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Walker Buehler or Nelson Cruz

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Walker Buehler

Walker Buehler

SP • Los Angeles Dodgers LAD
Nelson Cruz

Nelson Cruz

DH •
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Walker Buehler
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nelson Cruz
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Walker Buehler
OWN
94%
-2.78 compared to last week
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6%
-1.14 compared to last week
OWN/START Nelson Cruz
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
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0%
No change since last week.
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Walker Buehler
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nelson Cruz
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Walker Buehler

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Nelson Cruz

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Walker Buehler

ELBOW - Since Mar 19, 2024

Buehler is recovering from Tommy John surgery and has been placed on the 15-day injured list. He is expected to return in late April.
Injury Nelson Cruz

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Walker Buehler
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS WASMitchell ParkerL 4-6
Apr 16VS WASRyan YarbroughW 6-2
Apr 17VS WASJake IrvinL 0-2
Apr 19VS NYMSean Manaea
Apr 20VS NYMJose Butto
Apr 21VS NYMAdrian Houser
Week Today Home Away
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Matchups Nelson Cruz
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
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Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Walker Buehler
12.67
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nelson Cruz
11.75
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Walker Buehler
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2017 LAD 8 9.1 192 12 8 0 1-0 7.71 2.04 11.6 17
2018 LAD 24 137.1 2173 151 37 0 8-5 2.62 0.96 9.9 391
2019 LAD 32 195.0 3055 230 43 0 15-4 3.09 1.03 10.6 568
2020 LAD 13 61.2 1050 81 23 0 3-0 2.77 1.05 11.8 174
2021 LAD 36 220.0 3380 225 59 0 16-5 2.7 1.02 9.2 623
2022 LAD 12 65.0 1046 58 17 0 5-3 4.02 1.29 8 141
ON PACE 92 502 8069 447 131 0 38-23 4.02 1.29 8 1087
3-YEAR AVG 16 95 1475 94 25 0 7-3 3.03 1.08 8.9 255
Career 125 683.2 10896 757 187 0 0-0 3.01 1.06 10
Career Nelson Cruz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2008 31 38 7 19 26 3 17 N/A N/A N/A 138
2009 TEX 129 120 33 76 76 20 51 N/A N/A N/A 392
2010 TEX 108 127 22 60 78 16 38 N/A N/A N/A 354
2011 TEX 126 125 29 64 86 9 32 N/A N/A N/A 324
2012 TEX 159 152 23 86 90 8 48 .260 .319 .455 436
2013 TEX 108 110 27 49 77 5 35 .269 .327 .511 326
2014 BAL 153 160 38 85 101 4 54 .273 .337 .524 488
2015 SEA 152 178 44 90 93 3 60 .302 .369 .566 501
2016 SEA 155 169 43 96 105 2 62 .287 .360 .555 515
2017 SEA 155 160 39 91 119 1 70 .288 .375 .549 517
2018 SEA 144 133 37 70 97 1 55 .256 .342 .509 427
2019 MIN 123 143 42 83 109 0 60 .308 .393 .636 480
2020 MIN 55 57 16 33 35 0 27 .300 .398 .595 179
2021 MIN 148 136 32 78 84 3 51 .262 .331 .491 495
2022 WAS 128 102 10 48 63 4 47 .233 .311 .338 323
2023 SD 59 35 5 9 23 1 6 .245 .283 .399 110
ON PACE 455 270 38 69 177 7 46 .245 .283 .399 848
3-YEAR AVG 112 91 16 45 57 3 35 .248 .317 .418 309
Career 1933 1945 447 1037 1262 80 713 .348 .426 .515
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