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Kyle Higashioka or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Kyle Higashioka

Kyle Higashioka

CSan Diego Padres SD
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Higashioka over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Kyle Higashioka
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Higashioka

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Kyle Higashioka
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.400001.4000.60002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250001.2500.37504
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.0530.00005
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.162254.2790.351111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kyle Higashioka
OWN
 
0%
+0.41 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
65%
-10.65 compared to last week
START
50%
-18.62 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kyle Higashioka
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kyle Higashioka

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 56th.
  • The current leader among C's is William Contreras
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 222nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.301
  • Ranked 218th in batting average with 0.252
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 403rd with 0.279
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 81st with 0.489
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 157th with 0.767
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 410th in RBI with 16
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 448th in runs scored with 14
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.6 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.048, OBP: -0.085, HRs: -9, RBI: -33, Runs: -22, Wlks: -14, Stls: EVEN,
Breakdown MJ Melendez

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 51st 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 146th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.320
  • Ranked 193rd in batting average with 0.255
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 158th with 0.335
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 108th with 0.465
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 117th with 0.800
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 321st with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 258th in RBI with 33
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 223rd in runs scored with 39
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.011, OBP: +0.002, HRs: -13, RBI: -48, Runs: -58, Wlks: -54, Stls: -5,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Kyle Higashioka

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kyle Higashioka
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@MILJoe MusgroveW 3-7
Apr 16@MILDylan CeaseW 3-6
Apr 17@MILAbner UribeL 1-0
Apr 19VS TORYariel Rodriguez
Apr 20VS TORJose Berrios
Apr 21VS TORChris Bassitt
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333000.3330.66701
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15@CHWSeth LugoW 0-2
Apr 16@CHW
Apr 17@CHWErick FeddeL 2-1
Apr 17@CHWNick AndersonW 2-4
Apr 19VS BALDean Kremer
Apr 20VS BALCorbin Burnes
Apr 21VS BALCole Irvin
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.188374.2570.53109
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Kyle Higashioka
6.32
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
13.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Kyle Higashioka
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 NYY 9 0 0 2 0 0 2 .000 .100 .000 1
2018 NYY 29 12 3 6 6 0 6 .167 .241 .319 33
2019 NYY 18 12 3 8 11 0 0 .214 .211 .464 32
2020 NYY 22 19 5 10 12 0 1 .275 .286 .507 51
2021 NYY 68 35 10 20 29 0 17 .183 .249 .393 151
2022 NYY 82 46 8 25 27 0 12 .212 .250 .355 170
2023 NYY 112 57 10 24 34 0 14 .236 .273 .413 210
2024 SD 6 3 1 2 1 0 0 .188 .188 .438 9
ON PACE 46 23 7 15 7 0 0 .188 .188 .438 69
3-YEAR AVG 87 46 9 23 30 0 14 .212 .258 .388 177
Career 346 184 40 97 120 0 52 .209 .251 .389
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 17 13 3 7 8 1 8 .224 .318 .466 53
ON PACE 144 110 25 59 68 8 68 .224 .318 .466 451
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 287 226 35 119 117 7 134 .224 .314 .394
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Blake Snell
ATL vs TEX 07:20 EDT EST Chris Sale
Nathan Eovaldi
BAL @KC 07:40 EDT EST Dean Kremer
Alec Marsh
BOS @PIT 06:40 EDT EST Brayan Bello
CHC vs MIA 02:20 EDT EST Shota Imanaga
Jesus Luzardo
CHW @PHI 06:40 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Spencer Turnbull
CIN vs LAA 06:40 EDT EST Nick Lodolo
Tyler Anderson
CLE vs OAK 07:10 EDT EST Triston McKenzie
Joe Boyle
COL vs SEA 08:40 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
Emerson Hancock
DET @MIN 08:10 EDT EST Jack Flaherty
Joe Ryan
HOU @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Justin Verlander
MacKenzie Gore
LAD vs NYM 10:10 EDT EST Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Sean Manaea
MIL @STL 08:15 EDT EST Freddy Peralta
Kyle Gibson
NYY vs TB 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Tyler Alexander
SD vs TOR 09:40 EDT EST Matt Waldron
Yariel Rodriguez
Matchup Time
NO vs SAC 9:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
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