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MJ Melendez or Alex Kirilloff

Who Should I Start? - Week 7 • Start New
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
Alex Kirilloff

Alex Kirilloff

1BMinnesota Twins MIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Kirilloff

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kirilloff over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.150000.1500.20016
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.091000.1180.121111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Alex Kirilloff
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.077113.1430.30806
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.161167.2290.290011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
37%
-8.25 compared to last week
START
24%
-13.39 compared to last week
OWN/START Alex Kirilloff
OWN
11%
-2.83 compared to last week
START
 
9%
-0.62 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
58th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Alex Kirilloff
61st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown MJ Melendez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 58th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 72nd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He has been under achieving. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 254th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.294
  • Ranked 279th in batting average with 0.237
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 243rd with 0.313
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 164th with 0.431
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 188th with 0.744
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 413th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 254th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 242nd in runs scored with 41
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.062, OBP: -0.073, HRs: -12, RBI: -44, Runs: -56, Wlks: -53, Stls: -5,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Alex Kirilloff

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: LF DH 1B RF . However, he plays LF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 62nd among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 19th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Jake Cronenworth
  • 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 251st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.294
  • Ranked 207th in batting average with 0.251
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 289th with 0.306
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 111th with 0.462
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 147th with 0.768
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 475th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 255th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 286th in runs scored with 34
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.018, OBP: -0.035, HRs: -9, RBI: -31, Runs: -21, Wlks: -22, Stls: -1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Injury Alex Kirilloff

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS MILBryse Wilson
May 07VS MILColin Rea
May 08VS MILJoe Ross
May 09@LAAReid Detmers
May 10@LAAGriffin Canning
May 11@LAATyler Anderson
May 12@LAAPatrick Sandoval
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Alex Kirilloff
DateOpponentResult
May 06VS SEALuis Castillo
May 07VS SEAEmerson Hancock
May 08VS SEAGeorge Kirby
May 09VS SEALogan Gilbert
May 10@TORYusei Kikuchi
May 11@TORKevin Gausman
May 12@TOR
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating MJ Melendez
12.53
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Alex Kirilloff
11.33
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career MJ Melendez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 KC 119 88 16 47 53 0 64 .211 .312 .380 321
2023 KC 151 125 16 65 56 6 62 .235 .316 .398 388
2024 KC 31 19 4 9 12 2 9 .186 .252 .363 74
ON PACE 143 87 18 41 55 9 41 .186 .252 .363 342
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 301 232 36 121 121 8 135 .220 .308 .387
Career Alex Kirilloff
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 MIN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1
2021 MIN 59 52 8 22 34 1 14 .246 .295 .422 168
2022 MIN 45 35 3 14 21 0 4 .245 .281 .357 99
2023 MIN 103 76 11 35 41 1 30 .262 .342 .431 252
2024 MIN 30 22 2 14 10 0 8 .239 .301 .435 79
ON PACE 147 108 9 68 49 0 39 .239 .301 .435 387
3-YEAR AVG 69 54 7 24 32 1 16 .253 .314 .411 173
Career 238 186 24 85 106 2 56 .251 .312 .414
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Roddery Munoz
MIN vs SEA 07:40 EDT EST Simeon Woods Richardson
Luis Castillo
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Kyle Gibson
OAK vs TEX 09:40 EDT EST Alex Wood
Andrew Heaney
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