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Josh Donaldson or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Josh Donaldson

Josh Donaldson

3B
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Donaldson over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Donaldson
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Donaldson

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Josh Donaldson
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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
..0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.158142.1580.31605
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.098143.1400.195011
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Donaldson
OWN
 
0%
+0.21 compared to last week
START
 
0%
+0.21 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
59%
-8.92 compared to last week
START
50%
-0.42 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Donaldson
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Josh Donaldson

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
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 43rd.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 176th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.313
  • Ranked 210th in batting average with 0.252
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 177th with 0.330
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 119th with 0.462
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 131st with 0.791
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 344th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 213th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 218th in runs scored with 41
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.016, OBP: -0.02, HRs: -12, RBI: -44, Runs: -56, Wlks: -54, Stls: -5,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Donaldson

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Donaldson
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
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 TORJose Berrios
Apr 26@DETReese Olson
Apr 27@DETCasey Mize
Apr 28@DETTarik Skubal
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Donaldson
0.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
13.25
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Josh Donaldson
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2010 OAK 12 5 1 1 4 0 2 N/A N/A N/A 5
2012 OAK 75 66 9 34 33 4 14 .241 .289 .398 168
2013 OAK 158 174 24 89 93 5 75 .301 .383 .499 501
2014 OAK 141 138 28 87 88 7 68 .254 .341 .457 447
2015 TOR 158 183 41 122 123 6 73 .295 .369 .566 615
2016 TOR 155 163 37 122 99 6 109 .282 .403 .548 599
2017 TOR 113 111 33 65 78 2 76 .267 .383 .557 399
2018 TOR 52 46 8 30 23 2 31 .246 .352 .449 145
2019 ATL 160 145 38 98 97 4 102 .255 .376 .516 519
2020 MIN 28 19 7 15 12 0 17 .229 .375 .506 74
2021 MIN 135 111 25 72 70 0 73 .251 .357 .477 451
2022 NYY 137 104 14 56 59 2 59 .220 .314 .366 330
2023 NYY 72 27 13 19 26 0 22 .157 .254 .413 161
ON PACE 466 174 84 123 168 0 142 .157 .254 .413 1043
3-YEAR AVG 115 81 17 49 52 1 51 .223 .323 .419 314
Career 1396 1292 278 810 805 38 721 .262 .360 .490
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 22 16 4 9 12 1 8 .208 .282 .429 67
ON PACE 142 103 25 58 77 6 51 .208 .282 .429 434
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 292 229 36 121 121 7 134 .223 .312 .393
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