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Yordan Alvarez or Shota Imanaga

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Yordan Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

LFHouston Astros HOU
Shota Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

SPChicago Cubs CHC
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarez over Imanaga

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Imanaga over Alvarez

 
 
 
 
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Performance Yordan Alvarez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.391124.5000.69616
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.326125.4040.500112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Shota Imanaga
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000710.711
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-0001541.252
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Yordan Alvarez
OWN
100%
+0.39 compared to last week
START
100%
+4.33 compared to last week
OWN/START Shota Imanaga
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
82%
No change since last week.
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Yordan Alvarez
5th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Shota Imanaga
18th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Yordan Alvarez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 6th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 13th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Kyle Tucker
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 124th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.325
  • Top 25 in batting average with 0.306 and is currently ranked 22nd
  • Top 15 on base percentage and is currently ranked 13th with 0.400
  • Top 15 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 14th with 0.565
  • Top 15 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 13th with 0.966
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 432nd with 1
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 66th with 62
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 109th in RBI with 79
  • Top 100 in runs scored and is currently ranked 77th with 75
  • Top 50 in HRs and is currently ranked 48th with 29
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.027, OBP: -0.062, HRs: -26, RBI: -81, Runs: -56, Wlks: -49, Stls: +1,
Breakdown Shota Imanaga

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: P RP . However, he plays P most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 18th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 10th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • WHIP is among the best in the league currently ranked 7th with 0.92
  • ERA is among the best in the league currently ranked 1st with 0.85
  • Currently ranked 131st in wins with 5
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +5, L: EVEN, WHIP: +0.92, ERA: +0.85, K's: +58, Walks: +9
Next Up Health Check
Injury Yordan Alvarez

No Injury Reported

Injury Shota Imanaga

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Yordan Alvarez
DateOpponentResult
May 20VS LAAJose SuarezL 7-9
May 21VS LAAJosh HaderW 6-5
May 22VS LAATyler AndersonL 1-2
May 24@OAKJustin VerlanderW 3-6
May 25@OAKJP Sears
May 26@OAKAaron Brooks
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333122.4120.53308
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Shota Imanaga
DateOpponentResult
May 21VS ATLLuke LittleW 4-3
May 22VS ATLMax FriedL 2-9
May 23VS ATLDylan LeeL 0-3
May 24@STL
May 25@STLMiles Mikolas
May 26@STLSonny Gray
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000832.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Yordan Alvarez
20.56
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Shota Imanaga
19.04
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Yordan Alvarez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 HOU 105 112 28 63 81 0 59 .302 .399 .606 371
2020 HOU 2 2 1 2 4 0 0 .250 .333 .625 11
2021 HOU 159 164 35 104 112 1 62 .282 .358 .539 593
2022 HOU 142 143 38 99 105 1 81 .292 .398 .591 600
2023 HOU 134 139 37 89 112 0 73 .307 .415 .616 581
2024 HOU 50 52 9 27 22 1 21 .269 .347 .461 171
ON PACE 158 165 28 85 69 3 66 .269 .347 .461 543
3-YEAR AVG 145 149 37 97 110 1 72 .293 .388 .578 591
Career 592 612 148 384 436 3 296 .292 .386 .573
Career Shota Imanaga
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2024 CHC 9 53.2 780 58 9 0 5-0 0.84 0.91 9.7 179
ON PACE 28 169 2477 184 28 0 15-0 0.84 0.91 9.7 568
3-YEAR AVG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 NAN NAN NAN 0
Career 9 53.2 780 58 9 0 0-0 0.84 0.91 9.7
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Mitch Keller
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Erick Fedde
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Colin Rea
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Jose Soriano
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Aaron Nola
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Jose Berrios
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JP Sears
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Aaron Civale
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Michael Lorenzen
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Jordan Hicks
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Dylan Cease
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Trevor Williams
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