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Gregory Soto or Mark Melancon

Who Should I Start? - Week 12 • Start New
Gregory Soto

Gregory Soto

SP • Detroit Tigers DET
Mark Melancon

Mark Melancon

RP • Arizona Diamondbacks ARI
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Gregory Soto
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-001500.003
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.400-101820.805
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Mark Melancon
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000000.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.800-000100.805
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Gregory Soto
OWN
80%
-5.21 compared to last week
START
75%
-4.51 compared to last week
OWN/START Mark Melancon
OWN
77%
-1.31 compared to last week
START
73%
-0.68 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Gregory Soto
24th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Mark Melancon
32nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Gregory Soto

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 24th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 111th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Garcia
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 182nd in wins with 4
  • He is among the best in saves and is currently ranked 10th with 24
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -4, L: +1, WHIP: -0.139, ERA: -0.302, K's: -50, Walks: -27
Breakdown Mark Melancon

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 33rd among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 285th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Luis Garcia
  • Can't be doing much worse than he is right now. Failing to live up to expectations is one thing, but playing this bad is another.

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 276th in ERA with 4.10
  • Top 15 in saves and is currently ranked 12th with 23
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.3 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: +3, WHIP: +0.328, ERA: +3.813, K's: -48, Walks: -18
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Gregory Soto

No Injury Reported

Injury Mark Melancon

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Gregory Soto
DateOpponentResult
Jun 20@BOSWinckowski 2-1L 5-2
Jun 21@BOSHill 3-4L 5-4
Jun 22@BOSWacha 6-1L 6-2
Jun 24@ARIKelly 6-5W 5-1
Jun 25@ARIMantiply 1-1W 6-3
Jun 26@ARIKeuchel
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-002500.504
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Mark Melancon
DateOpponentResult
Jun 20@SDDarvish 7-3L 4-1
Jun 21@SDHill 2-0L 3-2
Jun 22@SDMorejon 1-0L 10-4
Jun 24VS DETGarcia 2-2L 5-1
Jun 25VS DETAlexander 1-3L 6-3
Jun 26VS DETBrieske
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.000-000000.673
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Gregory Soto
3.75
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Mark Melancon
2.19
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Gregory Soto
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 DET 32 51.1 1040 42 31 0 0-5 5.96 1.97 7.4 48
2020 DET 26 23.0 375 29 11 2 0-1 3.91 1.09 11.4 63
2021 DET 61 65.0 1117 76 39 18 6-3 2.91 1.26 10.5 246
2022 DET 27 28.0 490 28 12 13 2-4 2.57 1.11 9 112
ON PACE 61 64 1118 63 27 29 4-9 2.57 1.11 9 254
3-YEAR AVG 40 45 844 49 27 7 2-3 4.4 1.53 9.8 119
Career 146 162.2 3022 175 93 0 0-0 4.04 1.47 9.7
Career Mark Melancon
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2010 NYY 22 19.0 349 22 8 0 2-0 4.74 1.42 10.4 61
2011 HOU 69 68.1 1092 63 26 19 8-4 3.03 1.33 8.3 410
2012 BOS 38 36.0 683 37 11 1 0-2 7.75 1.56 9.3 69
2013 PIT 72 71.0 989 70 8 16 3-2 1.39 0.96 8.9 357
2014 PIT 67 65.1 892 65 10 31 2-4 1.93 0.87 9 378
2015 PIT 78 74.1 1088 62 14 51 3-2 2.3 0.96 7.5 530
2016 PIT 75 69.0 1022 65 12 47 2-2 1.7 0.93 8.5 500
2017 SF 32 30.0 502 29 6 11 1-2 4.5 1.43 8.7 133
2018 SF 41 36.2 654 31 14 3 1-4 3.44 1.69 7.6 89
2019 SF 69 68.0 1135 72 20 14 5-3 4.1 1.46 9.5 241
2020 ATL 30 29.0 396 19 7 13 2-1 1.86 1.07 5.9 151
2021 SD 62 64.1 1016 57 23 38 3-3 2.24 1.18 8 318
2022 ARI 26 23.1 349 9 5 10 1-6 5.79 1.46 3.5 47
ON PACE 57 52 774 19 11 22 2-13 5.79 1.46 3.5 103
3-YEAR AVG 54 53 849 49 17 22 3-2 3.02 1.29 8.2 237
Career 681 642.2 10167 601 164 0 0-0 3.05 1.21 8.4
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Matchups

Week 1
ARI vs KC
ATL vs NO
BAL @NYJ
BUF @LAR
CAR vs CLE
CHI vs SF
CIN vs PIT
DAL vs TB
DEN @SEA
DET vs PHI
GB @MIN
HOU vs IND
JAC @WAS
LAC vs LV
MIA vs NE
NYG @TEN
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI vs DET 4:10 PM EST Keuchel
Brieske
ATL vs LAD 7:00 PM EST Strider
Gonsolin
BAL @CHW 2:10 PM EST Lyles
Cease
BOS @CLE 1:40 PM EST Hill
Civale
CHC @STL 2:15 PM EST Mills
Flaherty
CIN @SF 4:05 PM EST Mahle
DeSclafani
COL @MIN 2:10 PM EST Feltner
Ryan
HOU @NYY 1:35 PM EST Urquidy
Cortes
KC vs OAK 2:10 PM EST Singer
Kaprielian
LAA vs SEA 4:07 PM EST
Gonzales
MIA vs NYM 12:05 PM EST Castano
Peterson
MIL vs TOR 2:10 PM EST Gonzalez
Berrios
PHI @SD 4:10 PM EST Gibson
Darvish
PIT @TB 1:40 PM EST Contreras
McClanahan
TEX vs WAS 2:35 PM EST Otto
Tetreault
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