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Merrill Kelly or Chris Flexen

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Merrill Kelly

Merrill Kelly

SPArizona Diamondbacks ARI
Chris Flexen

Chris Flexen

SPChicago White Sox CHW
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kelly over Flexen

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Merrill Kelly
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Flexen over Kelly

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Chris Flexen
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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
2.451-000951.272
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Chris Flexen
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.480-000410.492
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
7.000-100621.223
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Merrill Kelly
OWN
95%
-3.59 compared to last week
START
63%
-17.62 compared to last week
OWN/START Chris Flexen
OWN
 
0%
-0.87 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-0.87 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Merrill Kelly
31st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Chris Flexen
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Merrill Kelly

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 32nd among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 30th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Castillo
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in WHIP and is currently ranked 39th with 1.14
  • Top 35 in ERA and is currently ranked 30th with 3.00
  • Top 10 in walks and is currently ranked 7th with 46
  • Top 100 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 81st with 138
  • Top 25 in wins and is currently ranked 22nd with 8
  • Top 50 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 43rd 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
Breakdown Chris Flexen

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 384th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 167th in WHIP with 1.58
  • Currently ranked 172nd in ERA with 6.59
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 82nd with 25
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.4 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: -5, WHIP: -0.19, ERA: -0.18, K's: -63, Walks: -32
Next Up Health Check
Injury Merrill Kelly

SHOULDER - Since Apr 21, 2024

Kelly is dealing with a shoulder injury and will not take the field for the Diamonbacks. He is expected to be placaed on the injured list.
Injury Chris Flexen

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Merrill Kelly
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@STLRyan HelsleyL 5-3
Apr 23@STLSteven Matz
Apr 24@STLKyle Gibson
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
Matchups Chris Flexen
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@MINChris PaddackL 7-0
Apr 23@MINPablo Lopez
Apr 24@MINJoe Ryan
Apr 25@MINBailey Ober
Apr 26VS TBZach Eflin
Apr 27VS TBAaron Civale
Apr 28VS TBZack Littell
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.290-000010.951
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Merrill Kelly
18.02
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Chris Flexen
7.73
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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 27 164 2436 141 40 0 13-0 2.19 0.93 7.7 484
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
Career Chris Flexen
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2017 NYM 14 48.0 911 36 35 0 3-6 7.88 2.02 6.8 56
2018 NYM 4 6.1 151 3 6 0 0-2 12.79 3.16 4.3 -3
2019 NYM 9 13.2 274 10 13 0 0-3 6.59 2.05 6.6 10
2021 SEA 30 174.1 2721 122 38 0 13-6 3.67 1.24 6.3 370
2022 SEA 29 131.1 2065 91 48 2 8-9 3.7 1.31 6.2 242
2023 SEA 29 100.0 1755 74 38 0 2-8 7.02 1.71 6.7 91
2024 CHW 5 19.2 315 11 7 0 0-3 6.41 1.42 5 10
ON PACE 36 142 2319 81 51 0 0-22 6.41 1.42 5 76
3-YEAR AVG 29 135 2180 96 41 1 8-8 4.5 1.37 6.4 235
Career 120 488.2 8192 347 185 0 0-0 5.12 1.5 6.4
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