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Royce Lewis or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Royce Lewis

Royce Lewis

3BMinnesota Twins MIN
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Lewis over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Royce Lewis
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Lewis

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Royce Lewis
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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 MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143142.1430.28606
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.077142.1000.154011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Royce Lewis
OWN
91%
-3.46 compared to last week
START
 
8%
-0.28 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
57%
-2.62 compared to last week
START
42%
-2.62 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Royce Lewis
15th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Royce Lewis

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 16th among 3B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 46th.
  • The current leader among 3B's is Jose Ramirez
  • He should be doing much better than this. You might be able to get him now for a discount.
  • He hasn't missed that many games lately, but he is listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Quadricep (Since Mar 28, 2024). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 299th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.284
  • Top 50 in batting average with 0.295 and is currently ranked 41st
  • Top 20 on base percentage and is currently ranked 19th with 0.387
  • Among the best in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 3rd with 0.658
  • Among the best in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 2nd with 1.044
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 159th with 5
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 206th in RBI with 43
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 282nd in runs scored with 32
  • 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 increased by 1.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.699, OBP: +0.632, HRs: -17, RBI: -55, Runs: -40, Wlks: -23, Stls: -6,
Breakdown MJ Melendez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 52nd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 48th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 208th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.305
  • Ranked 227th in batting average with 0.248
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 197th with 0.324
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 129th with 0.453
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 150th with 0.777
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 375th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 226th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 220th in runs scored with 41
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.032, OBP: -0.04, HRs: -12, RBI: -44, Runs: -56, Wlks: -54, Stls: -5,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Royce Lewis

QUADRICEP - Since Mar 28, 2024

Lewis is dealing with a right quad strain and has been placed on the 10-day injured list. He is expected to miss at least two months.
Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Royce Lewis
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS CHWChris PaddackW 7-0
Apr 23VS CHWJay JacksonW 6-5
Apr 24VS CHWJoe RyanW 6-3
Apr 25VS CHWCole SandsW 6-3
Apr 26@LAAPatrick Sandoval
Apr 27@LAAJose Soriano
Apr 28@LAAReid Detmers
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS TORYusei KikuchiL 3-5
Apr 23VS TORChris StrattonW 3-2
Apr 24VS TORJohn SchreiberW 3-2
Apr 25VS TORCole RagansW 2-1
Apr 26@DETReese Olson
Apr 27@DETCasey Mize
Apr 28@DETTarik Skubal
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0000.00003
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Royce Lewis
13.14
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
13.29
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Royce Lewis
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 MIN 12 11 2 5 5 0 1 .297 .316 .568 40
2023 MIN 76 72 19 42 57 6 24 .301 .370 .569 284
2024 MIN 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 10
ON PACE 20 13 6 6 6 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 67
3-YEAR AVG 44 42 11 24 31 3 13 .301 .363 .569 162
Career 91 85 22 48 63 6 25 .306 .367 .583
Career MJ Melendez
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 KC 119 88 16 47 53 0 64 .211 .312 .380 321
2023 KC 151 125 16 65 56 6 62 .235 .316 .398 388
2024 KC 23 16 4 9 12 1 8 .203 .276 .418 68
ON PACE 143 99 24 56 74 6 49 .203 .276 .418 423
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 293 229 36 121 121 7 134 .222 .311 .392
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CIN @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Graham Ashcraft
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LAA vs MIN 09:38 EDT EST Patrick Sandoval
Bailey Ober
LAD @TOR 07:07 EDT EST Gavin Stone
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MIA vs WAS 07:10 EDT EST Jesus Luzardo
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MIL vs NYY 08:10 EDT EST Colin Rea
Luis Gil
NYM vs STL 07:10 EDT EST Jose Butto
Miles Mikolas
PHI @SD 09:40 EDT EST Aaron Nola
Joe Musgrove
PIT @SF 10:15 EDT EST Quinn Priester
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IND vs MIL 5:30 PM EST
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