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MJ Melendez or Willson Contreras

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
Willson Contreras

Willson Contreras

CSt. Louis Cardinals STL
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Contreras

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Contreras over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.059000.0590.05905
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.086142.1110.171010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Willson Contreras
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250123.4000.50005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.342145.4440.579111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
57%
-2.27 compared to last week
START
47%
+2.39 compared to last week
OWN/START Willson Contreras
OWN
88%
+1.77 compared to last week
START
74%
+0.11 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Willson Contreras
6th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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.
Breakdown Willson Contreras

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: C DH . However, he plays C most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 7th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 9th.
  • The current leader among C's is William Contreras
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 20 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.386 and is currently ranked 19th
  • Among the best in batting average with 0.325 and is currently ranked 6th
  • Among the best in on base percentage and is currently ranked 4th with 0.430
  • Top 15 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 12th with 0.584
  • Among the best in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 4th with 1.014
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 240th with 2
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 203rd in RBI with 43
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 264th in runs scored with 35
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.033, OBP: +0.066, HRs: -16, RBI: -58, Runs: -43, Wlks: -39, Stls: -5,
Next Up Health Check
Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Injury Willson Contreras

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
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
Matchups Willson Contreras
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS ARIRyan HelsleyW 5-3
Apr 23VS ARITommy HenryL 1-14
Apr 24VS ARIKyle GibsonW 5-1
Apr 26@NYMJose Butto
Apr 27@NYMAdrian Houser
Apr 28@NYMJose Quintana
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.286113.3750.52406
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating MJ Melendez
13.29
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Willson Contreras
15.01
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
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
Career Willson Contreras
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2016 CHC 75 69 12 32 35 2 26 .276 .352 .484 185
2017 CHC 117 104 21 50 74 5 45 .276 .356 .499 318
2018 CHC 138 118 10 50 54 4 53 .249 .339 .390 290
2019 CHC 105 99 24 57 64 1 38 .275 .357 .536 303
2020 CHC 60 45 7 34 25 1 22 .234 .363 .396 131
2021 CHC 128 96 21 61 57 6 52 .238 .342 .443 356
2022 CHC 113 99 21 64 54 4 43 .242 .347 .462 369
2023 STL 128 111 19 54 66 6 51 .261 .356 .459 395
2024 STL 20 20 3 11 8 1 12 .294 .422 .529 71
ON PACE 129 129 19 71 51 6 77 .294 .422 .529 460
3-YEAR AVG 123 102 20 60 59 5 49 .247 .348 .455 373
Career 884 761 138 413 437 30 342 .257 .352 .460
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ATL vs CLE 07:20 EDT EST Charlie Morton
Tanner Bibee
BAL vs OAK 04:05 EDT EST Cole Irvin
JP Sears
BOS vs CHC 04:10 EDT EST Josh Winckowski
CHW vs TB 07:10 EDT EST Jonathan Cannon
Aaron Civale
CIN @TEX 04:05 EDT EST Hunter Greene
Michael Lorenzen
COL vs HOU 06:05 EDT EST Cal Quantrill
Ronel Blanco
DET vs KC 06:10 EDT EST Casey Mize
Brady Singer
LAA vs MIN 09:38 EDT EST Jose Soriano
Chris Paddack
LAD @TOR 03:07 EDT EST Tyler Glasnow
Yusei Kikuchi
MIA vs WAS 04:10 EDT EST Edward Cabrera
Mitchell Parker
MIL vs NYY 07:10 EDT EST Joe Ross
Carlos Rodon
NYM vs STL 04:05 EDT EST Adrian Houser
Sonny Gray
PHI @SD 08:40 EDT EST Ranger Suarez
Dylan Cease
PIT @SF 09:05 EDT EST Martin Perez
Jordan Hicks
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BOS @MIA 6:00 PM EST
CLE @ORL 1:00 PM EST
DEN @LAL 8:30 PM EST
NO vs OKC 3:30 PM EST
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BOS @TOR 8:00 PM EST
CAR @NYI 2:00 PM EST
DAL @VGK 10:30 PM EST
FLA @TB 5:00 PM EST