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Ryan Mountcastle or Santiago Espinal

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Ryan Mountcastle

Ryan Mountcastle

1BBaltimore Orioles BAL
Santiago Espinal

Santiago Espinal

2BCincinnati Reds CIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Mountcastle over Espinal

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Ryan Mountcastle
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Espinal over Mountcastle

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Santiago Espinal
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Performance Ryan Mountcastle
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.313023.4210.43805
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333137.4150.472010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Santiago Espinal
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.316152.3640.52616
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.258183.3240.387210
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Ryan Mountcastle
OWN
71%
+6.53 compared to last week
START
38%
-1.3 compared to last week
OWN/START Santiago Espinal
OWN
 
1%
-0.15 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Ryan Mountcastle
23rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Santiago Espinal
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Ryan Mountcastle

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 23rd among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 7th.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is doing better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 25 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.381 and is currently ranked 24th
  • Top 15 in batting average with 0.322 and is currently ranked 11th
  • Top 15 on base percentage and is currently ranked 15th with 0.396
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 76th with 0.487
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 39th with 0.883
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 423rd with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 205th in RBI with 42
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 143rd in runs scored with 45
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.066, OBP: +0.07, HRs: -16, RBI: -59, Runs: -51, Wlks: -29, Stls: -3,
Breakdown Santiago Espinal

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: 2B 3B . However, he plays 2B most often.
  • Experts don't even rank him among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 26th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Ketel Marte
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 280th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.288
  • Ranked 195th in batting average with 0.255
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 307th with 0.301
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 366th with 0.345
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 357th with 0.646
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 535th with 4
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 357th in RBI with 21
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 427th in runs scored with 16
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.08, OBP: -0.058, HRs: -1, RBI: -18, Runs: -27, Wlks: -12, Stls: +2,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Ryan Mountcastle

No Injury Reported

Injury Santiago Espinal

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Ryan Mountcastle
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@LAAAlbert SuarezW 2-4
Apr 23@LAAGriffin CanningL 7-4
Apr 24@LAADean KremerW 5-6
Apr 26VS OAKRoss Stripling
Apr 27VS OAKJP Sears
Apr 28VS OAKPaul Blackburn
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333041.4000.46705
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Santiago Espinal
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS PHIRanger SuarezL 0-7
Apr 23VS PHIFernando CruzW 8-1
Apr 24VS PHIJustin WilsonW 7-4
Apr 25VS PHIZack Wheeler
Apr 26@TEXNathan Eovaldi
Apr 27@TEXMichael Lorenzen
Apr 28@TEXDane Dunning
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.357152.3750.57115
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Ryan Mountcastle
15.55
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Santiago Espinal
9.77
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Ryan Mountcastle
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 BAL 35 44 5 12 25 0 10 .349 .396 .500 95
2021 BAL 141 133 33 77 89 4 40 .254 .309 .491 456
2022 BAL 139 127 20 60 79 4 41 .242 .297 .412 397
2023 BAL 125 116 18 65 70 3 38 .267 .325 .447 387
2024 BAL 21 25 2 14 11 0 10 .316 .385 .481 77
ON PACE 141 168 13 94 74 0 67 .316 .385 .481 519
3-YEAR AVG 135 125 24 67 79 4 40 .254 .310 .450 413
Career 461 445 78 228 274 11 139 .264 .320 .456
Career Santiago Espinal
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 TOR 26 15 0 9 5 1 3 .259 .290 .328 30
2021 TOR 92 69 2 32 16 6 22 .318 .382 .415 235
2022 TOR 132 117 7 50 50 5 35 .265 .318 .372 373
2023 TOR 112 59 2 30 25 2 18 .254 .313 .341 232
2024 CIN 18 10 1 4 10 5 6 .204 .271 .286 52
ON PACE 121 67 6 27 67 33 40 .204 .271 .286 351
3-YEAR AVG 112 82 4 37 30 4 25 .275 .332 .374 280
Career 380 270 12 125 106 19 84 .271 .327 .367
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