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Maikel Garcia or Michael Busch

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Maikel Garcia

Maikel Garcia

3BKansas City Royals KC
Michael Busch

Michael Busch

3BChicago Cubs CHC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Garcia over Busch

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Maikel Garcia
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Busch over Garcia

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Michael Busch
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Performance Maikel Garcia
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.360174.4480.48037
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.261186.3330.348412
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Michael Busch
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.174022.1600.21706
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.262286.2980.429012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Maikel Garcia
OWN
61%
+7.8 compared to last week
START
51%
+13.73 compared to last week
OWN/START Michael Busch
OWN
86%
-2.25 compared to last week
START
77%
-5.3 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Maikel Garcia
21st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Michael Busch
14th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Maikel Garcia

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 21st among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 3rd.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Alec Bohm
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 225th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.301
  • Ranked 231st in batting average with 0.247
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 305th with 0.303
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 349th with 0.350
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 343rd with 0.653
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 373rd with 16
  • Top 100 in RBI and is currently ranked 96th with 48
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 169th in runs scored with 48
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.059, OBP: -0.052, HRs: EVEN, RBI: -32, Runs: -47, Wlks: -29, Stls: -17,
Breakdown Michael Busch

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 14th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 8th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Alec Bohm
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 238th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.297
  • Ranked 242nd in batting average with 0.245
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 297th with 0.304
  • Top 75 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 58th with 0.500
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 106th with 0.804
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 310th in RBI with 20
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 421st in runs scored with 16
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.122, OBP: +0.1, HRs: +4, RBI: +10, Runs: +4, Wlks: +1, Stls: -1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Maikel Garcia

No Injury Reported

Injury Michael Busch

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Maikel Garcia
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS TORYusei KikuchiL 3-5
Apr 23VS TORChris StrattonW 3-2
Apr 24VS TORJohn SchreiberW 3-2
Apr 25VS TORCole RagansW 2-1
Apr 26@DETSeth LugoW 0-8
Apr 27@DETAlex FaedoL 6-5
Apr 28@DETTarik Skubal
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.409174.4800.54536
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Michael Busch
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS HOUJordan WicksW 7-2
Apr 24VS HOUJameson TaillonW 4-3
Apr 25VS HOUHayden WesneskiW 3-1
Apr 26@BOSShota ImanagaW 1-7
Apr 27@BOSJustin SlatenL 17-0
Apr 28@BOSTanner Houck
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.211022.1900.26305
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Maikel Garcia
14.93
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Michael Busch
13.84
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Maikel Garcia
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 KC 9 7 0 1 2 0 1 .318 .348 .364 16
2023 KC 124 126 4 59 50 23 38 .273 .324 .359 369
2024 KC 26 22 4 12 18 6 9 .214 .272 .379 94
ON PACE 150 127 23 69 104 34 52 .214 .272 .379 543
3-YEAR AVG 67 67 2 30 26 12 20 .275 .325 .360 193
Career 159 155 8 72 70 29 48 .264 .315 .363
Career Michael Busch
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 LAD 46 12 2 9 7 1 8 .167 .247 .292 66
2024 CHC 25 24 6 13 17 0 9 .289 .347 .554 79
ON PACE 150 144 36 78 102 0 54 .289 .347 .554 474
3-YEAR AVG 46 12 2 9 7 1 8 .167 .247 .292 66
Career 71 36 8 22 24 1 17 .232 .301 .432
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