Dominate Fantasy - Sync your team
MLB
MIA
CHC
o7.5
-178
POSTPONED
TEX
DET
9
7
FINALFINAL
LAA
TB
1
2
FINALFINAL
CLE
BOS
5
4
FINALFINAL
ARI
SF
0
5
FINALFINAL

Whit Merrifield or Devin Smeltzer

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

Whit Merrifield

2BPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
Devin Smeltzer

Devin Smeltzer

SPMiami Marlins MIA
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrifield over Smeltzer

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Whit Merrifield
Loading...
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smeltzer over Merrifield

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Devin Smeltzer
Loading...
Performance Whit Merrifield
Fantasy Chart Loading...

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000001.0000.00004
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 Devin Smeltzer
Fantasy Chart Loading...

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Whit Merrifield
OWN
12%
-6.15 compared to last week
START
 
4%
-4.83 compared to last week
OWN/START Devin Smeltzer
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Whit Merrifield
56th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Devin Smeltzer
Not Ranked
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 242nd in batting average with 0.247
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 389th 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 406th with 9
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 231st 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 Devin Smeltzer

    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 Whit Merrifield

No Injury Reported

Injury Devin Smeltzer

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 CHWNick Nastrini
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0000.00002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Devin Smeltzer
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS SFKyle HarrisonL 3-4
Apr 16VS SFRyan WeathersW 6-3
Apr 17VS SFKeaton WinnL 1-3
Apr 18@CHC
Apr 19@CHCJameson Taillon
Apr 20@CHCJavier Assad
Apr 20@CHCShota Imanaga
Apr 21@CHCKyle Hendricks
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Whit Merrifield
10.50
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Devin Smeltzer
1.85
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 Devin Smeltzer
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 MIN 12 52.1 793 42 15 1 2-2 3.61 1.28 7.2 107
2020 MIN 7 16.0 268 15 5 0 2-0 6.75 1.5 8.4 31
2021 MIN 1 6.1 52 3 1 0 0-0 0 0.32 4.3 11
2022 MIN 14 69.0 1078 39 19 0 4-2 3.78 1.2 5.1 132
2023 MIA 9 22.1 362 16 4 0 0-1 6.45 1.48 6.5 23
ON PACE 76 189 3086 136 34 0 0-8 6.45 1.48 6.5 197
3-YEAR AVG 8 31 497 19 8 0 1-1 4.26 1.23 5.4 55
Career 43 161.1 2553 115 44 0 0-0 4.35 1.3 6.4
Think the Start Tool is good? Try this!
  • Optimal Lineups
  • Predictive Analytics Waiver Advice
  • Trade Suggestions & More

RECENT DECISIONS

Player News

Matchups

Week 22
KC vs SF
SF vs KC
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @SF 10:15 EDT EST Jordan Montgomery
Blake Snell
ATL vs TEX 07:20 EDT EST Chris Sale
Andrew Heaney
BAL @KC 07:40 EDT EST Dean Kremer
Alec Marsh
BOS @PIT 06:40 EDT EST Brayan Bello
Quinn Priester
CHC vs MIA 02:20 EDT EST Jameson Taillon
A.J. Puk
CHW @PHI 06:40 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Spencer Turnbull
CIN vs LAA 06:40 EDT EST Nick Lodolo
Tyler Anderson
CLE vs OAK 07:10 EDT EST Triston McKenzie
Joe Boyle
COL vs SEA 08:40 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
Emerson Hancock
DET @MIN 08:10 EDT EST Jack Flaherty
Joe Ryan
HOU @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Justin Verlander
MacKenzie Gore
LAD vs NYM 10:10 EDT EST Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Sean Manaea
MIL @STL 08:15 EDT EST Freddy Peralta
Kyle Gibson
NYY vs TB 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Tyler Alexander
SD vs TOR 09:40 EDT EST Matt Waldron
Yariel Rodriguez
Matchup Time
CHI @MIA 7:00 PM EST
NO vs SAC 9:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
No games scheduled