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Michael Wacha

Betting stats, pitch arsenal, opponent splits & prop matchups

Kansas City RoyalsSPBats: R · Throws: R

FormSteadyStuffAverage

The read

Average swing-and-miss.

Strikeout prop

How often Michael Wacha has cleared each strikeout line over his last 5 and 10 starts and the season.

Strikeouts

share of starts cleared

L5L10Season

Over 4.5
80%60%73%
Over 5.5
40%30%36%
Over 6.5▲ hot
40%30%27%
Over 7.5
0%0%5%

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On the mound

This season

ERA

3.60

WHIP

1.17

FIP

3.96

xERA

4.25

5-7 · 21 GS · 132.3 IP · 104 K · 38 BB · 16 HR

MLB avg · 4.20 ERA · 1.30 WHIP · 4.15 FIP

Last 5 starts

ERA

4.02

K/9

7.8

FIP

4.73

31.3 IP · 14 ER · 27 K · 9 BB

@CWS 7.2IP 1ER 7K
vPHI 6IP 4ER 7K
@NYM 4.2IP 6ER 5K
vSF 6IP 1ER 5K
@DET 7IP 2ER 3K

Opponent splits

Stat	vs Lefties	vs Righties
Opp BA	.219	.216
K%	21%	17%
HR allowed	7	9
Sample	311 BF	227 BF

Quality of stuff

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB pitchers (20+ IP) this season. The dot is this player; further right is better. Over 132.3 IP.

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

ERA

3.60

FIP

3.96

xERA

4.25

WHIP

1.17

K %

19.6%

SwStr %

8.3%

Chase %

29.8%

Barrel %

7.4%

Attack zones

23%

Heart

41%

Shadow

23%

Chase

12%

Waste

Heart = middle · Shadow = edges (command) · 6.7 ft extension

Where he lives around the zone. Heart (red) is the middle, Shadow (gold) the edges (command), Chase (blue) and Waste (slate) further off.

Full Statcast profile

Arsenal · splits · situationalSeason-to-date

Pitch arsenalusage · velo · spin · break · whiff% · xwOBA

4-Seam

27%

Sinker

15%

Cutter

15%

Slider

Curve

10%

Change

24%

Pitch	Usage	Velo	Spin	Break	Zone%	SwStr%	xwOBA
4-Seam	26.6%	93.0	2156	1.1	54.4%	8.6%	.420
Change	24.1%	80.6	1536	2.9	48.6%	14.6%	.303
Cutter	15.3%	89.3	2144	2.0	58.2%	4.7%	.371
Sinker	15.1%	93.2	2064	1.3	47.6%	6.4%	.362
Curve	10.2%	76.1	2300	5.0	39.6%	6.1%	.319
Slider	8.5%	84.9	2023	2.8	42.0%	13.1%	.364

Based on 2,071 pitches this season.

Expected & ratesnot in the panels above

xwOBA allowed

.316

1st-pitch strike%

63.9%

Putaway%

39.9%

Recent formlast 5 starts

L5 ERA

5.02

L5 FIP

4.77

L5 K/9

8.5

L5 BB/9

2.5

L5 HR/9

1.9

Pitches/start

94.1

Platoon & times-through

vs LHB xwOBA

.310

vs RHB xwOBA

.323

1st time xwOBA

.313

2nd time xwOBA

.359

3rd time xwOBA

.267

Inn 1-3 ERA

3.86

Inn 4-6 ERA

4.58

Inn 7+ ERA

2.66

Rolling formxwOBA allowed / K% / SwStr% / velo

7d xwOBA

.301

7d K%

18.9%

7d velo

86.5

14d xwOBA

.278

14d K%

19.7%

30d xwOBA

.336

30d K%

21.6%

30d velo

86.7

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.

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