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Blaze Alexander or J.D. Martinez

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Blaze Alexander

Blaze Alexander

SSArizona Diamondbacks ARI
J.D. Martinez

J.D. Martinez

DHNew York Mets NYM
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alexander over Martinez

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Blaze Alexander
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Martinez over Alexander

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News J.D. Martinez
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Performance Blaze Alexander
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.118021.1670.11805
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.087021.1250.08708
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance J.D. Martinez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.292243.3200.62506
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.293253.3410.488012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Blaze Alexander
OWN
 
10%
-5.65 compared to last week
START
 
5%
-7.58 compared to last week
OWN/START J.D. Martinez
OWN
55%
+5.56 compared to last week
START
48%
+23.87 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Blaze Alexander
36th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus J.D. Martinez
8th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Blaze Alexander

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: SS DH 2B . However, he plays SS most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 36th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 24th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 116th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.328
  • Ranked 151st in batting average with 0.262
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 105th with 0.347
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 175th with 0.429
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 135th with 0.776
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 495th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 469th in RBI with 15
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 510th in runs scored with 13
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.262, OBP: +0.347, HRs: +3, RBI: +15, Runs: +13, Wlks: +11, Stls: +1,
Breakdown J.D. Martinez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 8th among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 16th.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 50 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.361 and is currently ranked 44th
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.288 and is currently ranked 53rd
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 106th with 0.346
  • Top 25 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 22nd with 0.550
  • Top 35 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 34th with 0.896
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 184th in RBI with 54
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 368th in runs scored with 27
  • 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: +0.023, OBP: +0.014, HRs: -32, RBI: -98, Runs: -58, Wlks: -32, Stls: -1,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Blaze Alexander

No Injury Reported

Injury J.D. Martinez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Blaze Alexander
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS CINJustin MartinezW 6-5
May 14VS CINHunter GreeneL 2-6
May 15VS CINRyan ThompsonW 2-1
May 17VS DETTarik Skubal
May 18VS DETJack Flaherty
May 19VS DETMatt Manning
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.111020.2000.11103
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups J.D. Martinez
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS PHIOrion KerkeringL 4-5
May 14VS PHIAaron NolaL 0-4
May 15@PHIRanger SuarezL 10-5
May 16@PHITaijuan Walker
May 17@MIAJesus Luzardo
May 18@MIABraxton Garrett
May 19@MIASixto Sanchez
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.417132.4620.83303
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Blaze Alexander
6.99
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating J.D. Martinez
14.97
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Blaze Alexander
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 ARI 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 20
2024 ARI 32 22 3 13 15 1 11 .253 .337 .414 85
ON PACE 117 81 11 47 55 3 40 .253 .337 .414 312
3-YEAR AVG 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 20
Career 52 22 3 13 15 1 11 .253 .337 .414
Career J.D. Martinez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2011 HOU 51 56 6 27 34 0 13 N/A N/A N/A 113
2012 HOU 113 95 11 34 55 0 40 .241 .311 .375 229
2013 HOU 86 74 7 24 36 2 10 .250 .272 .378 145
2014 HOU 114 128 22 55 73 6 29 .316 .361 .560 338
2015 DET 158 168 35 93 102 3 53 .282 .344 .518 474
2016 DET 119 140 22 69 68 1 49 .308 .375 .536 369
2017 DET 119 131 45 85 104 4 53 .303 .376 .690 484
2018 BOS 150 188 43 111 130 5 69 .330 .402 .629 605
2019 BOS 145 173 35 97 103 2 72 .304 .382 .553 523
2020 BOS 55 45 7 22 27 1 22 .209 .286 .381 125
2021 BOS 161 171 31 95 107 0 59 .288 .355 .528 576
2022 BOS 134 137 11 70 54 0 50 .275 .343 .425 383
2023 LAD 125 119 34 62 104 1 36 .269 .321 .570 428
2024 NYM 20 18 2 4 6 0 4 .295 .338 .459 45
ON PACE 77 69 7 15 23 0 15 .295 .338 .459 173
3-YEAR AVG 140 142 25 76 88 0 48 .278 .341 .507 462
Career 1550 1643 311 848 1003 25 559 .297 .362 .524
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