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Luis Garcia or Nelson Cruz

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Luis Garcia

Luis Garcia

SPHouston Astros HOU
Nelson Cruz

Nelson Cruz

DH
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Garcia over Cruz

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Luis Garcia
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cruz over Garcia

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nelson Cruz
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Performance Luis Garcia
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-010700.493
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.001-020800.296
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Nelson Cruz
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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
..0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Luis Garcia
OWN
 
5%
-1.2 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-0.44 compared to last week
OWN/START Nelson Cruz
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Luis Garcia
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nelson Cruz
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Luis Garcia

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 161st.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Not too impressive in saves and is currently ranked 134th with 1
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -3, L: -5, WHIP: -0.674, ERA: -0.72, K's: -73, Walks: -33
Breakdown Nelson Cruz

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Luis Garcia

ELBOW - Since May 1, 2023

Garcia is recovering from Tommy John surgery and has been placed on the 60-day injured list. He is expected to return in late July.
Injury Nelson Cruz

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Luis Garcia
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
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-010300.831
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Nelson Cruz
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 Luis Garcia
8.05
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nelson Cruz
11.26
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Luis Garcia
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2013 PHI 24 29.0 550 23 23 0 1-1 3.1 1.72 7.1 61
2014 PHI 12 13.0 273 11 13 0 1-0 6.92 2.08 7.6 17
2015 PHI 72 62.0 1152 63 37 2 4-6 3.77 1.76 9.2 146
2016 PHI 17 13.0 291 14 8 0 1-1 7.62 2.23 9.7 23
2017 PHI 66 64.1 997 60 26 2 2-5 2.94 1.35 8.4 160
2018 PHI 59 36.2 764 51 18 1 3-1 7.61 1.83 12.5 97
2019 WAS 64 55.0 1053 57 33 1 2-1 4.91 1.71 9.3 119
2020 WAS 17 20.1 424 21 16 0 0-3 4.87 1.62 9.3 30
2021 HOU 69 205.1 3301 222 70 2 13-12 3.64 1.16 9.7 471
2022 HOU 91 218.1 3410 220 62 3 20-15 3.55 1.14 9.1 510
2023 WAS 67 82.0 1477 84 34 0 4-5 4.17 1.43 9.2 162
2024 LAA 11 10.1 148 11 1 1 1-0 3.48 0.77 9.6 34
ON PACE 71 66 959 71 6 6 6-0 3.48 0.77 9.6 218
3-YEAR AVG 76 167 2729 175 55 2 12-11 3.7 1.2 9.4 381
Career 569 797.2 13840 837 341 0 0-0 4.07 1.39 9.4
Career Nelson Cruz
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2008 31 38 7 19 26 3 17 N/A N/A N/A 138
2009 TEX 129 120 33 76 76 20 51 N/A N/A N/A 392
2010 TEX 108 127 22 60 78 16 38 N/A N/A N/A 354
2011 TEX 126 125 29 64 86 9 32 N/A N/A N/A 324
2012 TEX 159 152 23 86 90 8 48 .260 .319 .455 436
2013 TEX 108 110 27 49 77 5 35 .269 .327 .511 326
2014 BAL 153 160 38 85 101 4 54 .273 .337 .524 488
2015 SEA 152 178 44 90 93 3 60 .302 .369 .566 501
2016 SEA 155 169 43 96 105 2 62 .287 .360 .555 515
2017 SEA 155 160 39 91 119 1 70 .288 .375 .549 517
2018 SEA 144 133 37 70 97 1 55 .256 .342 .509 427
2019 MIN 123 143 42 83 109 0 60 .308 .393 .636 480
2020 MIN 55 57 16 33 35 0 27 .300 .398 .595 179
2021 MIN 148 136 32 78 84 3 51 .262 .331 .491 495
2022 WAS 128 102 10 48 63 4 47 .233 .311 .338 323
2023 SD 59 35 5 9 23 1 6 .245 .283 .399 110
ON PACE 354 210 30 54 138 6 36 .245 .283 .399 660
3-YEAR AVG 112 91 16 45 57 3 35 .248 .317 .418 309
Career 1933 1945 447 1037 1262 80 713 .348 .426 .515
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