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Josh Naylor or MJ Melendez

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

Josh Naylor

1BCleveland Guardians CLE
MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

LFKansas City Royals KC
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Naylor over Melendez

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Josh Naylor
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Melendez over Naylor

 
 
 
 
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Latest News MJ Melendez
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Performance Josh Naylor
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.292282.2920.58306
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.3415158.4200.750012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance MJ Melendez
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.167142.2110.33305
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.158144.2560.263111
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Josh Naylor
OWN
100%
+1.76 compared to last week
START
88%
+0.08 compared to last week
OWN/START MJ Melendez
OWN
65%
-0.68 compared to last week
START
49%
-0.19 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Josh Naylor
11th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus MJ Melendez
51st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Josh Naylor

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 11th among 1B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 1st.
  • The current leader among 1B's is Josh Naylor
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 135th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.321
  • Top 10 in batting average with 0.324 and is currently ranked 8th
  • Top 25 on base percentage and is currently ranked 24th with 0.384
  • Top 35 in slugging percentage and is currently ranked 30th with 0.549
  • Top 25 in on base plus slugging and is currently ranked 23rd with 0.933
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 164th with 5
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 52nd with 57
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 229th in runs scored with 34
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.015, OBP: +0.037, HRs: -11, RBI: -77, Runs: -39, Wlks: -25, Stls: -10,
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 40th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is doing a better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 150th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.318
  • Ranked 192nd in batting average with 0.255
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 168th with 0.333
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 108th with 0.467
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 117th with 0.801
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 314th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 211th in RBI with 37
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 214th in runs scored with 41
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.003, OBP: -0.004, HRs: -12, RBI: -44, Runs: -56, Wlks: -54, Stls: -5,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Josh Naylor

No Injury Reported

Injury MJ Melendez

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Josh Naylor
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS BOSTanner Houck
Apr 24VS BOS
Apr 25VS BOSBrayan Bello
Apr 26@ATLChris Sale
Apr 27@ATLCharlie Morton
Apr 28@ATLBryce Elder
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.250011.2500.25004
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups MJ Melendez
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS TORYusei KikuchiL 3-5
Apr 23VS TORKevin Gausman
Apr 24VS TORYariel Rodriguez
Apr 25VS TORJose Berrios
Apr 26@DETReese Olson
Apr 27@DETCasey Mize
Apr 28@DETTarik Skubal
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Josh Naylor
18.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating MJ Melendez
13.35
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Josh Naylor
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2019 SD 94 63 8 29 32 1 25 .249 .315 .403 158
2020 SD 42 29 2 16 9 1 5 .279 .318 .413 69
2021 CLE 70 59 7 28 21 1 14 .258 .306 .406 184
2022 CLE 128 114 21 47 77 5 33 .260 .316 .463 422
2023 CLE 128 140 17 52 97 10 33 .310 .356 .491 484
2024 CLE 21 25 6 13 20 0 8 .325 .393 .623 100
ON PACE 154 184 44 95 147 0 58 .325 .393 .623 736
3-YEAR AVG 109 104 15 42 65 5 27 .280 .330 .463 363
Career 483 430 61 185 256 18 118 .277 .330 .458
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 20 16 4 9 12 1 8 .232 .312 .478 66
ON PACE 140 112 28 63 84 7 56 .232 .312 .478 464
3-YEAR AVG 135 107 16 56 55 3 63 .224 .314 .390 355
Career 290 229 36 121 121 7 134 .225 .314 .396
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