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Nelson Velazquez or Jorge Polanco

Who Should I Start? - Week 6 • Start New
Nelson Velazquez

Nelson Velazquez

DHKansas City Royals KC
Jorge Polanco

Jorge Polanco

2BSeattle Mariners SEA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Velazquez over Polanco

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Polanco over Velazquez

 
 
 
 
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Performance Nelson Velazquez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.071012.1880.14305
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.067014.1760.100011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jorge Polanco
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.238143.3040.38106
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.179145.3040.256112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nelson Velazquez
OWN
 
9%
-4.09 compared to last week
START
 
5%
-4.48 compared to last week
OWN/START Jorge Polanco
OWN
26%
-6.46 compared to last week
START
16%
-7.1 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nelson Velazquez
85th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jorge Polanco
26th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nelson Velazquez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 85th among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 11th.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • Super human effort in the past 30 days. If he can keep it up, then keep him. . otherwise think trade.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 454th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.246
  • Ranked 376th in batting average with 0.219
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 364th with 0.289
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 84th with 0.479
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 155th with 0.769
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 554th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 262nd in RBI with 36
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 245th in runs scored with 40
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.009, OBP: -0.005, HRs: -15, RBI: -26, Runs: -22, Wlks: -6, Stls: +1,
Breakdown Jorge Polanco

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 27th among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 17th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Jose Altuve
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 256th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.292
  • Ranked 332nd in batting average with 0.227
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 121st with 0.342
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 261st with 0.393
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 201st with 0.735
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 354th with 5
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 36th with 53
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 189th in RBI with 47
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 244th in runs scored with 40
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.073, OBP: -0.02, HRs: -11, RBI: -39, Runs: -29, Wlks: -20, Stls: -4,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Nelson Velazquez

No Injury Reported

Injury Jorge Polanco

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nelson Velazquez
DateOpponentResult
Mar 28VS MINPablo LopezL 1-4
Mar 30VS MINGriffin JaxL 1-5
Mar 31VS MINBrady SingerW 11-0
Apr 01@BALCraig KimbrelL 6-4
Apr 02@BALAlec MarshW 1-4
Apr 03@BALYennier CanoL 4-3
Apr 04VS CHWSeth LugoW 10-1
Apr 05VS CHWChris StrattonW 2-1
Apr 06VS CHWMichael WachaW 3-0
Apr 07VS CHWJohn SchreiberW 5-3
Apr 09VS HOUJames McArthurW 4-3
Apr 10VS HOUSeth LugoW 11-2
Apr 11VS HOUBrady SingerW 13-3
Apr 12@NYMLuis SeverinoL 6-1
Apr 13@NYMAlec MarshW 7-11
Apr 14@NYMBrooks RaleyL 2-1
Apr 15@CHWSeth LugoW 0-2
Apr 16@CHW
Apr 17@CHWErick FeddeL 2-1
Apr 17@CHWNick AndersonW 2-4
Apr 19VS BALAlec MarshW 9-4
Apr 20VS BALCorbin BurnesL 7-9
Apr 21VS BALCole IrvinL 0-5
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 SkubalL 4-1
Apr 29@TORGenesis CabreraL 6-5
Apr 30@TORCole RagansW 1-4
May 01@TORSeth LugoW 1-6
May 03VS TEXMichael Lorenzen
May 04VS TEXDane Dunning
May 05VS TEXJon Gray
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.2162813.2890.341127
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jorge Polanco
DateOpponentResult
Mar 28VS BOSBrayan BelloL 4-6
Mar 29VS BOSGeorge KirbyW 1-0
Mar 30VS BOSTayler SaucedoW 4-3
Mar 31VS BOSGarrett WhitlockL 1-5
Apr 01VS CLEEmerson HancockW 5-4
Apr 02VS CLEShane BieberL 2-5
Apr 03VS CLELogan AllenL 0-8
Apr 05@MILAbner UribeL 6-5
Apr 06@MILBryce MillerW 3-5
Apr 07@MILColin ReaL 12-4
Apr 08@TORJose BerriosL 5-2
Apr 09@TORChris BassittL 5-3
Apr 10@TORAndres MunozW 1-6
Apr 12VS CHCBryce MillerW 4-2
Apr 13VS CHCShota ImanagaL 1-4
Apr 14VS CHCJavier AssadL 2-3
Apr 15VS CINGeorge KirbyW 9-3
Apr 16VS CINLogan GilbertW 3-1
Apr 17VS CINBryce MillerW 5-1
Apr 19@COL
Apr 20@COLLuis CastilloW 0-7
Apr 21@COLJustin LawrenceL 2-1
Apr 21@COLEmerson HancockW 2-10
Apr 23@TEXLogan GilbertW 0-4
Apr 24@TEXJonathan HernandezL 5-1
Apr 25@TEXLuis CastilloW 3-4
Apr 26VS ARIEmerson HancockW 6-1
Apr 27VS ARIGeorge KirbyW 3-1
Apr 28VS ARIJoe MantiplyL 2-3
Apr 29VS ATLAustin VothW 2-1
Apr 30VS ATLLuis CastilloW 3-2
May 01VS ATLChris SaleL 2-5
May 03@HOURonel Blanco
May 04@HOUFramber Valdez
May 05@HOUHunter Brown
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.18141211.3170.295131
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nelson Velazquez
10.08
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jorge Polanco
12.17
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Nelson Velazquez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 CHC 70 33 6 17 25 4 16 .198 .272 .365 140
2023 CHC 66 36 17 35 34 0 14 .225 .294 .581 191
2024 KC 27 19 2 13 8 1 8 .216 .289 .341 57
ON PACE 136 96 10 65 40 5 40 .216 .289 .341 288
3-YEAR AVG 68 35 12 26 30 2 15 .211 .283 .471 166
Career 163 88 25 65 67 5 38 .212 .284 .443
Career Jorge Polanco
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2014 MIN 4 1 0 2 1 0 2 .250 .500 .500 6
2015 MIN 4 3 0 1 1 1 2 .300 .417 .300 9
2016 MIN 69 69 4 24 27 4 17 .282 .332 .424 157
2017 MIN 133 125 13 60 74 13 41 .256 .313 .410 362
2018 MIN 77 87 6 38 42 7 25 .288 .345 .427 217
2019 MIN 156 190 23 108 81 4 62 .296 .359 .488 514
2020 MIN 57 52 5 22 19 3 14 .242 .290 .344 117
2021 MIN 151 149 31 93 94 11 45 .259 .316 .482 565
2022 MIN 104 86 16 54 55 3 63 .232 .343 .404 338
2023 MIN 94 81 15 40 51 5 40 .251 .333 .446 283
2024 SEA 31 19 4 11 12 1 20 .181 .317 .295 68
ON PACE 162 99 20 57 62 5 104 .181 .317 .295 355
3-YEAR AVG 116 105 21 62 67 6 49 .249 .329 .450 395
Career 880 862 117 453 457 52 331 .263 .332 .435
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