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Nico Hoerner or Willi Castro

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

Nico Hoerner

2BChicago Cubs CHC
Willi Castro

Willi Castro

LFMinnesota Twins MIN
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Hoerner over Castro

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Nico Hoerner
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Castro over Hoerner

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Willi Castro
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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 Willi Castro
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.350151.4170.65016
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.238274.3130.476113
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nico Hoerner
OWN
97%
+3.82 compared to last week
START
93%
+3.23 compared to last week
OWN/START Willi Castro
OWN
 
4%
-0.38 compared to last week
START
 
4%
+1.31 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nico Hoerner
8th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Willi Castro
50th
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 8th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Ketel Marte
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 174th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.313
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.278 and is currently ranked 87th
  • Top 75 on base percentage and is currently ranked 71st with 0.359
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 315th with 0.368
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 221st with 0.726
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 232nd with 25
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 266th in RBI with 33
  • Top 50 in runs scored and is currently ranked 49th with 68
  • 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: -0.025, OBP: +0.011, HRs: -9, RBI: -61, Runs: -82, Wlks: -39, Stls: -41,
Breakdown Willi Castro

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: SS 3B . However, he plays SS most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 50th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 109th.
  • 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 158th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.316
  • Ranked 300th in batting average with 0.236
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 145th with 0.338
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 290th with 0.382
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 232nd with 0.720
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 252nd with 19
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 345th in RBI with 23
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 259th in runs scored with 35
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.9 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.088, OBP: -0.062, HRs: -8, RBI: -31, Runs: -55, Wlks: -28, Stls: -32,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Nico Hoerner

No Injury Reported

Injury Willi Castro

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 Willi Castro
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
.333141.3330.75003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nico Hoerner
17.68
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Willi Castro
11.21
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 Willi Castro
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 DET 30 23 1 10 8 0 6 .230 .284 .340 41
2020 DET 36 44 6 21 24 0 7 .344 .377 .547 104
2021 DET 125 89 8 55 35 9 23 .221 .273 .345 289
2022 DET 109 87 8 46 29 8 14 .249 .291 .384 266
2023 MIN 142 95 9 61 35 33 36 .255 .336 .402 376
2024 MIN 23 13 2 7 7 1 8 .188 .288 .333 42
ON PACE 162 91 14 49 49 7 56 .188 .288 .333 293
3-YEAR AVG 125 90 8 54 33 17 24 .241 .300 .376 310
Career 465 351 34 200 138 51 94 .247 .305 .387
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