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Yordan Alvarez or Jameson Taillon

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Yordan Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

LFHouston Astros HOU
Jameson Taillon

Jameson Taillon

SPChicago Cubs CHC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarez over Taillon

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Yordan Alvarez
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Taillon over Alvarez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jameson Taillon
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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
.205117.3000.273011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jameson Taillon
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.762-000821.182
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.762-000821.182
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Yordan Alvarez
OWN
100%
+0.42 compared to last week
START
98%
+1.28 compared to last week
OWN/START Jameson Taillon
OWN
24%
-4.25 compared to last week
START
20%
-3.92 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Yordan Alvarez
5th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jameson Taillon
118th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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,
Breakdown Jameson Taillon

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 118th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 182nd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 37th with 1.13
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 59th with 3.55
  • Top 35 in wins and is currently ranked 26th with 8
  • Top 100 in saves and is currently ranked 93rd
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -6, L: -10, WHIP: -0.141, ERA: -3.463, K's: -132, Walks: -39
Next Up Health Check
Injury Yordan Alvarez

No Injury Reported

Injury Jameson Taillon

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
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
Matchups Jameson Taillon
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
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.731-000421.731
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Yordan Alvarez
22.46
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jameson Taillon
12.71
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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
Career Jameson Taillon
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2016 PIT 18 104.0 1550 85 17 0 5-4 3.46 1.13 7.4 248
2017 PIT 25 133.2 2322 125 46 0 8-7 4.44 1.48 8.4 286
2018 PIT 32 188.2 2959 179 46 0 14-10 3.24 1.19 8.5 506
2019 PIT 7 37.1 555 30 8 0 2-3 4.1 1.15 7.2 83
2021 NYY 28 137.2 2278 135 42 0 8-5 4.31 1.22 8.8 296
2022 NYY 32 172.1 2699 142 31 0 13-5 3.76 1.13 7.4 390
2023 CHC 30 152.0 2533 140 41 1 8-10 5.15 1.3 8.3 282
2024 CHC 2 10.2 162 8 2 0 2-0 1.69 1.13 6.8 31
ON PACE 13 69 1093 54 13 0 13-0 1.69 1.13 6.8 211
3-YEAR AVG 30 153 2503 139 38 0 10-7 4.38 1.21 8.1 323
Career 174 929.1 15058 844 233 0 0-0 4.05 1.24 8.2
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