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Brandon Marsh or Santiago Espinal

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Brandon Marsh

Brandon Marsh

CFPhiladelphia Phillies PHI
Santiago Espinal

Santiago Espinal

2BCincinnati Reds CIN
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Marsh over Espinal

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Brandon Marsh
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Espinal over Marsh

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Santiago Espinal
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Performance Brandon Marsh
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.182131.3570.45514
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.206263.2700.471111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Brandon Marsh
OWN
35%
+4.02 compared to last week
START
27%
+5.46 compared to last week
OWN/START Santiago Espinal
OWN
 
1%
-0.15 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Brandon Marsh
76th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Santiago Espinal
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Brandon Marsh

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: LF CF . However, he plays LF most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 78th among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 51st.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Top 15 in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.406 and is currently ranked 13th
  • Top 75 in batting average with 0.288 and is currently ranked 59th
  • Top 35 on base percentage and is currently ranked 30th with 0.379
  • Top 100 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 77th with 0.487
  • Top 50 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 48th with 0.866
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 110th with 10
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 148th in RBI with 46
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 256th in runs scored with 36
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.001, OBP: -0.05, HRs: -7, RBI: -48, Runs: -50, Wlks: -55, Stls: -9,
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,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Brandon Marsh

No Injury Reported

Injury Santiago Espinal

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Brandon Marsh
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
.313112.3530.50015
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
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
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Brandon Marsh
13.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Santiago Espinal
9.77
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Brandon Marsh
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2021 LAA 68 59 2 27 19 6 20 .258 .321 .362 138
2022 LAA 141 98 12 49 49 11 29 .230 .281 .366 285
2023 PHI 153 126 13 60 65 12 63 .285 .375 .466 412
2024 PHI 22 19 5 8 13 2 5 .271 .316 .529 62
ON PACE 142 123 32 51 84 12 32 .271 .316 .529 401
3-YEAR AVG 121 94 9 45 44 10 37 .258 .329 .406 278
Career 384 302 32 144 146 31 117 .259 .328 .413
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
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