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Ronald Acuna Jr. or Byron Buxton

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Ronald Acuna Jr.

Ronald Acuna Jr.

RFAtlanta Braves ATL
Byron Buxton

Byron Buxton

CFMinnesota Twins MIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Acuna Jr. over Buxton

 
 
 
 
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Owners starting Buxton over Acuna Jr.

 
 
 
 
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Performance Ronald Acuna Jr.
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.238006.4290.28636
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.3001211.4260.420713
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Byron Buxton
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.400133.4290.70005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.256155.2680.487012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ronald Acuna Jr.
OWN
100%
+0.05 compared to last week
START
79%
-14.44 compared to last week
OWN/START Byron Buxton
OWN
45%
+0.78 compared to last week
START
33%
+11.09 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ronald Acuna Jr.
1st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Byron Buxton
35th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Ronald Acuna Jr.

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 1st among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 9th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is putting up close to the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 100 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.338 and is currently ranked 80th
  • Top 10 in batting average with 0.322 and is currently ranked 8th
  • Top 10 on base percentage and is currently ranked 8th with 0.413
  • Top 50 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 39th with 0.530
  • Top 20 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 19th with 0.944
  • Top 20 in steals and is currently ranked 20th with 47
  • Top 35 in walks and is currently ranked 27th with 56
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 143rd in RBI with 58
  • He has a lot of runs scored and is currently ranked 5th with 99
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.043, OBP: +0.001, HRs: -40, RBI: -100, Runs: -128, Wlks: -66, Stls: -63,
Breakdown Byron Buxton

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 35th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 90th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 165th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.315
  • Ranked 353rd in batting average with 0.222
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 444th with 0.266
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 229th with 0.403
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 316th with 0.669
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 561st with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 356th in RBI with 21
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 412th in runs scored with 18
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.04, OBP: -0.014, HRs: -16, RBI: -32, Runs: -42, Wlks: -34, Stls: -9,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Ronald Acuna Jr.

No Injury Reported

Injury Byron Buxton

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ronald Acuna Jr.
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS MIABryce ElderW 3-0
Apr 23VS MIAMax FriedW 5-0
Apr 24VS MIAA.J. MinterW 4-3
Apr 26VS CLELogan Allen
Apr 27VS CLETanner Bibee
Apr 28VS CLEBen Lively
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.292015.4140.37556
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Byron Buxton
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS CHWChris PaddackW 7-0
Apr 23VS CHWJay JacksonW 6-5
Apr 24VS CHWJoe RyanW 6-3
Apr 25VS CHWMichael Soroka
Apr 26@LAAPatrick Sandoval
Apr 27@LAAJose Soriano
Apr 28@LAAReid Detmers
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500112.5561.00002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Ronald Acuna Jr.
28.40
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Byron Buxton
13.69
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Ronald Acuna Jr.
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2018 ATL 111 127 26 78 64 15 45 .293 .358 .552 395
2019 ATL 161 184 42 128 103 37 80 .286 .368 .530 630
2020 ATL 58 50 15 56 30 11 45 .243 .378 .534 225
2021 ATL 84 84 24 72 52 17 49 .283 .394 .596 383
2022 ATL 118 121 13 70 43 28 51 .266 .353 .404 397
2023 ATL 163 219 41 152 106 75 82 .333 .414 .588 953
2024 ATL 23 26 1 23 6 11 16 .292 .417 .382 100
ON PACE 162 183 7 162 42 77 112 .292 .417 .382 704
3-YEAR AVG 122 141 26 98 67 40 61 .301 .390 .530 578
Career 718 811 162 579 404 194 368 .292 .380 .529
Career Byron Buxton
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2015 MIN 46 27 2 16 6 2 6 .209 .250 .326 52
2016 MIN 92 67 10 44 38 10 23 .225 .284 .430 194
2017 MIN 140 117 16 69 51 29 38 .253 .314 .413 332
2018 MIN 28 14 0 8 4 5 3 .156 .183 .200 29
2019 MIN 87 71 10 48 46 15 19 .262 .314 .513 248
2020 MIN 41 33 13 19 27 3 2 .254 .267 .577 110
2021 MIN 60 69 18 47 30 9 13 .307 .361 .644 253
2022 MIN 93 76 28 61 51 6 34 .224 .306 .526 314
2023 MIN 97 63 17 49 42 9 35 .207 .293 .436 265
2024 MIN 22 19 1 7 10 0 1 .247 .280 .403 43
ON PACE 154 133 7 49 70 0 7 .247 .280 .403 302
3-YEAR AVG 83 69 21 52 41 8 27 .239 .315 .525 277
Career 706 556 115 368 305 88 174 .239 .299 .465
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Matchup Time Pitchers
BOS @CLE 01:10 EDT EST Chase Anderson
Triston McKenzie
CHC vs HOU 02:20 EDT EST Javier Assad
Justin Verlander
CHW @MIN 01:10 EDT EST Michael Soroka
Simeon Woods Richardson
CIN vs PHI 01:10 EDT EST Nick Martinez
Zack Wheeler
COL vs SD 03:10 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
Randy Vasquez
KC vs TOR 02:10 EDT EST Cole Ragans
Jose Berrios
LAD @WAS 04:05 EDT EST Yoshinobu Yamamoto
MacKenzie Gore
MIL @PIT 12:35 EDT EST Freddy Peralta
Mitch Keller
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Nestor Cortes
Alex Wood
SEA @TEX 02:35 EDT EST Luis Castillo
Andrew Heaney
Matchup Time
CLE @ORL 7:00 PM EST
DEN @LAL 10:00 PM EST
NY @PHI 7:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
CAR @NYI 7:30 PM EST
FLA @TB 7:00 PM EST