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Bobby Witt Jr. or Whit Merrifield

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Bobby Witt Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

SSKansas City Royals KC
Whit Merrifield

Whit Merrifield

2BPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Witt Jr. over Merrifield

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrifield over Witt Jr.

 
 
 
 
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Performance Bobby Witt Jr.
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.304033.3600.39136
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.271038.3140.375412
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Whit Merrifield
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.364122.3640.72713
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222123.2110.44417
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Bobby Witt Jr.
OWN
100%
+1.05 compared to last week
START
100%
+1.67 compared to last week
OWN/START Whit Merrifield
OWN
 
9%
-2.43 compared to last week
START
 
5%
-0.16 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Bobby Witt Jr.
1st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Whit Merrifield
59th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Bobby Witt Jr.

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 2nd among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 4th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 114th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.327
  • Top 25 in batting average with 0.310 and is currently ranked 24th
  • Top 100 on base percentage and is currently ranked 85th with 0.354
  • Top 20 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 17th with 0.580
  • Top 25 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 22nd with 0.934
  • Top 35 in steals and is currently ranked 27th with 33
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 126th in RBI with 65
  • Top 25 in runs scored and is currently ranked 23rd with 74
  • Top 100 in HRs and is currently ranked 84th with 22
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.04, OBP: +0.048, HRs: -26, RBI: -85, Runs: -76, Wlks: -33, Stls: -42,
Breakdown Whit Merrifield

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: LF 2B . However, he plays LF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 59th among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 35th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Ketel Marte
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 369th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.268
  • Ranked 207th in batting average with 0.252
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 373rd with 0.286
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 270th with 0.387
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 310th with 0.673
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 381st with 10
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 227th in RBI with 39
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 240th in runs scored with 38
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.093, OBP: -0.104, HRs: -10, RBI: -65, Runs: -62, Wlks: -35, Stls: -24,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Bobby Witt Jr.

No Injury Reported

Injury Whit Merrifield

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Bobby Witt Jr.
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS TORYusei KikuchiL 3-5
Apr 23VS TORChris StrattonW 3-2
Apr 24VS TORJohn SchreiberW 3-2
Apr 25VS TORJose Berrios
Apr 26@DETReese Olson
Apr 27@DETCasey Mize
Apr 28@DETTarik Skubal
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.455031.5000.54533
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Whit Merrifield
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@CINRanger SuarezW 0-7
Apr 23@CINFernando CruzL 8-1
Apr 24@CINJustin WilsonL 7-4
Apr 25@CINNick Martinez
Apr 26@SDJoe Musgrove
Apr 27@SDDylan Cease
Apr 28@SDMichael King
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.267011.3130.33314
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Bobby Witt Jr.
25.11
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Whit Merrifield
10.56
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Bobby Witt Jr.
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 KC 143 138 18 76 71 28 27 .253 .294 .428 481
2023 KC 158 177 30 97 96 49 40 .277 .319 .496 685
2024 KC 25 32 4 21 11 7 7 .317 .367 .574 113
ON PACE 162 207 25 136 71 45 45 .317 .367 .574 732
3-YEAR AVG 151 158 24 87 84 39 34 .266 .308 .465 583
Career 326 347 52 194 178 84 74 .270 .312 .473
Career Whit Merrifield
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 KC 81 88 2 44 29 8 19 .283 .323 .392 194
2017 KC 145 169 19 80 78 34 29 .288 .324 .460 481
2018 KC 158 192 12 88 60 45 61 .304 .367 .438 519
2019 KC 160 204 16 105 73 20 45 .304 .350 .466 513
2020 KC 60 71 9 38 31 12 12 .286 .328 .444 199
2021 KC 161 179 10 95 73 39 40 .275 .316 .394 604
2022 KC 135 121 11 70 58 16 37 .250 .300 .378 435
2023 TOR 154 149 11 66 67 26 37 .272 .318 .381 484
2024 PHI 16 7 1 4 2 2 2 .179 .214 .282 36
ON PACE 103 45 6 25 12 12 12 .179 .214 .282 233
3-YEAR AVG 150 150 11 77 66 27 38 .267 .312 .385 508
Career 1070 1180 91 590 471 202 282 .283 .329 .420
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