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Javier Baez or Yordan Alvarez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Javier Baez

Javier Baez

SSDetroit Tigers DET
Yordan Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

LFHouston Astros HOU
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Baez over Alvarez

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Javier Baez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarez over Baez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yordan Alvarez
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Performance Javier Baez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.304044.3600.47837
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.233175.2770.395314
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Yordan Alvarez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.217002.2170.21705
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.191127.2960.255012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Javier Baez
OWN
 
5%
+3.45 compared to last week
START
 
3%
+1.27 compared to last week
OWN/START Yordan Alvarez
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
99%
+8.21 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Javier Baez
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Yordan Alvarez
5th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Javier Baez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 36th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 25th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 348th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.273
  • Ranked 396th in batting average with 0.215
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 432nd with 0.270
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 432nd with 0.311
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 447th with 0.581
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 498th with 12
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 316th in RBI with 26
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 291st in runs scored with 32
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.025, OBP: -0.036, HRs: -8, RBI: -50, Runs: -52, Wlks: -21, Stls: -5,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
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 11th.
  • 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 112th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.328
  • Top 15 in batting average with 0.317 and is currently ranked 12th
  • Top 10 on base percentage and is currently ranked 7th with 0.415
  • Top 10 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 10th with 0.591
  • Among the best in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 5th with 1.007
  • Top 100 in RBI and is currently ranked 85th with 70
  • Top 75 in runs scored and is currently ranked 67th with 64
  • Top 75 in HRs and is currently ranked 54th with 25
  • 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: -0.023, OBP: -0.058, HRs: -30, RBI: -90, Runs: -67, Wlks: -60, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Javier Baez

No Injury Reported

Injury Yordan Alvarez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Javier Baez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@TBTarik SkubalW 1-7
Apr 23@TBAlex FaedoW 2-4
Apr 24@TBChris DevenskiL 7-5
Apr 26VS KCSeth Lugo
Apr 27VS KCBrady Singer
Apr 28VS KCMichael Wacha
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273023.3330.36413
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Yordan Alvarez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@CHCJordan WicksL 7-2
Apr 24@CHCJameson TaillonL 4-3
Apr 25@CHCJavier Assad
Apr 27@COLCal Quantrill
Apr 28@COLAustin Gomber
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.111000.1110.11102
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Javier Baez
12.04
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Yordan Alvarez
22.36
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Javier Baez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2014 CHC 48 31 8 24 18 5 15 .163 .224 .321 85
2015 CHC 28 22 1 4 4 1 4 .289 .325 .408 33
2016 CHC 141 115 14 50 59 12 15 .274 .315 .424 273
2017 CHC 145 129 23 75 76 9 30 .275 .319 .480 352
2018 CHC 160 177 34 101 111 21 29 .292 .328 .556 537
2019 CHC 138 149 29 89 85 11 28 .281 .317 .533 429
2020 CHC 61 48 8 26 24 3 7 .209 .240 .365 109
2021 CHC 140 129 31 78 85 18 27 .262 .314 .495 429
2022 DET 140 123 17 61 64 9 24 .237 .276 .401 376
2023 DET 140 113 9 58 59 11 24 .222 .268 .327 345
2024 DET 23 15 1 6 9 6 3 .197 .232 .289 54
ON PACE 149 97 6 38 58 38 19 .197 .232 .289 349
3-YEAR AVG 140 122 19 66 69 13 25 .240 .286 .407 383
Career 1164 1051 175 572 594 106 206 .255 .297 .447
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 25 27 5 16 13 0 10 .273 .351 .455 94
ON PACE 162 174 32 103 84 0 64 .273 .351 .455 609
3-YEAR AVG 145 149 37 97 110 1 72 .293 .388 .578 591
Career 567 587 144 373 427 2 285 .293 .388 .578
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Matchup Time Pitchers
BOS @CLE 01:10 EDT EST Chase Anderson
Triston McKenzie
CHC vs HOU 02:20 EDT EST Javier Assad
Justin Verlander
CHW @MIN 01:10 EDT EST Michael Soroka
Simeon Woods Richardson
CIN vs PHI 01:10 EDT EST Nick Martinez
Zack Wheeler
COL vs SD 03:10 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
Randy Vasquez
KC vs TOR 02:10 EDT EST Cole Ragans
Jose Berrios
LAD @WAS 04:05 EDT EST Yoshinobu Yamamoto
MacKenzie Gore
MIL @PIT 12:35 EDT EST Freddy Peralta
Mitch Keller
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Nestor Cortes
Alex Wood
SEA @TEX 02:35 EDT EST Luis Castillo
Andrew Heaney
Matchup Time
CLE @ORL 7:00 PM EST
DEN @LAL 10:00 PM EST
NY @PHI 7:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
CAR @NYI 7:30 PM EST
FLA @TB 7:00 PM EST