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Nico Hoerner or Josh Bell

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Nico Hoerner

Nico Hoerner

2BChicago Cubs CHC
Josh Bell

Josh Bell

1BMiami Marlins MIA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Hoerner over Bell

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Nico Hoerner
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Bell over Hoerner

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Bell
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Performance Nico Hoerner
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.357044.3570.50016
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.367079.3850.510112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Josh Bell
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.120134.2140.24007
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.170248.2500.340013
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nico Hoerner
OWN
98%
+4.48 compared to last week
START
94%
+3.73 compared to last week
OWN/START Josh Bell
OWN
34%
-3.93 compared to last week
START
14%
-12.37 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nico Hoerner
8th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Josh Bell
30th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nico Hoerner

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 9th among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 9th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Ketel Marte
  • Wow, would you look at that. The experts got it right on the money.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 160th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.315
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.280 and is currently ranked 81st
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 67th with 0.360
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 315th with 0.369
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 217th with 0.729
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 228th with 25
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 265th in RBI with 33
  • Top 50 in runs scored and is currently ranked 44th with 69
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.013, OBP: +0.017, HRs: -9, RBI: -61, Runs: -81, Wlks: -39, Stls: -41,
Breakdown Josh Bell

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 1B DH . However, he plays 1B most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 30th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 11th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 326th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.278
  • Ranked 220th in batting average with 0.249
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 210th with 0.321
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 179th with 0.427
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 189th with 0.747
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 181st in RBI with 47
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 131st in runs scored with 50
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.071, OBP: -0.049, HRs: -19, RBI: -65, Runs: -39, Wlks: -52, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Nico Hoerner

No Injury Reported

Injury Josh Bell

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nico Hoerner
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
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222011.2220.22212
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Josh Bell
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@ATLBryce ElderL 3-0
Apr 23@ATLMax FriedL 5-0
Apr 24@ATLA.J. MinterL 4-3
Apr 26VS WASTrevor Williams
Apr 27VS WASMitchell Parker
Apr 28VS WASPatrick Corbin
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143123.2170.33306
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nico Hoerner
17.64
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Josh Bell
13.18
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Nico Hoerner
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 CHC 20 22 3 13 17 0 3 .282 .305 .436 62
2020 CHC 49 23 0 18 13 3 12 .207 .302 .243 63
2021 CHC 45 44 0 13 16 5 17 .301 .383 .370 130
2022 CHC 130 128 8 53 49 18 26 .282 .328 .403 421
2023 CHC 151 176 9 98 68 42 49 .284 .347 .384 605
2024 CHC 23 23 0 17 7 1 10 .271 .364 .365 79
ON PACE 155 155 0 114 47 6 67 .271 .364 .365 533
3-YEAR AVG 109 116 6 55 44 22 31 .285 .345 .390 385
Career 418 416 20 212 170 69 117 .279 .341 .380
Career Josh Bell
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2010 BAL 53 34 3 15 12 0 2 N/A N/A N/A 23
2011 BAL 26 10 0 6 6 0 4 N/A N/A N/A 1
2012 ARI 21 9 1 3 4 0 4 .173 .232 .269 18
2016 PIT 44 35 3 18 18 0 21 .276 .373 .409 100
2017 PIT 159 140 26 75 90 2 66 .255 .334 .466 433
2018 PIT 148 131 12 74 62 2 77 .261 .357 .411 371
2019 PIT 143 145 37 94 116 0 74 .275 .365 .567 524
2020 PIT 57 44 8 22 22 0 23 .229 .312 .370 110
2021 WAS 143 126 27 72 86 0 62 .262 .347 .480 493
2022 WAS 157 153 19 80 74 0 74 .274 .360 .440 524
2023 CLE 153 139 22 53 75 0 63 .250 .327 .423 444
2024 MIA 26 17 3 14 10 0 11 .179 .278 .305 71
ON PACE 162 105 18 87 62 0 68 .179 .278 .305 442
3-YEAR AVG 151 139 23 68 78 0 66 .262 .345 .446 487
Career 1130 983 161 526 575 4 481 .270 .355 .451
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