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Whit Merrifield or Jared Walsh

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Whit Merrifield

Whit Merrifield

2BPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
Jared Walsh

Jared Walsh

1B
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrifield over Walsh

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Whit Merrifield
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Walsh over Merrifield

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jared Walsh
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Performance Whit Merrifield
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.364122.3640.72713
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.190123.1820.38118
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jared Walsh
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.067020.1250.06705
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Whit Merrifield
OWN
 
9%
-1.34 compared to last week
START
 
6%
+0.69 compared to last week
OWN/START Jared Walsh
OWN
 
2%
-2.92 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-2.82 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Whit Merrifield
59th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jared Walsh
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Whit Merrifield

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: LF 2B . However, he plays LF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 59th among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 35th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Ketel Marte
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 369th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.268
  • Ranked 209th in batting average with 0.252
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 373rd with 0.286
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 271st with 0.387
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 310th with 0.673
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 371st with 10
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 228th in RBI with 39
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 237th in runs scored with 38
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.093, OBP: -0.104, HRs: -10, RBI: -65, Runs: -62, Wlks: -35, Stls: -24,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Jared Walsh

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 30th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 303rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.283
  • Ranked 474th in batting average with 0.189
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 474th with 0.255
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 371st with 0.344
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 425th with 0.600
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 459th in RBI with 13
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 458th in runs scored with 14
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.101, OBP: +0.101, HRs: -3, RBI: -4, Runs: -1, Wlks: -4, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Whit Merrifield

No Injury Reported

Injury Jared Walsh

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Whit Merrifield
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@CINRanger SuarezW 0-7
Apr 23@CINFernando CruzL 8-1
Apr 24@CINJustin WilsonL 7-4
Apr 25@CINNick Martinez
Apr 26@SDJoe Musgrove
Apr 27@SDDylan Cease
Apr 28@SDMichael King
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.267011.3130.33314
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jared Walsh
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Whit Merrifield
10.56
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jared Walsh
0.51
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 16 7 1 4 2 2 2 .179 .214 .282 36
ON PACE 103 45 6 25 12 12 12 .179 .214 .282 233
3-YEAR AVG 150 150 11 77 66 27 38 .267 .312 .385 508
Career 1070 1180 91 590 471 202 282 .283 .329 .420
Career Jared Walsh
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 LAA 36 16 1 6 5 0 6 .203 .276 .329 35
2020 LAA 33 29 9 19 26 0 5 .282 .313 .621 106
2021 LAA 143 145 29 70 98 2 47 .277 .340 .512 478
2022 LAA 119 90 15 41 44 2 27 .213 .267 .372 254
2023 LAA 57 13 4 10 11 0 11 .125 .216 .279 73
2024 TEX 17 12 1 9 7 0 7 .226 .317 .321 36
ON PACE 110 77 6 58 45 0 45 .226 .317 .321 233
3-YEAR AVG 106 83 16 40 51 1 28 .236 .298 .433 268
Career 405 305 59 155 191 4 103 .238 .299 .437
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