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Whit Merrifield or Jake Irvin

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Whit Merrifield

Whit Merrifield

2BPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
Jake Irvin

Jake Irvin

SPWashington Nationals WAS
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrifield over Irvin

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Whit Merrifield
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Irvin over Merrifield

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jake Irvin
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Performance Whit Merrifield
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.077003.2000.11506
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.128124.2270.231110
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jake Irvin
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.570-000600.571
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.500-1001010.832
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Whit Merrifield
OWN
 
8%
-0.26 compared to last week
START
 
5%
+0.45 compared to last week
OWN/START Jake Irvin
OWN
16%
+5.43 compared to last week
START
14%
+10.59 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Whit Merrifield
61st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jake Irvin
110th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Whit Merrifield

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: LF 2B 3B . However, he plays LF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 61st 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
  • You have to be impressed by how much better he is performing. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 440th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.257
  • Ranked 261st in batting average with 0.242
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 388th with 0.285
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 311th with 0.376
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 344th with 0.661
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 405th with 12
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 248th in RBI with 41
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 234th in runs scored with 44
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.097, OBP: -0.071, HRs: -9, RBI: -63, Runs: -56, Wlks: -29, Stls: -22,
Breakdown Jake Irvin

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 113th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 88th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Castillo
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 107th in WHIP with 1.30
  • Currently ranked 104th in ERA with 4.26
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 56th with 37
  • Currently ranked 198th in wins with 4
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -1, L: -4, WHIP: -0.363, ERA: -1.274, K's: -63, Walks: -46
Next Up Health Check
Injury Whit Merrifield

No Injury Reported

Injury Jake Irvin

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Whit Merrifield
DateOpponentResult
May 13@NYMOrion KerkeringW 4-5
May 14@NYMAaron NolaW 0-4
May 15VS NYMRanger SuarezW 10-5
May 16VS NYMJorge LopezL 5-6
May 17VS WASJake Irvin
May 18VS WASMacKenzie Gore
May 19VS WASTrevor Williams
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.125001.2220.12515
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jake Irvin
DateOpponentResult
May 13@CHW
May 14@CHWErick FeddeL 4-0
May 14@CHWDerek LawW 3-6
May 15@CHWGarrett CrochetL 2-0
May 17@PHIZack Wheeler
May 18@PHICristopher Sanchez
May 19@PHIAaron Nola
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
6.000-100511.001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Whit Merrifield
9.09
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jake Irvin
11.93
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 28 15 2 10 4 4 8 .176 .245 .282 73
ON PACE 100 54 7 36 14 14 28 .176 .245 .282 262
3-YEAR AVG 150 150 11 77 66 27 38 .267 .312 .385 508
Career 1082 1188 92 596 473 204 288 .282 .329 .418
Career Jake Irvin
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2023 WAS 24 118.2 2147 99 54 0 3-7 4.78 1.45 7.5 196
2024 WAS 8 45.2 717 36 8 0 2-3 3.55 1.09 7.1 91
ON PACE 30 175 2765 138 30 0 7-11 3.55 1.09 7.1 352
3-YEAR AVG 24 117 2147 99 54 0 3-7 4.78 1.45 7.5 196
Career 32 162.0 2864 135 62 0 0-0 4.5 1.37 7.5
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI vs DET 09:40 EDT EST Ryne Nelson
Tarik Skubal
ATL vs SD 07:20 EDT EST Max Fried
Matt Waldron
BAL vs SEA 07:05 EDT EST Cole Irvin
Bryce Miller
BOS @STL 08:15 EDT EST Brayan Bello
Kyle Gibson
CHC vs PIT 02:20 EDT EST Kyle Hendricks
Paul Skenes
CHW @NYY 07:05 EDT EST Mike Clevinger
Nestor Cortes
CIN @LAD 10:10 EDT EST Frankie Montas
James Paxton
CLE vs MIN 07:10 EDT EST Triston McKenzie
Simeon Woods Richardson
COL @SF 10:15 EDT EST Ryan Feltner
Kyle Harrison
HOU vs MIL 08:10 EDT EST Hunter Brown
Freddy Peralta
KC vs OAK 07:40 EDT EST Cole Ragans
LAA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Tyler Anderson
Andrew Heaney
MIA vs NYM 07:10 EDT EST Jesus Luzardo
Christian Scott
PHI vs WAS 06:40 EDT EST Zack Wheeler
Jake Irvin
TB @TOR 07:07 EDT EST Tyler Alexander
Chris Bassitt
Matchup Time
IND vs NY 8:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS vs FLA 7:00 PM EST
COL vs DAL 10:00 PM EST