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Joey Bart or MJ Melendez

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Joey Bart

Joey Bart

CPittsburgh Pirates PIT
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Bart over Melendez

 
 
 
 
START BOTH START BENCH BOTH BN

Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Joey Bart
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Bart

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Joey Bart
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.222000.3000.22204
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.273111.4290.54506
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 Joey Bart
OWN
 
2%
-0.34 compared to last week
START
 
1%
+0.68 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
59%
-9.43 compared to last week
START
54%
+4.01 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Joey Bart
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Joey Bart

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 43rd.
  • The current leader among C's is Salvador Perez
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 479th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.235
  • Ranked 397th in batting average with 0.214
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 200th with 0.324
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 109th with 0.464
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 132nd with 0.788
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 568th in RBI with 6
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 631st in runs scored with 3
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.109, OBP: +0.172, HRs: +2, RBI: EVEN, Runs: -7, Wlks: +1, 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 46th.
  • 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 197th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.308
  • Ranked 223rd in batting average with 0.249
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 189th with 0.326
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 126th with 0.456
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 138th with 0.782
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 365th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 223rd in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 223rd in runs scored with 41
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.027, OBP: -0.034, HRs: -12, RBI: -44, Runs: -56, Wlks: -54, Stls: -5,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Joey Bart

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Joey Bart
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS MILJared JonesW 4-2
Apr 23VS MILBailey FalterW 2-1
Apr 24VS MILBryan HudsonL 2-3
Apr 25VS MILFreddy Peralta
Apr 26@SFKyle Harrison
Apr 27@SFJordan Hicks
Apr 28@SFKeaton Winn
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333000.3330.33302
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
.000000.0000.00002
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Joey Bart
5.41
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
13.39
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Joey Bart
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 SF 33 25 0 16 8 0 3 .243 .297 .330 40
2021 SF 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 4
2022 SF 93 54 11 29 25 2 23 .220 .297 .378 164
2023 SF 41 18 0 9 5 0 3 .207 .263 .264 58
2024 PIT 8 6 2 2 5 0 4 .316 .435 .684 24
ON PACE 51 38 12 12 32 0 25 .316 .435 .684 155
3-YEAR AVG 45 25 4 13 10 1 9 .218 .289 .348 75
Career 177 105 13 57 44 2 33 .228 .297 .358
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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