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Whit Merrifield or Xander Bogaerts

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Whit Merrifield

Whit Merrifield

2BPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
Xander Bogaerts

Xander Bogaerts

2BSan Diego Padres SD
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrifield over Bogaerts

 
 
 
 
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Performance Whit Merrifield
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000001.0000.00005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.071002.0670.07119
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Xander Bogaerts
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.095013.2080.09505
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.133137.2040.244011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Whit Merrifield
OWN
11%
-7.43 compared to last week
START
 
5%
-10.66 compared to last week
OWN/START Xander Bogaerts
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
84%
+1.33 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Whit Merrifield
56th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Xander Bogaerts
11th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Whit Merrifield

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 57th among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 39th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Jose Altuve
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 387th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.266
  • Ranked 240th in batting average with 0.247
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 390th with 0.283
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 300th with 0.375
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 330th with 0.658
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 403rd with 9
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 236th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 238th in runs scored with 36
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.5 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.165, OBP: -0.157, HRs: -11, RBI: -67, Runs: -64, Wlks: -35, Stls: -25,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Xander Bogaerts

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 12th among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 10th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Jose Altuve
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 151st in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.318
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.293 and is currently ranked 51st
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 111th with 0.346
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 141st with 0.450
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 124th with 0.796
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 170th with 11
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 233rd in RBI with 37
  • Top 75 in runs scored and is currently ranked 63rd with 57
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.085, OBP: -0.077, HRs: -18, RBI: -51, Runs: -69, Wlks: -48, Stls: -18,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Whit Merrifield

No Injury Reported

Injury Xander Bogaerts

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Whit Merrifield
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS COLSeranthony DominguezW 2-1
Apr 16VS COLRanger SuarezW 5-0
Apr 17VS COLCristopher SanchezW 7-6
Apr 19VS CHWGarrett Crochet
Apr 20VS CHWMichael Soroka
Apr 21VS CHW
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Xander Bogaerts
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@MILJoe MusgroveW 3-7
Apr 16@MILDylan CeaseW 3-6
Apr 17@MILAbner UribeL 1-0
Apr 19VS TORYariel Rodriguez
Apr 20VS TORJose Berrios
Apr 21VS TORChris Bassitt
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143002.1430.14303
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Whit Merrifield
10.50
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Xander Bogaerts
18.86
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 13 3 0 2 0 1 2 .107 .161 .107 19
ON PACE 110 25 0 17 0 8 17 .107 .161 .107 162
3-YEAR AVG 150 150 11 77 66 27 38 .267 .312 .385 508
Career 1067 1176 90 588 469 201 282 .283 .329 .419
Career Xander Bogaerts
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2013 BOS 18 11 1 7 6 1 5 .250 .320 .386 31
2014 BOS 135 124 11 59 44 2 37 .245 .302 .370 267
2015 BOS 156 196 7 84 81 10 32 .320 .355 .421 425
2016 BOS 157 192 21 115 89 13 58 .294 .356 .446 518
2017 BOS 148 156 10 94 62 15 56 .273 .343 .403 414
2018 BOS 136 148 23 72 103 8 55 .288 .360 .522 463
2019 BOS 154 187 33 109 115 4 76 .307 .382 .553 584
2020 BOS 57 61 11 36 28 8 21 .295 .358 .493 182
2021 BOS 158 167 26 97 85 5 66 .292 .367 .496 573
2022 BOS 143 161 13 79 63 7 53 .302 .372 .443 473
2023 SD 157 170 19 83 58 19 56 .285 .350 .440 544
2024 SD 20 16 1 14 7 1 8 .200 .273 .263 59
ON PACE 154 123 7 108 54 7 61 .200 .273 .263 455
3-YEAR AVG 153 166 19 86 69 10 58 .293 .363 .459 530
Career 1439 1589 176 849 741 93 523 .289 .354 .454
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