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Maikel Garcia or Whit Merrifield

Who Should I Start? - Week 7 • Start New
Maikel Garcia

Maikel Garcia

3BKansas City Royals KC
Whit Merrifield

Whit Merrifield

2BPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Garcia over Merrifield

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Maikel Garcia
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrifield over Garcia

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Whit Merrifield
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Performance Maikel Garcia
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.280022.3790.36006
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.288066.3560.365213
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Whit Merrifield
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.231121.2860.46214
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.300123.3640.50026
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Maikel Garcia
OWN
79%
+4.86 compared to last week
START
74%
+14.65 compared to last week
OWN/START Whit Merrifield
OWN
 
7%
+0.51 compared to last week
START
 
5%
+1.46 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Maikel Garcia
19th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Whit Merrifield
57th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Maikel Garcia

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 19th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 4th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He is doing better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 201st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.306
  • Ranked 207th in batting average with 0.251
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 286th with 0.306
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 358th with 0.352
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 339th with 0.658
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 366th with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 121st in RBI with 52
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 178th in runs scored with 53
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.038, OBP: -0.033, HRs: EVEN, RBI: -28, Runs: -42, Wlks: -25, Stls: -15,
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 23rd.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Marcus Semien
  • 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 377th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.270
  • Ranked 186th in batting average with 0.255
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 361st with 0.291
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 251st with 0.394
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 290th with 0.685
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 343rd with 12
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 245th in RBI with 41
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 252nd in runs scored with 41
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.052, OBP: -0.052, HRs: -9, RBI: -63, Runs: -59, Wlks: -33, Stls: -22,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Maikel Garcia

No Injury Reported

Injury Whit Merrifield

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Maikel Garcia
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS MILNick AndersonW 3-2
May 07VS MILJared KoenigL 5-6
May 08VS MILBrady SingerW 6-4
May 09@LAAReid Detmers
May 10@LAAGriffin Canning
May 11@LAATyler Anderson
May 12@LAAPatrick Sandoval
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273021.4290.36403
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Whit Merrifield
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS SFZack WheelerW 6-1
May 07VS TORCristopher SanchezW 10-1
May 08VS TORChris BassittL 3-5
May 10@MIATrevor Rogers
May 11@MIASixto Sanchez
May 12@MIABraxton Garrett
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.231121.2860.46214
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Maikel Garcia
14.56
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Whit Merrifield
9.82
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 37 35 4 17 22 8 13 .235 .291 .376 130
ON PACE 157 149 17 72 93 34 55 .235 .291 .376 554
3-YEAR AVG 67 67 2 30 26 12 20 .275 .325 .360 193
Career 170 168 8 77 74 31 52 .265 .317 .363
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 22 13 2 7 4 4 4 .220 .266 .356 60
ON PACE 93 55 8 29 17 17 17 .220 .266 .356 255
3-YEAR AVG 150 150 11 77 66 27 38 .267 .312 .385 508
Career 1076 1186 92 593 473 204 284 .283 .329 .420
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ARI @CIN 01:10 EDT EST Slade Cecconi
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CHW vs CLE 07:40 EDT EST Erick Fedde
Ben Lively
COL vs SF 03:10 EDT EST Cal Quantrill
Keaton Winn
HOU @NYY 05:05 EDT EST Ronel Blanco
Marcus Stroman
KC @LAA 09:38 EDT EST Michael Wacha
Reid Detmers
MIL vs STL 07:40 EDT EST Tobias Myers
Sonny Gray
MIN vs SEA 01:10 EDT EST Pablo Lopez
Logan Gilbert
Matchup Time
BOS vs CLE 7:00 PM EST
DAL @OKC 9:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
CAR vs NYR 7:00 PM EST
COL @DAL 9:30 PM EST