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Nick Madrigal or James Paxton

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Nick Madrigal

Nick Madrigal

3BChicago Cubs CHC
James Paxton

James Paxton

SPLos Angeles Dodgers LAD
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Madrigal over Paxton

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Paxton over Madrigal

 
 
 
 
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Performance Nick Madrigal
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143012.3330.14305
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.125013.3000.125010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance James Paxton
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.140-000131.901
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.910-0002112.072
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nick Madrigal
OWN
 
1%
-0.64 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-0.64 compared to last week
OWN/START James Paxton
OWN
33%
-7.54 compared to last week
START
23%
+5.37 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nick Madrigal
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus James Paxton
94th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nick Madrigal

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 27th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Alec Bohm
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 429th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.252
  • Ranked 244th in batting average with 0.245
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 400th with 0.280
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 373rd with 0.340
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 397th with 0.620
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 629th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 392nd in RBI with 18
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 432nd in runs scored with 16
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.032, OBP: -0.02, HRs: -2, RBI: -23, Runs: -30, Wlks: -9, Stls: -8,
Breakdown James Paxton

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 95th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 123rd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 180th in WHIP with 1.68
  • Currently ranked 149th in ERA with 5.36
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 37th with 37
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 97th
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.9 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -5, L: -5, WHIP: +0.248, ERA: -1.897, K's: -90, Walks: -16
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Nick Madrigal

No Injury Reported

Injury James Paxton

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nick Madrigal
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS HOUJordan WicksW 7-2
Apr 24VS HOUJameson TaillonW 4-3
Apr 25VS HOUJustin Verlander
Apr 26@BOSKutter Crawford
Apr 27@BOSJosh Winckowski
Apr 28@BOSTanner Houck
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.02
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups James Paxton
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@WASAlex VesiaW 1-4
Apr 24@WASLandon KnackW 2-11
Apr 25@WASMacKenzie Gore
Apr 26@TORChris Bassitt
Apr 27@TORYusei Kikuchi
Apr 28@TORKevin Gausman
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.140-000131.901
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nick Madrigal
7.14
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating James Paxton
11.12
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Nick Madrigal
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 CHW 32 38 0 9 11 2 4 .330 .364 .357 66
2021 CHW 54 60 2 29 21 1 11 .305 .346 .421 183
2022 CHC 59 51 0 19 7 3 12 .260 .310 .296 135
2023 CHC 107 71 2 34 28 9 10 .263 .306 .352 268
2024 CHC 20 6 0 4 5 1 1 .231 .286 .308 39
ON PACE 135 40 0 27 33 6 6 .231 .286 .308 263
3-YEAR AVG 73 61 1 27 19 4 11 .275 .319 .356 195
Career 272 226 4 95 72 16 38 .281 .324 .354
Career James Paxton
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2013 SEA 4 24.0 384 21 7 0 3-0 1.5 0.92 7.9 84
2014 SEA 11 61.0 987 51 26 0 5-4 3.39 1.25 7.5 153
2015 SEA 13 67.0 1111 56 29 0 3-4 3.22 1.42 7.5 148
2016 SEA 20 121.0 1950 117 24 0 6-7 3.79 1.31 8.7 283
2017 SEA 24 133.2 2267 156 37 0 12-5 3.03 1.12 10.5 398
2018 SEA 28 158.0 2603 208 42 0 11-6 3.76 1.11 11.9 474
2019 NYY 32 159.0 2914 206 62 0 16-6 3.91 1.34 11.7 452
2020 NYY 5 20.1 356 26 7 0 1-1 6.64 1.48 11.5 41
2021 SEA 1 2.0 24 2 1 0 0-0 4.5 0.5 9 3
2023 BOS 19 96.0 1690 101 33 0 7-5 4.5 1.31 9.5 216
2024 LAD 4 20.2 367 11 17 0 2-0 2.61 1.55 4.8 43
ON PACE 24 126 2286 68 105 0 12-0 2.61 1.55 4.8 269
3-YEAR AVG 10 48 857 52 17 0 4-3 4.69 1.33 9.8 110
Career 161 853.1 14653 955 285 0 0-0 3.71 1.26 10.1
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