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Rafael Ortega or Max Kepler

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Rafael Ortega

Rafael Ortega

LFChicago White Sox CHW
Max Kepler

Max Kepler

RFMinnesota Twins MIN
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Ortega over Kepler

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Rafael Ortega
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kepler over Ortega

 
 
 
 
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Performance Rafael Ortega
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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
.000.01
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Max Kepler
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500031.5000.75001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500031.5000.75002
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Rafael Ortega
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Max Kepler
OWN
15%
-0.59 compared to last week
START
 
5%
+4.09 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Rafael Ortega
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Max Kepler
67th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Rafael Ortega

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among LF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 219th.
  • The current leader among LF's is Adolis Garcia
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 245th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.296
  • Ranked 373rd in batting average with 0.219
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 147th with 0.338
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 490th with 0.272
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 413th with 0.610
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 539th with 6
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 534th in RBI with 8
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 427th in runs scored with 16
  • On second thought, he hasn't played in quite enough games for me to calculate a reliable analysis for you. Expect his rating to evolve over the next few days.
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.8 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.219, OBP: -0.338, HRs: -1, RBI: -8, Runs: -16, Wlks: -20, Stls: -6,
Breakdown Max Kepler

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 68th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 145th.
  • 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 111th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.330
  • Top 100 in batting average with 0.277 and is currently ranked 95th
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 109th with 0.346
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 81st with 0.485
  • Top 75 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 75th with 0.831
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 426th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 196th in RBI with 44
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 174th in runs scored with 50
  • His average points in the past two weeks have increased by 1.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.135, OBP: -0.171, HRs: -24, RBI: -63, Runs: -72, Wlks: -45, Stls: -1,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Rafael Ortega

No Injury Reported

Injury Max Kepler

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Rafael Ortega
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
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Max Kepler
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS CHWChris PaddackW 7-0
Apr 23VS CHWErick Fedde
Apr 24VS CHWGarrett Crochet
Apr 25VS CHWMichael Soroka
Apr 26@LAAPatrick Sandoval
Apr 27@LAAJose Soriano
Apr 28@LAAReid Detmers
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.500031.5000.75001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Rafael Ortega
2.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Max Kepler
12.21
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Rafael Ortega
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2012 COL 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 4
2016 ANA 66 43 1 24 16 8 13 .232 .283 .292 112
2018 MIA 41 31 0 10 7 5 10 .233 .287 .271 62
2019 ATL 38 18 2 8 10 3 8 .198 .263 .297 48
2021 CHC 102 83 11 43 33 12 30 .293 .363 .473 298
2022 CHC 117 73 7 35 32 12 44 .238 .330 .358 291
2023 TEX 52 25 1 16 8 6 20 .219 .338 .272 106
2024 CHW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 2
ON PACE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 14
3-YEAR AVG 90 60 6 31 24 10 31 .257 .344 .391 232
Career 420 275 22 136 106 47 126 .246 .323 .353
Career Max Kepler
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2015 MIN 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 -1
2016 MIN 113 92 17 52 63 6 42 .232 .307 .422 290
2017 MIN 147 124 19 67 69 6 47 .243 .312 .425 355
2018 MIN 156 119 20 80 58 4 71 .224 .319 .408 386
2019 MIN 137 132 36 98 90 1 63 .248 .334 .510 474
2020 MIN 50 39 9 28 23 3 25 .222 .324 .426 139
2021 MIN 121 88 19 60 54 10 53 .210 .304 .414 387
2022 MIN 111 84 9 52 42 3 49 .223 .318 .343 325
2023 MIN 143 119 24 73 66 1 46 .258 .328 .475 433
2024 MIN 8 3 0 1 3 0 1 .125 .160 .167 11
ON PACE 61 23 0 7 23 0 7 .125 .160 .167 84
3-YEAR AVG 125 97 17 62 54 5 49 .232 .317 .415 382
Career 989 801 153 511 468 34 397 .233 .317 .429
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