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Whit Merrifield or Chris Sale

Who Should I Start? - Week 7 • Start New
Whit Merrifield

Whit Merrifield

2BPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
Chris Sale

Chris Sale

SPAtlanta Braves ATL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrifield over Sale

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Whit Merrifield
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Sale over Merrifield

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Chris Sale
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Performance Whit Merrifield
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.600112.7141.40012
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.412124.4740.70625
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Chris Sale
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.801-000901.201
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.502-0001510.752
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Whit Merrifield
OWN
 
9%
+1.45 compared to last week
START
 
5%
+0.7 compared to last week
OWN/START Chris Sale
OWN
100%
-0.45 compared to last week
START
63%
-4.79 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Whit Merrifield
56th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Chris Sale
21st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Whit Merrifield

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: LF 2B . However, he plays LF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 57th among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 26th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Jose Altuve
  • He is doing a lot better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 352nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.273
  • Ranked 176th in batting average with 0.257
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 349th with 0.294
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 229th with 0.401
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 266th with 0.696
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 331st with 11
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 241st in RBI with 40
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 248th in runs scored with 41
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.043, OBP: -0.035, HRs: -9, RBI: -64, Runs: -59, Wlks: -33, Stls: -23,
Breakdown Chris Sale

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 21st among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 21st.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • Wow, would you look at that. The experts got it right on the money.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 20 in WHIP and is currently ranked 20th with 1.03
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 69th with 3.77
  • Top 100 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 92nd with 96
  • Currently ranked 113th in wins with 5
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: -4, WHIP: -0.181, ERA: -0.895, K's: -83, Walks: -22
Next Up Health Check
Injury Whit Merrifield

No Injury Reported

Injury Chris Sale

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Whit Merrifield
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS SF
May 07VS TORJose Berrios
May 08VS TORChris Bassitt
May 10@MIATrevor Rogers
May 11@MIASixto Sanchez
May 12@MIA
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500111.6672.00001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Chris Sale
DateOpponentResult
May 07VS BOSKutter Crawford
May 08VS BOSJosh Winckowski
May 10@NYMChristian Scott
May 11@NYMLuis Severino
May 12@NYMSean Manaea
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Whit Merrifield
9.93
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Chris Sale
15.78
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Whit Merrifield
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 KC 81 88 2 44 29 8 19 .283 .323 .392 194
2017 KC 145 169 19 80 78 34 29 .288 .324 .460 481
2018 KC 158 192 12 88 60 45 61 .304 .367 .438 519
2019 KC 160 204 16 105 73 20 45 .304 .350 .466 513
2020 KC 60 71 9 38 31 12 12 .286 .328 .444 199
2021 KC 161 179 10 95 73 39 40 .275 .316 .394 604
2022 KC 135 121 11 70 58 16 37 .250 .300 .378 435
2023 TOR 154 149 11 66 67 26 37 .272 .318 .381 484
2024 PHI 19 11 2 7 3 3 4 .229 .283 .396 53
ON PACE 90 52 9 33 14 14 19 .229 .283 .396 252
3-YEAR AVG 150 150 11 77 66 27 38 .267 .312 .385 508
Career 1073 1184 92 593 472 203 284 .283 .330 .421
Career Chris Sale
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2010 CHW 21 21.0 392 32 10 4 2-1 2.14 1.19 13.7 121
2011 CHW 58 61.2 1104 79 27 8 2-2 3.21 1.28 11.5 259
2012 CHW 30 189.2 3016 192 51 0 17-8 3.08 1.14 9.1 577
2013 CHW 30 212.0 3247 226 46 0 11-14 3.14 1.08 9.6 591
2014 CHW 24 159.0 2535 188 36 0 10-4 2.32 0.96 10.6 498
2015 CHW 31 206.1 3323 274 42 0 13-11 3.45 1.1 12 625
2016 CHW 32 226.2 3431 233 45 0 17-10 3.38 1.04 9.3 645
2017 BOS 32 212.0 3428 308 43 0 17-8 2.93 0.98 13.1 701
2018 BOS 27 158.0 2525 237 34 0 12-4 2.11 0.86 13.5 552
2019 BOS 25 145.0 2466 218 37 0 6-11 4.47 1.1 13.5 411
2021 BOS 10 45.0 749 56 15 0 4-2 4.2 1.33 11.2 104
2022 BOS 2 7.1 102 5 1 0 0-1 2.45 0.82 6.1 6
2023 BOS 20 102.2 1670 125 29 0 6-5 4.3 1.13 11 246
2024 ATL 6 36.2 565 42 7 0 4-1 3.44 0.95 10.3 105
ON PACE 31 190 2952 219 36 0 20-5 3.44 0.95 10.3 547
3-YEAR AVG 11 50 840 62 15 0 3-3 4.18 1.18 10.8 119
Career 348 1769.0 28553 2215 423 0 0-0 3.23 1.07 11.3
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CHC vs SD 07:40 EDT EST Shota Imanaga
Yu Darvish
CHW @TB 06:50 EDT EST Michael Soroka
Tyler Alexander
CLE vs DET 06:10 EDT EST Triston McKenzie
Jack Flaherty
KC vs MIL 07:40 EDT EST Cole Ragans
Bryse Wilson
LAA @PIT 06:40 EDT EST Tyler Anderson
Mitch Keller
LAD vs MIA 10:10 EDT EST Walker Buehler
MIN vs SEA 07:40 EDT EST Simeon Woods Richardson
Luis Castillo
NYM @STL 07:45 EDT EST Sean Manaea
Kyle Gibson
OAK vs TEX 09:40 EDT EST Alex Wood
Andrew Heaney
PHI vs SF 04:05 EDT EST Cristopher Sanchez
Matchup Time
DEN vs MIN 10:00 PM EST
IND @NY 7:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS @FLA 8:00 PM EST