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Yordan Alvarez or Ian Desmond

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Yordan Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

LFHouston Astros HOU
Ian Desmond

Ian Desmond

CF
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarez over Desmond

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yordan Alvarez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Desmond over Alvarez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Ian Desmond
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Performance Yordan Alvarez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.261114.2610.39105
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.283147.3770.370012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Ian Desmond
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Yordan Alvarez
OWN
100%
+0.85 compared to last week
START
100%
+0.85 compared to last week
OWN/START Ian Desmond
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Yordan Alvarez
5th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Ian Desmond
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Yordan Alvarez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 6th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 9th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 107th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.332
  • Top 10 in batting average with 0.323 and is currently ranked 9th
  • Among the best in on base percentage and is currently ranked 5th with 0.422
  • Top 10 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 10th with 0.604
  • Among the best in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 5th with 1.026
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 87th with 51
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 70th with 70
  • Top 50 in runs scored and is currently ranked 49th with 64
  • Top 50 in HRs and is currently ranked 41st with 25
  • 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: -0.007, OBP: -0.036, HRs: -30, RBI: -90, Runs: -67, Wlks: -60, Stls: EVEN,
Breakdown Ian Desmond

    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 Yordan Alvarez

No Injury Reported

Injury Ian Desmond

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Yordan Alvarez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@CHCJordan Wicks
Apr 24@CHCJameson Taillon
Apr 25@CHCJavier Assad
Apr 27@COLCal Quantrill
Apr 28@COLAustin Gomber
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Ian Desmond
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Yordan Alvarez
22.95
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Ian Desmond
0.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Yordan Alvarez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 HOU 105 112 28 63 81 0 59 .302 .399 .606 371
2020 HOU 2 2 1 2 4 0 0 .250 .333 .625 11
2021 HOU 159 164 35 104 112 1 62 .282 .358 .539 593
2022 HOU 142 143 38 99 105 1 81 .292 .398 .591 600
2023 HOU 134 139 37 89 112 0 73 .307 .415 .616 581
2024 HOU 23 26 5 16 13 0 10 .289 .373 .489 94
ON PACE 162 183 35 112 91 0 70 .289 .373 .489 662
3-YEAR AVG 145 149 37 97 110 1 72 .293 .388 .578 591
Career 565 586 144 373 427 2 285 .294 .389 .580
Career Ian Desmond
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2009 WAS 21 23 4 9 12 1 5 N/A N/A N/A 60
2010 WAS 154 141 10 59 65 17 28 N/A N/A N/A 282
2011 WAS 152 146 8 64 49 24 33 N/A N/A N/A 263
2012 WAS 128 146 25 72 73 21 30 .289 .332 .509 418
2013 WAS 158 168 20 77 80 21 43 .280 .331 .452 441
2014 WAS 143 134 21 63 85 22 46 .245 .308 .417 379
2015 WAS 155 136 19 69 62 13 45 .235 .289 .387 333
2016 TEX 156 178 22 107 86 21 44 .285 .335 .446 478
2017 COL 95 93 7 47 40 15 24 .274 .326 .375 225
2018 COL 160 130 22 82 88 20 53 .234 .306 .420 423
2019 COL 141 113 20 64 65 3 34 .255 .310 .479 323
ON PACE 993 795 140 450 457 21 239 .255 .310 .479 2275
3-YEAR AVG . . . 0
Career 1463 1408 178 713 705 178 385 .336 .394 .437
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