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Luis Garcia or Michael Busch

Who Should I Start? - Week 9 • Start New
Luis Garcia

Luis Garcia

SPHouston Astros HOU
Michael Busch

Michael Busch

1BChicago Cubs CHC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Garcia over Busch

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Luis Garcia
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Busch over Garcia

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Michael Busch
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Performance Luis Garcia
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
12.270-000333.643
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.290-020431.576
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Michael Busch
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273003.5000.36405
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.207127.3780.379111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Luis Garcia
OWN
 
4%
-1.46 compared to last week
START
 
0%
+0.23 compared to last week
OWN/START Michael Busch
OWN
64%
-6.37 compared to last week
START
41%
-8.35 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Luis Garcia
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Michael Busch
20th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Luis Garcia

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: P RP . However, he plays P most often.
  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 232nd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Not too impressive in saves and is currently ranked 128th with 1
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -3, L: -5, WHIP: -0.084, ERA: +1.91, K's: -65, Walks: -28
Breakdown Michael Busch

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 20th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 15th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 186th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.309
  • Ranked 335th in batting average with 0.228
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 292nd with 0.306
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 148th with 0.444
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 178th with 0.751
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 539th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 365th in RBI with 23
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 318th in runs scored with 27
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.083, OBP: +0.084, HRs: +5, RBI: +13, Runs: +15, Wlks: +10, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Luis Garcia

ELBOW - Since May 1, 2023

Garcia is recovering from Tommy John surgery and has been placed on the 60-day injured list. He is expected to return in late July.
Injury Michael Busch

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Luis Garcia
DateOpponentResult
May 20VS LAAReid Detmers
May 21VS LAAGriffin Canning
May 22VS LAATyler Anderson
May 24@OAKRoss Stripling
May 25@OAKJP Sears
May 26@OAK
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
15.000-000325.002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Michael Busch
DateOpponentResult
May 21VS ATLCharlie Morton
May 22VS ATLMax Fried
May 23VS ATL
May 24@STLMiles Mikolas
May 25@STLMatthew Liberatore
May 26@STLSonny Gray
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333002.4290.33302
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Luis Garcia
7.38
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Michael Busch
13.71
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Luis Garcia
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2013 PHI 24 29.0 550 23 23 0 1-1 3.1 1.72 7.1 61
2014 PHI 12 13.0 273 11 13 0 1-0 6.92 2.08 7.6 17
2015 PHI 72 62.0 1152 63 37 2 4-6 3.77 1.76 9.2 146
2016 PHI 17 13.0 291 14 8 0 1-1 7.62 2.23 9.7 23
2017 PHI 66 64.1 997 60 26 2 2-5 2.94 1.35 8.4 160
2018 PHI 59 36.2 764 51 18 1 3-1 7.61 1.83 12.5 97
2019 WAS 64 55.0 1053 57 33 1 2-1 4.91 1.71 9.3 119
2020 WAS 17 20.1 424 21 16 0 0-3 4.87 1.62 9.3 30
2021 HOU 69 205.1 3301 222 70 2 13-12 3.64 1.16 9.7 471
2022 HOU 91 218.1 3410 220 62 3 20-15 3.55 1.14 9.1 510
2023 WAS 67 82.0 1477 84 34 0 4-5 4.17 1.43 9.2 162
2024 LAA 20 16.0 294 19 6 1 1-0 6.19 1.38 10.7 44
ON PACE 70 57 1035 66 21 3 3-0 6.19 1.38 10.7 153
3-YEAR AVG 76 167 2729 175 55 2 12-11 3.7 1.2 9.4 381
Career 578 803.1 13986 845 346 0 0-0 4.12 1.4 9.5
Career Michael Busch
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 LAD 46 12 2 9 7 1 8 .167 .247 .292 66
2024 CHC 45 36 7 24 20 1 18 .250 .331 .465 118
ON PACE 155 124 24 82 68 3 62 .250 .331 .465 406
3-YEAR AVG 46 12 2 9 7 1 8 .167 .247 .292 66
Career 91 48 9 33 27 2 26 .222 .304 .407
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @LAD 10:10 EDT EST Slade Cecconi
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
ATL vs SD 12:20 EDT EST Reynaldo Lopez
Dylan Cease
BAL @STL 07:45 EDT EST Dean Kremer
Sonny Gray
BOS @TB 06:50 EDT EST Tanner Houck
Taj Bradley
CHW @TOR 03:07 EDT EST Erick Fedde
Jose Berrios
CLE vs NYM 06:10 EDT EST Ben Lively
Tylor Megill
DET @KC 07:40 EDT EST Reese Olson
Michael Wacha
HOU vs LAA 08:10 EDT EST Framber Valdez
Reid Detmers
MIA vs MIL 06:40 EDT EST Ryan Weathers
Joe Ross
MIN @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Pablo Lopez
Mitchell Parker
NYY vs SEA 07:05 EDT EST Marcus Stroman
Logan Gilbert
Matchup Time
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