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Joey Wendle or Whit Merrifield

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Joey Wendle

Joey Wendle

2BNew York Mets NYM
Whit Merrifield

Whit Merrifield

2BPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Wendle over Merrifield

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Joey Wendle
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrifield over Wendle

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Whit Merrifield
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Performance Joey Wendle
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.444012.4440.55615
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.462012.4620.53816
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Whit Merrifield
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333111.3331.33302
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.071112.0670.28608
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Joey Wendle
OWN
 
0%
-0.87 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START Whit Merrifield
OWN
15%
+0.34 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-6.19 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Joey Wendle
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Whit Merrifield
56th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Joey Wendle

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 41st.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Ketel Marte
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 511th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.213
  • Ranked 498th in batting average with 0.178
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 530th with 0.207
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 500th with 0.259
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 523rd with 0.465
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 696th with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 461st in RBI with 13
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 401st in runs scored with 19
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.085, OBP: +0.085, HRs: -2, RBI: -19, Runs: -30, Wlks: -12, Stls: -6,
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 38th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Ketel Marte
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 389th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.264
  • Ranked 228th in batting average with 0.248
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 384th with 0.284
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 287th with 0.384
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 320th with 0.668
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 398th with 9
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 230th in RBI with 38
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 241st in runs scored with 37
  • 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: -0.143, OBP: -0.142, HRs: -10, RBI: -66, Runs: -63, Wlks: -35, Stls: -25,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Joey Wendle

No Injury Reported

Injury Whit Merrifield

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Joey Wendle
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@SFKeaton WinnL 5-2
Apr 23@SFLogan Webb
Apr 24@SFBlake Snell
Apr 26VS STLMiles Mikolas
Apr 27VS STLSonny Gray
Apr 28VS STLLance Lynn
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Whit Merrifield
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@CINRanger SuarezW 0-7
Apr 23@CINAndrew Abbott
Apr 24@CINNick Lodolo
Apr 25@CINGraham Ashcraft
Apr 26@SDJoe Musgrove
Apr 27@SDDylan Cease
Apr 28@SDMichael King
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143000.2500.14302
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Joey Wendle
7.10
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Whit Merrifield
10.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Joey Wendle
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 OAK 28 25 1 11 11 2 6 .260 .298 .302 53
2017 OAK 8 4 1 3 5 0 1 .308 .357 .615 16
2018 TB 139 146 7 62 61 16 37 .300 .354 .431 354
2019 TB 80 56 3 33 20 8 14 .226 .286 .335 140
2020 TB 70 57 3 32 19 9 13 .251 .308 .357 138
2021 TB 135 119 10 70 50 8 27 .262 .314 .414 373
2022 MIA 94 91 3 26 31 11 13 .277 .311 .384 266
2023 MIA 121 64 2 33 20 7 13 .215 .248 .309 226
2024 NYM 9 6 0 3 1 1 1 .300 .333 .350 18
ON PACE 66 44 0 22 7 7 7 .300 .333 .350 132
3-YEAR AVG 117 91 5 43 34 9 18 .254 .295 .376 288
Career 684 568 30 273 218 62 125 .262 .310 .380
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 14 4 1 3 1 1 2 .129 .176 .226 26
ON PACE 98 28 7 21 7 7 14 .129 .176 .226 183
3-YEAR AVG 150 150 11 77 66 27 38 .267 .312 .385 508
Career 1068 1177 91 589 470 201 282 .283 .329 .420
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