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Santiago Espinal or Whit Merrifield

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Santiago Espinal

Santiago Espinal

2BCincinnati Reds CIN
Whit Merrifield

Whit Merrifield

2BPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Espinal over Merrifield

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Santiago Espinal
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Merrifield over Espinal

 
 
 
 
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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
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
.190123.1820.38118
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Santiago Espinal
OWN
 
0%
-0.49 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START Whit Merrifield
OWN
 
10%
-0.38 compared to last week
START
 
5%
-0.09 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Santiago Espinal
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Whit Merrifield
59th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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,
Breakdown Whit Merrifield

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 57th among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 38th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Ketel Marte
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 385th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.264
  • Ranked 234th in batting average with 0.248
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 387th with 0.284
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 288th with 0.382
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 317th with 0.666
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 395th with 9
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 231st in RBI with 38
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 244th in runs scored with 37
  • 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: -0.129, OBP: -0.134, HRs: -10, RBI: -66, Runs: -63, Wlks: -35, Stls: -25,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Santiago Espinal

No Injury Reported

Injury Whit Merrifield

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
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
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 Santiago Espinal
9.77
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Whit Merrifield
10.42
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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
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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