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Shohei Ohtani or Merrill Kelly

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Shohei Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DHLos Angeles Dodgers LAD
Merrill Kelly

Merrill Kelly

SPArizona Diamondbacks ARI
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ohtani over Kelly

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Shohei Ohtani
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kelly over Ohtani

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Merrill Kelly
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Performance Shohei Ohtani
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.421267.5600.94715
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.4293810.5100.786411
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Merrill Kelly
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.800-000521.001
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Shohei Ohtani
OWN
100%
No change since last week.
START
99%
+9.93 compared to last week
OWN/START Merrill Kelly
OWN
96%
-3.61 compared to last week
START
26%
-53.05 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Shohei Ohtani
9th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Merrill Kelly
55th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Shohei Ohtani

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 9th among DH's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 1st.
  • The current leader among DH's is Shohei Ohtani
  • He is putting up better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 15 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.396 and is currently ranked 14th
  • Among the best in batting average with 0.327 and is currently ranked 5th
  • Among the best in on base percentage and is currently ranked 2nd with 0.444
  • Among the best in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 4th with 0.651
  • Among the best in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 1st with 1.096
  • Top 50 in steals and is currently ranked 36th with 14
  • Top 50 in walks and is currently ranked 42nd with 59
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 127th in RBI with 43
  • Top 50 in runs scored and is currently ranked 37th with 63
  • Top 75 in HRs and is currently ranked 51st with 19
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.067, OBP: +0.021, HRs: -38, RBI: -79, Runs: -80, Wlks: -78, Stls: -15,
Breakdown Merrill Kelly

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 56th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 36th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 40th with 1.14
  • Top 35 in ERA and is currently ranked 31st with 3.00
  • Top 10 in walks and is currently ranked 7th with 46
  • Top 100 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 96th with 138
  • Top 25 in wins and is currently ranked 25th with 8
  • Top 100 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 87th with 129.0
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -11, L: -8, WHIP: -0.248, ERA: -1.098, K's: -171, Walks: -65
Next Up Health Check
Injury Shohei Ohtani

No Injury Reported

Injury Merrill Kelly

SHOULDER - Since Apr 21, 2024

Kelly is dealing with a right shoulder strain and has been placed on the 15-day injured list. He is expected to miss at least one month.
Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Shohei Ohtani
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23@WASAlex VesiaW 1-4
Apr 24@WASLandon KnackW 2-11
Apr 25@WASMacKenzie Gore
Apr 26@TORChris Bassitt
Apr 27@TORYusei Kikuchi
Apr 28@TORKevin Gausman
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.455135.4780.72725
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Merrill Kelly
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@STLRyan HelsleyL 5-3
Apr 23@STLTommy HenryW 1-14
Apr 24@STLKyle GibsonL 5-1
Apr 26@SEAGeorge Kirby
Apr 27@SEAEmerson Hancock
Apr 28@SEALogan Gilbert
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Shohei Ohtani
26.58
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Merrill Kelly
16.72
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Shohei Ohtani
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 ANA 1 . . . 0
2018 ANA 114 92 22 59 61 10 37 .282 .358 .561 457
2019 ANA 106 110 18 51 62 12 33 .286 .343 .505 309
2020 LAA 45 28 7 23 23 7 22 .185 .289 .358 103
2021 LAA 157 137 46 103 100 26 96 .259 .376 .599 885
2022 LAA 148 148 31 84 87 11 69 .271 .355 .516 540
2023 LAA 139 151 44 102 95 20 91 .304 .412 .654 697
2024 LAD 26 39 6 22 16 5 13 .371 .433 .695 139
ON PACE 162 243 37 137 99 31 81 .371 .433 .695 866
3-YEAR AVG 148 145 40 96 94 19 85 .277 .380 .587 707
Career 736 705 174 444 444 91 361 .278 .369 .562
Career Merrill Kelly
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 ARI 32 181.0 2962 158 57 0 13-14 4.48 1.33 7.9 377
2020 ARI 5 31.1 473 29 5 0 3-2 2.59 0.99 8.3 85
2021 ARI 27 158.0 2425 130 41 0 7-11 4.44 1.29 7.4 276
2022 ARI 32 195.0 2988 170 59 0 13-8 3.42 1.14 7.9 450
2023 ARI 34 199.1 3161 215 77 0 15-9 3.3 1.16 9.7 519
2024 ARI 4 24.2 361 21 6 0 2-0 2.19 0.93 7.7 72
ON PACE 24 151 2249 130 37 0 12-0 2.19 0.93 7.7 447
3-YEAR AVG 31 184 2858 172 59 0 12-9 3.65 1.18 8.4 415
Career 134 787.0 12370 723 245 0 0-0 3.77 1.21 8.3
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MacKenzie Gore
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