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Jackson Merrill or Dansby Swanson

Who Should I Start? - Week 7 • Start New
Jackson Merrill

Jackson Merrill

CFSan Diego Padres SD
Dansby Swanson

Dansby Swanson

SSChicago Cubs CHC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrill over Swanson

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Jackson Merrill
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Swanson over Merrill

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Dansby Swanson
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Performance Jackson Merrill
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.238144.2270.42906
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.237184.2440.342012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Dansby Swanson
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.136112.2080.27317
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.200248.2500.333213
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jackson Merrill
OWN
60%
-12.08 compared to last week
START
51%
-6.88 compared to last week
OWN/START Dansby Swanson
OWN
91%
-0.99 compared to last week
START
80%
-0.19 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jackson Merrill
33rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Dansby Swanson
14th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jackson Merrill

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 33rd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 24th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 131st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.323
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.284 and is currently ranked 73rd
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 165th with 0.331
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 272nd with 0.388
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 224th with 0.719
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 418th with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 421st in RBI with 16
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 450th in runs scored with 16
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.284, OBP: +0.331, HRs: +2, RBI: +16, Runs: +16, Wlks: +9, Stls: +4,
Breakdown Dansby Swanson

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 15th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 14th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 357th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.273
  • Ranked 342nd in batting average with 0.226
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 312th with 0.302
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 213th with 0.410
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 247th with 0.711
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 328th with 9
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 158th in RBI with 57
  • Top 75 in runs scored and is currently ranked 75th with 63
  • 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: -0.024, OBP: -0.041, HRs: -18, RBI: -68, Runs: -61, Wlks: -55, Stls: -5,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Jackson Merrill

No Injury Reported

Injury Dansby Swanson

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jackson Merrill
DateOpponentResult
May 06@CHCJustin Steele
May 07@CHCShota Imanaga
May 08@CHCHayden Wesneski
May 10VS LADTyler Glasnow
May 11VS LADJames Paxton
May 12VS LADWalker Buehler
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.321036.4060.35718
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Dansby Swanson
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS SDYu Darvish
May 07VS SD
May 08VS SDDylan Cease
May 10@PITJared Jones
May 11@PITBailey Falter
May 12@PITMitch Keller
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167020.1670.33303
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Jackson Merrill
5.96
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Dansby Swanson
19.47
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Jackson Merrill
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2024 SD 36 33 2 16 16 4 9 .284 .331 .388 110
ON PACE 157 144 8 70 70 17 39 .284 .331 .388 481
3-YEAR AVG . . . 0
Career 36 33 2 16 16 4 9 .284 .331 .388
Career Dansby Swanson
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 ATL 38 39 3 20 17 3 13 .302 .361 .442 96
2017 ATL 144 112 6 59 51 3 59 .230 .310 .322 272
2018 ATL 136 114 14 51 59 10 44 .238 .304 .395 302
2019 ATL 132 128 17 80 67 10 52 .255 .329 .427 368
2020 ATL 72 77 13 55 44 7 27 .273 .343 .479 231
2021 ATL 178 158 29 84 92 10 54 .246 .306 .441 531
2022 ATL 156 169 21 97 89 19 46 .272 .323 .428 511
2023 CHC 151 138 22 81 80 9 66 .244 .328 .416 477
2024 CHC 35 27 4 20 12 4 11 .220 .287 .358 92
ON PACE 162 124 18 92 55 18 50 .220 .287 .358 425
3-YEAR AVG 162 155 24 87 87 13 55 .255 .319 .429 506
Career 1042 962 129 547 511 75 372 .251 .319 .413
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