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Josh Hader or Yordan Alvarez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Josh Hader

Josh Hader

RPHouston Astros HOU
Yordan Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

LFHouston Astros HOU
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Hader over Alvarez

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Josh Hader
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Alvarez over Hader

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yordan Alvarez
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Performance Josh Hader
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
9.000-001213.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
14.060-001922.505
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Yordan Alvarez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.217002.2170.21705
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.205117.3000.273011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Hader
OWN
95%
+0.66 compared to last week
START
91%
-0.87 compared to last week
OWN/START Yordan Alvarez
OWN
100%
+0.42 compared to last week
START
98%
+1.28 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Hader
2nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Yordan Alvarez
5th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Josh Hader

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 3rd among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 298th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Logan Allen
  • Can't be doing much worse than he is right now. Failing to live up to expectations is one thing, but playing this bad is another.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 221st in WHIP with 1.50
  • Currently ranked 119th in ERA with 3.51
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 72nd with 20
  • Top 75 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 58th with 56
  • Top 15 in saves and is currently ranked 14th with 17
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: -1, WHIP: +0.577, ERA: +7.449, K's: -69, Walks: -25
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Yordan Alvarez

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: DH LF . However, he plays DH most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 6th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 11th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 112th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.328
  • Top 15 in batting average with 0.317 and is currently ranked 12th
  • Top 10 on base percentage and is currently ranked 7th with 0.415
  • Top 10 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 10th with 0.591
  • Among the best in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 5th with 1.007
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 94th with 51
  • Top 100 in RBI and is currently ranked 79th with 70
  • Top 75 in runs scored and is currently ranked 62nd with 64
  • Top 50 in HRs and is currently ranked 49th with 25
  • 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: -0.023, OBP: -0.058, HRs: -30, RBI: -90, Runs: -67, Wlks: -60, Stls: EVEN,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Hader

No Injury Reported

Injury Yordan Alvarez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Hader
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
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Yordan Alvarez
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
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.111000.1110.11102
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Hader
17.13
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Yordan Alvarez
22.46
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Josh Hader
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2017 MIL 35 43.0 779 68 22 0 2-3 2.3 1.09 14.2 137
2018 MIL 55 74.1 1316 143 30 12 6-1 2.66 0.89 17.3 358
2019 MIL 62 72.0 1211 140 21 37 3-6 3 0.89 17.5 496
2020 MIL 23 21.1 413 35 10 14 1-2 3.38 0.89 14.8 156
2021 MIL 59 59.1 950 101 24 32 4-3 1.37 0.83 15.3 348
2022 MIL 55 51.0 930 85 20 36 2-4 3.88 1.08 15 306
2023 SD 61 54.0 1042 85 30 33 2-3 1.33 1.15 14.2 319
2024 HOU 11 9.2 195 16 5 2 0-2 8.38 1.66 14.9 18
ON PACE 71 60 1263 103 32 12 0-12 8.38 1.66 14.9 118
3-YEAR AVG 58 54 974 90 25 34 3-3 2.1 1.01 14.6 324
Career 361 380.0 6836 673 162 0 0-0 2.68 0.99 15.9
Career Yordan Alvarez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 HOU 105 112 28 63 81 0 59 .302 .399 .606 371
2020 HOU 2 2 1 2 4 0 0 .250 .333 .625 11
2021 HOU 159 164 35 104 112 1 62 .282 .358 .539 593
2022 HOU 142 143 38 99 105 1 81 .292 .398 .591 600
2023 HOU 134 139 37 89 112 0 73 .307 .415 .616 581
2024 HOU 25 27 5 16 13 0 10 .273 .351 .455 94
ON PACE 162 174 32 103 84 0 64 .273 .351 .455 609
3-YEAR AVG 145 149 37 97 110 1 72 .293 .388 .578 591
Career 567 587 144 373 427 2 285 .293 .388 .578
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