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Juan Soto or Nelson Velazquez

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Juan Soto

Juan Soto

RFNew York Yankees NYY
Nelson Velazquez

Nelson Velazquez

DHKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Soto over Velazquez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Juan Soto
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Velazquez over Soto

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nelson Velazquez
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Performance Juan Soto
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.190014.2500.28605
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250197.3200.386011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nelson Velazquez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.267132.2670.46705
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.226134.2730.355011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Juan Soto
OWN
99%
-0.28 compared to last week
START
99%
-0.28 compared to last week
OWN/START Nelson Velazquez
OWN
 
4%
-1.21 compared to last week
START
 
2%
-0.46 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Juan Soto
3rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nelson Velazquez
91st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Juan Soto

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 4th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 2nd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Kyle Tucker
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 271st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.288
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.284 and is currently ranked 67th
  • Top 15 on base percentage and is currently ranked 12th with 0.396
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 37th with 0.530
  • Top 25 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 24th with 0.926
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 102nd with 10
  • Top 10 in walks and is currently ranked 8th with 87
  • Top 10 in RBI and is currently ranked 8th with 97
  • Top 35 in runs scored and is currently ranked 31st with 81
  • Top 35 in HRs and is currently ranked 35th with 29
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.026, OBP: -0.01, HRs: -26, RBI: -75, Runs: -67, Wlks: -102, Stls: -8,
Breakdown Nelson Velazquez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 92nd among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 14th.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • Super human effort in the past 30 days. If he can keep it up, then keep him. . otherwise think trade.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 439th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.257
  • Ranked 389th in batting average with 0.220
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 378th with 0.287
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 92nd with 0.465
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 175th with 0.751
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 565th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 261st in RBI with 39
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 233rd in runs scored with 45
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.005, OBP: -0.01, HRs: -14, RBI: -23, Runs: -17, Wlks: -5, Stls: +1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Juan Soto

No Injury Reported

Injury Nelson Velazquez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Juan Soto
DateOpponentResult
May 14@MINCarlos RodonW 1-5
May 15@MINMarcus StromanW 0-4
May 16@MINClarke SchmidtW 0-5
May 17VS CHWNestor CortesW 4-2
May 18VS CHWBrad Keller
May 19VS CHWChris Flexen
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.176003.2630.29404
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nelson Velazquez
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 OAKRoss Stripling
May 19VS OAKJP Sears
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167131.1670.41704
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Juan Soto
24.75
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nelson Velazquez
9.64
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Juan Soto
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2018 WAS 115 121 21 76 68 5 79 .294 .407 .512 395
2019 WAS 167 171 39 122 124 13 117 .282 .398 .549 646
2020 WAS 46 52 13 39 37 6 39 .344 .482 .689 216
2021 WAS 151 152 29 108 94 9 138 .311 .461 .539 681
2022 WAS 158 132 26 95 63 7 135 .246 .401 .448 607
2023 SD 162 156 35 97 109 12 132 .275 .410 .519 690
2024 NYY 46 53 9 30 34 4 30 .301 .400 .517 209
ON PACE 162 186 31 105 119 14 105 .301 .400 .517 736
3-YEAR AVG 157 147 30 100 89 9 135 .276 .423 .501 659
Career 845 837 172 567 529 56 670 .285 .418 .523
Career Nelson Velazquez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 CHC 70 33 6 17 25 4 16 .198 .272 .365 140
2023 CHC 66 36 17 35 34 0 14 .225 .294 .581 191
2024 KC 39 27 3 18 11 1 9 .220 .284 .350 79
ON PACE 137 95 10 63 38 3 31 .220 .284 .350 278
3-YEAR AVG 68 35 12 26 30 2 15 .211 .283 .471 166
Career 175 96 26 70 70 5 39 .213 .283 .438
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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 Reynaldo Lopez
Randy Vasquez
BAL vs SEA 01:35 EDT EST Dean Kremer
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
Matchup Time
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