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Howie Kendrick or Yordan Alvarez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Howie Kendrick

Howie Kendrick

Yordan Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

LFHouston Astros HOU
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kendrick over Alvarez

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Howie Kendrick
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarez over Kendrick

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yordan Alvarez
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Performance Howie Kendrick
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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
..0
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 Howie Kendrick
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Yordan Alvarez
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
99%
+7.75 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Howie Kendrick
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Yordan Alvarez
5th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Howie Kendrick

    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.
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 walks and is currently ranked 94th with 51
  • Top 100 in RBI and is currently ranked 79th with 70
  • Top 75 in runs scored and is currently ranked 62nd with 64
  • Top 50 in HRs and is currently ranked 49th 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 Howie Kendrick

No Injury Reported

Injury Yordan Alvarez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Howie Kendrick
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
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 Howie Kendrick
0.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Yordan Alvarez
22.46
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Howie Kendrick
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2008 ANA 96 106 3 43 37 10 12 N/A N/A N/A 255
2009 ANA 106 110 11 61 63 10 20 N/A N/A N/A 286
2010 ANA 158 172 9 67 75 12 28 N/A N/A N/A 344
2011 ANA 137 153 18 86 63 14 33 N/A N/A N/A 342
2012 ANA 147 158 8 57 67 14 29 .287 .325 .400 344
2013 ANA 122 143 13 55 54 6 23 .299 .337 .441 311
2014 ANA 145 172 7 81 72 14 45 .301 .355 .410 409
2015 LAD 116 137 9 64 54 6 27 .298 .339 .413 307
2016 LAD 146 123 8 65 40 10 50 .253 .324 .363 304
2017 PHI 91 95 9 40 41 12 22 .311 .365 .472 237
2018 WAS 39 45 4 16 12 1 5 .300 .329 .467 91
2019 WAS 138 133 19 69 74 2 31 .335 .384 .552 367
2020 WAS 26 25 2 12 15 0 8 .272 .320 .380 61
ON PACE 183 176 14 84 105 0 56 .272 .320 .380 429
3-YEAR AVG . . . 0
Career 1467 1572 120 716 667 111 333 .450 .499 .430
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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