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Whit Merrifield or Nick Madrigal

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

Whit Merrifield

2BPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
Nick Madrigal

Nick Madrigal

3BChicago Cubs CHC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrifield over Madrigal

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Whit Merrifield
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Madrigal over Merrifield

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nick Madrigal
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Performance Whit Merrifield
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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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 Nick Madrigal
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250012.2500.250010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Whit Merrifield
OWN
11%
-7.43 compared to last week
START
 
5%
-10.66 compared to last week
OWN/START Nick Madrigal
OWN
 
1%
+0.43 compared to last week
START
 
1%
+1.36 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Whit Merrifield
56th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nick Madrigal
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 240th in batting average with 0.247
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 390th 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 403rd with 9
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 236th 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 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 30th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 409th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.258
  • Ranked 224th in batting average with 0.250
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 413th with 0.277
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 352nd with 0.350
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 385th with 0.627
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 595th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 402nd in RBI with 17
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 445th in runs scored with 14
  • 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: EVEN, OBP: -0.043, HRs: -2, RBI: -24, Runs: -32, Wlks: -10, Stls: -8,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Whit Merrifield

No Injury Reported

Injury Nick Madrigal

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 CHW
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nick Madrigal
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@ARIKeegan ThompsonW 2-3
Apr 16@ARIKevin GinkelL 12-11
Apr 17@ARIHayden WesneskiW 3-5
Apr 18VS MIAA.J. Puk
Apr 19VS MIAJesus Luzardo
Apr 20VS MIAEdward Cabrera
Apr 21VS MIARyan Weathers
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000001.0000.00003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Whit Merrifield
10.50
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nick Madrigal
7.31
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 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 15 5 0 2 4 1 0 .263 .263 .368 29
ON PACE 135 45 0 18 36 9 0 .263 .263 .368 261
3-YEAR AVG 73 61 1 27 19 4 11 .275 .319 .356 195
Career 267 225 4 93 71 16 37 .282 .324 .356
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