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Bryce Elder for Michael Wacha (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Michael Wacha SP - KC  | Bryce Elder SP - ATL  | |
Expert |
60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts |
40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 93 | # 127 |
| VBR | # 271 | # 353 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 94 | 84 |
| Wins | 7 | 6 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 4.24 | 4.46 |
| WHIP | 1.32 | 1.40 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 66 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 80 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 99 | # 154 |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 42 | # 34 |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | ‐ | # 94 |
| Michael Wacha SP - KC | Bryce Elder SP - ATL | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 11 | 11 |
| Games Started | 11 | 11 |
| Innings Pitched | 70.1 | 68.2 |
| Wins | 4 | 4 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 50 | 47 |
| Earned Runs | 21 | 15 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | 5 |
| Strikeouts | 60 | 60 |
| Walks | 22 | 21 |
| ERA | 2.69 | 1.97 |
| WHIP | 1.02 | 0.99 |
| Michael Wacha SP - KC | Bryce Elder SP - ATL | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 20 | 19 |
| Games Started | 20 | 17 |
| Innings Pitched | 115.6 | 99.4 |
| Wins | 7 | 6 |
| Losses | 7 | 6 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 113 | 101 |
| Earned Runs | 54 | 49 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 15 | 12 |
| Strikeouts | 94 | 84 |
| Walks | 35 | 34 |
| ERA | 4.24 | 4.46 |
| WHIP | 1.32 | 1.40 |
| Michael Wacha SP - KC | Bryce Elder SP - ATL | |
| News | ||
| Michael Wacha allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five over seven innings in Monday's loss to the Yankees. Chase Davis Tue, May 26th | Bryce Elder allowed just one run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Friday's 5-4 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 23rd | |
| Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and two walks while striking out eight over six innings in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Thu, May 21st | Bryce Elder allowed three runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out three over eight innings in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Red Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 17th | |
| Michael Wacha allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Friday's loss to the Cardinals. Chase Davis Sat, May 16th | Bryce Elder will make his next start on Saturday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th | |
| Michael Wacha allowed zero earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out six over seven innings in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Sun, May 10th | Bryce Elder allowed no runs on one hit and four walks while striking out eight over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday's 7-2 win over the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 11th | |
| Michael Wacha allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out three over seven innings in Monday's 6-2 win over the Guardians. Chase Davis Tue, May 5th | Bryce Elder allowed two runs on only two hits and three walks while racking up nine strikeouts over six innings in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Mariners. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 6th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Michael Wacha SP - KC | Bryce Elder SP - ATL | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #30 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #81 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #123 | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #107 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6) | #242 | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #198 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #183 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #16 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #67 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #84 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #116 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #49 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (6-2) | #71 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #57 | @ ARI | Brandon Pfaadt (0-1) | #117 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-3) | #39 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (7-3) | #29 | @ LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #152 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #88 | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #48 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #80 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #112 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #417 | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #54 | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #63 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-6) | #68 | vs MIA | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #308 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #40 | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | #373 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #62 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (5-2) | #3 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #69 | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #163 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #175 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #90 | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #94 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #111 | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #170 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #97 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #152 | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #163 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #394 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #6 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #48 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #41 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #183 | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #55 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-5) | #115 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #8 | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #428 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #98 | @ COL | Brennan Bernardino (2-3) | #258 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #50 | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #296 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (2-4) | #13 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (7-3) | #29 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #88 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #8 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #45 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | @ LAD | Blake Snell (0-1) | #59 | |
| Sun, May 10th | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (6-2) | #140 | |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #417 | vs CHC | Colin Rea (4-3) | #134 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #199 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #23 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #181 | vs CHC | Ben Brown (1-2) | #56 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-5) | #101 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (4-2) | #102 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #164 | vs BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #91 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #146 | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #32 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #27 | @ MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #148 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (4-2) | #102 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #120 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #61 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (2-4) | #13 | vs WSH | Richard Lovelady (2-2) | #216 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #175 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #8 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #94 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #40 | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #27 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (0-0) | #33 | @ BOS | Connelly Early (4-2) | #102 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #91 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #52 | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #308 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #96 | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #136 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #74 | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #65 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-2) | #100 | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #22 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #308 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #226 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #89 | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #44 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #16 | vs PIT | Jared Jones | #77 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIN | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIN | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs TEX | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs TEX | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs HOU | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs HOU | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs HOU | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ WSH | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ WSH | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | vs SF | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs STL | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs MIL | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs STL | vs MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TB | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TB | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TB | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CWS | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CWS | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CWS | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TB | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TB | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs NYM | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PHI | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PHI | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ NYM | @ PIT | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ NYM | @ PIT | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ NYM | @ PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ BAL | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ BAL | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ BAL | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SD | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SD | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SD | vs TEX | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SF | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SF | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SF | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ DET | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ DET | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ DET | @ BAL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ NYM | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIN | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIN | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ MIN | vs WSH | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ COL | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ COL | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ COL | vs WSH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs MIN | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs MIN | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CHC | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CHC | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CHC | @ NYY | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAD | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ LAD | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ LAD | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ LAA | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ LAA | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ LAA | vs ARI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATH | @ MIN | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATH | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATH | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ TOR | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ TOR | vs LAD | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CLE | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CLE | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CLE | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIA | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIA | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs TOR | @ PHI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs TOR | @ PHI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs TOR | @ PHI | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs ARI | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs ARI | vs TB | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | vs TB | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ BOS | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ BOS | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ BOS | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ CHC | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ HOU | @ CHC | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ HOU | @ CHC | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ PIT | @ HOU | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ PIT | @ HOU | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ PIT | @ HOU | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs CWS | vs CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs CWS | vs CIN | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs CWS | vs CIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CLE | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CLE | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CLE | @ MIA | ||||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #181 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #112 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #62 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | |||||
