunter Greene
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 103rd in WHIP with 1.63
  • Top 100 in ERA and is currently ranked 85th
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 41st with 5
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -1, L: +2, WHIP: +1.047, ERA: +2.64, K's: -6, Walks: +3
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Ben Brown

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 106th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 178th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Hunter Greene
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 75 in wins and is currently ranked 69th with 1
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +1, L: +1, WHIP: +0.724, ERA: +1.338, K's: +4, Walks: +5
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Michael Wacha

No Injury Reported

Injury Ben Brown

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Michael Wacha
DateOpponentResult
Apr 07VS MINMichael LorenzenW 4-2
Apr 08VS MINJohn SchreiberW 2-1
Apr 09VS MINJoe Ryan
Apr 10VS MINBailey Ober
Apr 11@CLETanner Bibee
Apr 12@CLELuis L. Ortiz
Apr 13@CLEBen Lively
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.250-100242.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Ben Brown
DateOpponentResult
Apr 07VS TEXJustin SteeleW 7-0
Apr 08VS TEXPorter HodgeW 10-6
Apr 09VS TEXTyler Mahle
Apr 11@LADRoki Sasaki
Apr 12@LADTyler Glasnow
Apr 13@LADDustin May
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
8.180-100533.181
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Michael Wacha
13.68
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Ben Brown
8.56
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 31 173.0 2736 150 49 0 13-9 3.49 1.23 7.8 389
2025 KC 2 9.2 180 7 5 0 0-2 4.66 1.55 6.5 4
ON PACE 29 136 2650 103 73 0 0-29 4.66 1.55 6.5 56
3-YEAR AVG 26 142 2270 124 41 0 12-5 3.35 1.19 7.8 344
Career 282 1448.1 23944 1303 466 0 0-0 4.01 1.31 8.1
Career Ben Brown
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2024 CHC 15 . . . 0
2025 CHC 3 . . . 0
ON PACE 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 8 . . . 0
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